Projects
Below, you will find a subset of the 150+ innovative technology projects that Elemental has funded, designed and deployed for maximum climate impact and regional economic development.
Featured Projects
Forum Mobility Builds Electric Truck Charging Depot
Forum Mobility is building an integrated electric truck and charging station in the Port of Long Beach — the busiest port in America — while collaborating with the Harbor Trucking Association to ensure Forum’s subscription program is accessible to independently-owned businesses. The project is modeling how to rapidly decarbonize the drayage industry that transports goods to and from seaports, and prevent hazardous pollution impacting nearby communities.
- Key PartnerHarbor Trucking Association
- SectorMobility
- LocationCalifornia
Nth Cycle Opens Critical Minerals Refining Facility in Ohio
Rare metals extraction and recycling company Nth Cycle is commissioning the first domestic nickel and cobalt recovery, recycling and refining facility that will initially process 1,200 tons of material per year. As a decarbonizing world increasingly relies on these metals for batteries, solar panels and electrical components, Nth Cycle is partnering with family-owned businesses in the Midwest to build a clean and efficient metals supply chain. It is also actively transitioning engineers and other workers from the oil and gas industry to clean technology.
- SectorIndustry
- LocationOhio
Dimensional Energy and Seneca Holdings Develop Sustainable Aviation Fuel Facility
Dimensional Energy is building a facility to turn captured carbon dioxide and water into sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), as well as carbon-neutral waxes to use in cosmetics, plastics and more. Elemental’s funding supports key pre-development activities and unlocks financing from Seneca Holdings, allowing Dimensional to start building and producing SAF. The partnership includes a workforce development strategy with job training and local recruitment.
- Key PartnerSeneca Holdings
- SectorIndustry
- LocationNew York
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Allume Energy Brings Solar to Multi-Family Buildings
Allume Energy is bringing its SolShare technology, which makes it possible to share a single rooftop solar system with multiple units in the same building, to more than 4,000 residents across the Southeastern U.S., starting in Florida, Georgia and Mississippi. The project will shave an average of 40% off tenants’ electricity bills while expanding shared solar to renters and multi-family housing.
- SectorEnergy
- LocationFlorida
Ampaire Flies a World’s First in Hybrid-Electric Aviation
Ampaire became the first company to fly a hybrid-electric aircraft on a commercial airline route, partnering with Mokulele Airlines to fly from Maui’s Kahului airport to Hana and back on a single charge. This milestone represents a huge leap forward in the viability of electric aviation to reduce costs for airlines and expand access to more rural and island communities, all while lowering emissions and noise pollution.
- SectorMobility
- LocationHawaii
Blue Ocean Barns Partners for Climate-Friendly Goat Cheese
Blue Ocean Barns’ Hawaii-grown, seaweed-based feed supplement significantly reduces livestock methane emissions (aka burps), which make up 25% of agricultural GHG emissions. Blue Ocean Barns entered the $12B goat dairy industry, partnering with a local farm, community college and a restaurant group to create and serve the world’s first climate-friendly, low-emissions goat cheese.
- Key PartnerHawaii Island Goat Dairy
- SectorFood/Ag
- LocationHawaii
CarbonCure Advances Low-Carbon Concrete Policy
CarbonCure, whose technology injects captured CO2 into concrete, licensed and installed its system at 19 concrete plants globally and secured the first policy to incentivize low-carbon concrete for public infrastructure projects in the City and County of Honolulu. The policy led to a demonstration of CarbonCure’s concrete with the Hawaii Department of Transportation and was later endorsed by the U.S. Conference of Mayors, accelerating concrete decarbonization efforts in California, New Jersey, Colorado, New York and beyond.
- Key PartnerHawaii Department of Transportation
- SectorIndustry
- LocationHawaii
ChargerHelp! Trains Workers to Fix EV Chargers
ChargerHelp! is pioneering workforce development for the electric vehicle (EV) charging industry, with a special focus on creating quality, well-paying charger technician jobs. Shortly after joined the Elemental portfolio, ChargerHelp! doubled its customers and number of serviced EV charging stations, and closed $4.25M in funding while hiring 20 technicians across seven states. ChargerHelp! is an industry leader in the operation and maintenance of charging stations, having serviced more than 10,000 EV chargers in nearly 20 states.
- SectorMobility
- LocationCalifornia
Climate Robotics Uses Crop Waste to Remove Agricultural CO2
Climate Robotics’ technology helps farmers convert their crop waste into biochar, a soil amendment that boosts soil health and crop yields, while sequestering up to five tons of CO2 equivalent per acre. Climate Robotics scaled its technology from a prototype to a field-ready, full-size commercial system, and grew from one paying customer to partnerships in four communities across Texas and rural Arkansas. The company also developed a model for donating biochar to smaller farmers in these communities to ensure they reap the benefits of regenerative agriculture.
- Key PartnerFarmers in Texas and Arkansas
- SectorFood/Ag
- LocationTexas
Dollaride Electrifies and Expands Mobility in Transit Deserts
Dollaride, a commuter-van ridesharing service built for the millions of Americans without access to public transit, is deploying electric vehicles and chargers to commuter van drivers to advance New York City’s Clean Transit Access Program. This pilot is designed to unlock $27M to electrify more than 100 buses by 2026, and help the company expand its EV fleet to more cities across the U.S. — creating clean transit options and reducing pollution in neighborhoods not serviced by public transit. Commuter van drivers will now have access to clean electric vehicles, and the ability to reduce operating costs.
- Key PartnerNew York State Energy Research and Development Authority
- SectorMobility
- LocationNew York
Energy Dome Builds Innovative Long-Duration Energy Storage Plant
Energy Dome, which stores energy by compressing and expanding CO2 in a flexible, site-specific structure, is expanding to the U.S. and building its first commercial-scale energy storage system on the site of a retired coal plant. With their modular approach and supply chain of off-the-shelf components, Energy Dome is able to rapidly deploy critically-needed long-duration storage. Following Elemental’s catalytic investment, the project won nearly $30M from the U.S. Department of Energy. Energy Dome and its partners are also working with the Ho-Chunk Nation. Once operating, the zero-emissions “battery” is expected to power about 20,000 homes.
- Key PartnerAlliant Energy
- SectorEnergy
- LocationWisconsin
Evrnu Turns Textile Waste into High-Performing Fiber
Textile recycling innovator Evrnu brought its prototype technology, Nucycl, to commercial scale and proved it could create high-performing fibers from textile waste. As a direct result of our work together, Evrnu developed its first commercial fabric for designer Stella McCartney. Evrnu is using insights from its work with Elemental to bring its fiber pulping process in house. Elemental is helping fund its first commercial-scale facility in South Carolina.
- Key PartnerReGenesis Community Development
- SectorIndustry
- LocationSouth Carolina
Fervo Energy Prioritizes Supplier Resilience in Advanced Geothermal Pilot
Fervo Energy, which brings techniques from the oil and gas industry to unlock new sources of zero-emission geothermal energy, partnered with Elemental to implement to a more resilient supply chain – while building its first commercial-scale advanced geothermal plant. Fervo tripled the amount it was paying to local vendors. Its pilot in Nevada became the most productive enhanced geothermal system in history when it successfully generated 3.5MW of electricity — enough to power roughly 750 homes at once.
- Key PartnerNevada Bureau of Land Management
- SectorEnergy
- LocationNevada
Fervo Energy, Southern Utah University, and Elemental Impact Launch Geothermal Apprenticeship Program
The new workforce development program focused on subsurface operations will provide hands-on and virtual instruction for up to 40 individuals in its first year. Fervo Energy, the leader in next-generation geothermal development, along with Southern Utah University, and Elemental Impact launched a geothermal apprenticeship program to help oil and gas workers and Southwest Utah residents join the rapidly growing enhanced geothermal industry.
- Key PartnerSouthern Utah University
- SectorEnergy
- LocationUtah
FreeWire Technologies Scales Battery-Integrated Mobile EV Charging
FreeWire deployed its battery-integrated mobile EV chargers for the first time with a utility provider and proved its station can be installed almost anywhere with a standard 240-volt outlet, without major construction or grid overhauls.
- SectorMobility
- LocationHawaii
Mast Reforestation Accelerates Post-Wildfire Reforestation
To restore an Oregon forest severely damaged by wildfire, Mast Reforestation deployed its drones to do aerial seeding in collaboration with forestry professionals and local communities, including members of the Karuk and Hoopa Tribes. The project showcased the key ingredients of a high-quality nature-based solution that is built for long-term carbon removal and creates workforce development opportunities in rural areas affected by wildfires.
- Key PartnerEcotrust Forest Management
- SectorNature-based Solutions
- LocationOregon
Numina Delivers Street-Level Insights for Mobility Access
In partnership with the Toyota Mobility Foundation, Numina deployed its street-level mobility sensors in Kuala Lumpur to gather data on mobility trends and generate insights to support the city’s goal to become more walkable and bikeable. The project helped Numina develop new capabilities for city planners to understand what, where, when and how things move around, making cities safer and healthier.
- SectorMobility
- LocationKuala Lumpur
OhmConnect Brings Energy Savings to Stockton and Modesto, CA
OhmConnect, which pays households to save electricity during peak usage, revamped its platform to successfully recruited new employees and thousands of customers in Stockton and Modesto, CA. The project laid the groundwork for OhmConnect to deploy $100M worth of smart thermostats across California and create a distributed residential “virtual power plant,” where customers reduce their energy use to counteract grid stress — and help avoid increasingly frequent blackouts.
- SectorEnergy
- LocationCalifornia
Propagate and Hawaii Ulu Cooperative Expand Breadfruit Agroforestry
Propagate, which helps farms incorporate trees with crops in a regenerative practice called agroforestry, and Hawaii Ulu Cooperative (HUC), a farmer-owned co-op revitalizing Hawaii’s Indigenous food systems, designed systems and partnership frameworks to rapidly expand ulu (or breadfruit) production in Hawaii. After Elemental provided the catalytic funding for this collaboration, Propagate and HUC received part of a $60M grant from the USDA’s Climate Smart Commodities program.
- Key PartnerOK Farms
- SectorFood/Ag
- LocationHawaii
Sighten Installs No-Cost Residential Solar in East Palo Alto
In partnership with the nonprofit GRID Alternatives, Sighten used its solar software platform to design and install solar panels at no cost to 10 households in East Palo Alto and California’s Bay Area, generating $250K in total energy savings for homeowners and avoiding 520 tons of GHG emissions. The project generated 480 hours of community volunteer work and five solar design training sessions for 75 job seekers.
- Key PartnerGRID Alternatives
- SectorEnergy
- LocationCalifornia
SOURCE Global Builds Renewable Water Bottling Facility
SOURCE, whose Hydropanels produce drinking water using sunlight and air, piloted a new business model: a Water Purchase Agreement where customers could buy water by the liter and avoid the upfront costs of purchasing an array of panels. By establishing a successful water production, bottling and distribution business with an Indigenous-owned partner in Australia, SOURCE gained a valuable proof point to replicate this model globally, fueling its growth in over 50 countries.
- Key PartnerWaddi Springs
- SectorWater
- LocationAustralia
SPAN Partners with Solar and Storage Installers to Electrify Hawaii
SPAN brought its smart home electrical panel — which makes it easy to integrate and control solar, batteries, EVs and electric appliances — to a new geographic market, developed a compact and versatile second generation panel and launched a local rebate incentive with clean energy nonprofit Hawaiߵi Energy.
- Key PartnerHawaii Energy
- SectorEnergy
- LocationHawaii
Stem Demonstrates Benefits of Distributed Energy Storage
Stem partnered with Hawaiian Electric (HECO) to design and implement the utility’s first energy storage pilot, which was one of the first of its kind in the U.S. Stem successfully deployed a 1MW “virtual power plant” on Oahu across 29 commercial sites, creating a distributed fleet of batteries for HECO to use as a fast and flexible grid resource — a crucial milestone on Hawaii’s path to 100% renewable energy.
- SectorEnergy
- LocationHawaii
Terviva Plants Regenerative Pongamia Trees for Carbon-Negative Protein
Terviva worked with local partners to establish an orchard and research operation in Hawaii to grow climate-resilient, land-revitalizing pongamia trees, and developed the first pongamia-derived edible product (cattle feed), a precursor to Terviva’s carbon-negative protein and culinary oil. Terviva works with farming communities around the world to set a new standard in regenerative agriculture, cutting agricultural emissions while producing more food for more people.
- Key PartnerKamehameha Schools
- SectorFood/Ag
- LocationHawaii
TradeLanes Helps Small Businesses Trade Globally — While Curbing Emissions
TradeLanes, which simplifies global trade by bringing operations entirely online, worked with Elemental to tailor a low-cost, self-service version of its digital platform for small producers. Piloted with family-owned fruit and nut farms in the Central Valley of California, this project paved a clear path for TradeLanes to give small businesses around the world the tools to fill millions of containers that are shipped empty each year. By streamlining steps along the supply chain, TradeLines enables key elements of a circular economy, such as traceability and re-use of raw materials, and curbs associated GHG emissions — including 4,000 tons over the course of this project.
- Key PartnerSpecialty Crop Trade Council
- SectorFood/Ag
- LocationCalifornia
Transcend and Microvi Redefine Efficient and Sustainable Wastewater Treatment
In a historically slow-moving and risk-averse industry, Transcend and Microvi partnered to redefine efficient wastewater treatment design and processes by incorporating Microvi’s proprietary green-wastewater treatment technology into Transcend’s fully-automated wastewater treatment design software. The collaboration accelerated the growth of both companies, paving the way to deliver more sustainable wastewater treatment options to utilities and healthy and contaminant-free water to communities around the world.
- SectorWater
- LocationGlobal
Twelve Hones Its Commercialization Strategy
Twelve, which uses air, water and renewable energy to make fuels, chemicals and materials that typically come from fossil fuels, set out to better understand the market for its zero-emission carbon transformation technology. Through Elemental, the company completed a discovery process to better understand the landscape of its customers, then worked with Elemental’s sales coaches to formalize its go-to-market plan.
- SectorIndustry
- LocationGlobal
Vesta Turns Shorelines in Carbon Removing Powerhouses
With rising sea levels threatening coastal communities and ecosystems, Vesta’s carbon-removing sand (made out of the mineral olivine) serves a dual purpose of protecting coastlines and amplifying the ocean’s natural ability to absorb CO2. Vesta is scaling 14x from its first pilot to its second in the U.S. — open-sourcing its science to ensure the industry learns and grows as it adopts this nature-based solution. In addition to supporting its second pilot, Elemental contributed to Vesta’s study aimed at integrating the perspectives of people that live nearby in carbon dioxide removal projects — before and during deployment.
- Key PartnerCoastal Studies Institute
- SectorNature-based Solutions
- LocationNorth Carolina
ZeroAvia Accelerates Zero-Emission Aviation
ZeroAvia, which is developing the world’s first zero-emission aircraft engine, created a repeatable and scalable sales process with feasibility studies, which are vital tools to educate airlines about the benefits of switching to hydrogen-electric propulsion. This led ZeroAvia to land its first paying customer and secure agreements for more than 2,000 engines.
- SectorMobility
- LocationGlobal