Decarb Weekly 3/6/2025

Decarb Weekly, by Industria Partners, is a collection of articles focusing on trends and transactions in industrial decarbonization and climate tech. 

Chart of the Week: 

U.S.  planned utility-scale electric-generating capacity additions (2025) – IEA

Recent Market News:

• Baker Hughes announced a partnership with Frontier Infrastructure to advance carbon capture and power solutions, leveraging key technologies for the Sweetwater Carbon Storage Hub in Wyoming. The collaboration aims to meet increasing power demand with 256 megawatts of generation and permanent CO2 storage. – Reuters

Transactions:

• 3/5/25: Mote, a startup that converts underutilized woody waste into hydrogen and other forms of energy while sequestering CO2, raised a $7 million Series A. – Finsmes
• 3/4/25: Carbon TerraVault has signed an MoU with National Cement to develop California’s first carbon-neutral cement facility, capturing and storing 1 million metric tons of CO2 annually. – Carbon Herald
• 2/26/25: Blackstone Energy Transition Partners IV closed at $5.6 billion, 33% larger than its predecessor, to invest in scalable enterprises delivering cleaner, reliable, and affordable energy. – Blackstone

In-Depth Read:
Battery Report (2024) – Volta Foundation 

Podcast:
Carbon Removal: Engineering Earth’s Cooling – Scrubbing the Sky | Carbon Herald

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