Decarb Weekly 6/18/2026

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. power-sector emissions have fallen 30% from their 2007 peak as clean sources reached 43.0% of U.S. electricity generation. – Ember

Recent Market News:

• Frontier, a coalition that purchases permanent carbon removal contracts with emerging commercial carbon removal companies, announced $915 million in new buyer commitments, bringing total commitments to $1.8 billion. – Frontier
• New Forests launched Global Landscape Opportunities, a strategy targeting investments across forestry, agriculture, carbon, and biodiversity markets. – New Forests

Transactions:

• 6/16/2026: Sunshine Fund acquired a controlling stake in Thompson Brown Renewable Energy to form Sunshine DevCo, a developer of integrated solar, storage, and dispatchable power platforms. – Enerdatics
• 6/11/2026: Permira announced a strategic investment in CDP, a global environmental disclosure system providing environmental data and insights for over 22,000 companies. – Permira
• 6/11/2026: Endurance Energy, a developer of offshore geothermal generation harnessing heat from subsea volcanic systems, raised a $54 million Series A led by Founders Fund. – TechCrunch

In-Depth Read:
Companies are struggling to integrate climate resilience enterprise-wide – ESG Today

Podcast:
Methane is both a problem and an opportunity: How market-based solutions can cut emissions even after climate policy has retreated – Energy Gang

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