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Announcing the Ten Companies in The Clean Fight’s Multifamily Affordable Housing Accelerator
Lovinia Reynolds
Lovinia Reynolds • May 13, 2025
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Announcing the Ten Companies in The Clean Fight’s Multifamily Affordable Housing Accelerator

We are delighted to announce the ten groundbreaking companies that will make up the fifth edition of The Clean Fight’s Deployment Accelerator. This edition is dedicated to decarbonizing multifamily low-to-moderate income (LMI) and affordable housing …
The Clean Fight Welcomes Anchor Customer Collaborators NineDot Energy, Con Edison, National …
Wendy Lin
Wendy Lin • April 10, 2025
5 min read

The Clean Fight Welcomes Anchor Customer Collaborators NineDot Energy, Con Edison, National Grid, and Pilot Partner NYCEDC to its Latest Deployment Accelerator

We’re thrilled to announce the involvement of our anchor customer partners in the sixth edition of The Clean Fight focused on energy storage deployment in New York State. They include energy storage developer NineDot Energy, utilities Con Edison and …
Discover the fourteen capital solutions that can unlock the energy storage market in New York …
Molly Rafelson
Molly Rafelson • March 26, 2025
3 min read

Discover the fourteen capital solutions that can unlock the energy storage market in New York State.

The good news. We have an abundance of innovative, ready-to-scale energy storage solutions poised to reshape the storage landscape and catalyze market-wide impact in New York and beyond. Solutions that are more nimble and faster to deploy than their …
Announcing The Clean Fight’s Multifamily LMI & Affordable Housing Edition, in …
Celia Garrity
Celia Garrity • November 20, 2024
7 min read

Announcing The Clean Fight’s Multifamily LMI & Affordable Housing Edition, in Collaboration with the Climate Friendly Homes Fund

We’re thrilled to announce that applications are now open for the fifth edition of our award-winning Accelerator program, supported by NYSERDA and U.S. EDA, which will focus on decarbonizing existing multifamily low-to-moderate income (LMI) and affordable housing.
Maximizing Clean Energy Benefits: The Art of Stacking Incentives
Annika Yu
Eshan Kalra
Annika Yu and Eshan Kalra • September 27, 2024
5 min read

Maximizing Clean Energy Benefits: The Art of Stacking Incentives

Roughly a year has elapsed since the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) was passed and the momentum it has spurred in reshaping the US clean energy sector has been prolific. Flagship features – tax credits, bonuses, and stacking – have created an …
Introducing the Companies in The Clean Fight’s latest Accelerator Program
Semira Rose
Semira Rose • June 4, 2024
5 min read

Introducing the Companies in The Clean Fight’s latest Accelerator Program

Seven companies have been selected to take part in The Clean Fight’s accelerator program aimed at scaling decarbonization solutions for the food services industry in New York State.
The Clean Fight Announces Selected Projects for the Energy Storage Capital Challenge
Lovinia Reynolds
Lovinia Reynolds • May 6, 2024
5 min read

The Clean Fight announces six innovative energy storage projects for the Energy Storage Capital Challenge.

The Clean Fight is thrilled to announce the selection of six innovative energy storage projects for the Energy Storage Capital Challenge. These development-stage projects bring business model and technology innovations to the New York energy storage …
New Customer Collaborator Announcement for Food Service Accelerator: Albertsons Companies
Semira Rose
Semira Rose • February 15, 2024
3 min read

New Customer Collaborator Announcement for Food Service Accelerator: Albertsons Companies

With a new year upon us, The Clean Fight team has hit the ground running with the fourth edition of our Accelerator Program, focused on decarbonizing the food service industry in New York State.
The Clean Fight Welcomes Customer Collaborators Walmart, Carrier, and ConEdison, and Pilot …
Nyla Mabro
Nyla Mabro • December 5, 2023
5 min read

The Clean Fight Welcomes Customer Collaborators Walmart, Carrier, and ConEdison, and Pilot Partner NYC/EDC for Accelerator

LAUNCHING APPLICATIONS FOR THE FOURTH EDITION OF THE CLEAN FIGHT ACCELERATOR, FOCUSED ON DECARBONIZING THE FOOD SERVICE SUPPLY CHAIN We’re thrilled to announce the involvement of our customer collaborators Walmart, Carrier, and Con Edison, and pilot …
5 Hard-Learned Lessons in Project Finance from Climate Tech Founders
Semira Rose
Semira Rose • May 25, 2023
8 min read

5 Hard-Learned Lessons in Project Finance from Climate Tech Founders

We all know that climate tech startups, especially hard tech, cross multiple valleys of death and therefore need not only more capital, but different types of financing to scale. In the diversification of your startup’s capital stack, project …
Introducing The Clean Fight: Energy Storage Edition
Nyla Mabro
Nyla Mabro • November 29, 2022
8 min read

Introducing The Clean Fight: Energy Storage Edition

The Clean Fight NY Presents Third Cohort of Startups Focused On Energy Storage Innovation & Manufacturing in New York Ten growth-stage companies join the program to accelerate New York’s position as a U.S. hub for energy storage New York, NY …
The Clean Fight Selected To Manage $10M Empire Technology Prize To Advance Building …
Nyla Mabro
Nyla Mabro • October 4, 2022
5 min read

The Clean Fight Selected To Manage $10M Empire Technology Prize To Advance Building Decarbonization In New York

New Program Will Be Essential In Meeting New York State’s Goal of Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 85 Percent by 2050 New York, October 4, 2022 — The Clean Fight today announced that it has been named the program administrator of the $10 million …
Nyla Mabro
Nyla Mabro • February 15, 2022
6 min read

Accelerating NY’s Clean Energy Future: A Q&A with The Clean Fight’s Latest Grant Awardees

Now exceeding $1.2 million in grants, The Clean Fight is continuing to scale and support companies that are helping to build and revamp New York Energy’s clean energy infrastructure. We couldn’t think of a more exciting first update for 2022 than …
The Clean Fight NY Presents Second Cohort of Startups
Nyla Mabro
Nyla Mabro • November 16, 2021
6 min read

The Clean Fight NY Presents Second Cohort of Startups

Nine growth-stage startups join the program to transform buildings as the climate crisis reaches new heights New York, NY (November 16, 2021) — The Clean Fight New York, a not-for-profit climate-tech accelerator supported by the New York State …
Nyla Mabro
Nyla Mabro • November 10, 2021
4 min read

Looking back at The Clean Fight's first cohort

In 2020, The Clean Fight launched its growth stage accelerator to help speed the energy transition for all New Yorkers. We set out to support companies with scale-ready solutions to decarbonize New York State’s building stock, and are impressed and …
The Clean Fight Welcomes 20 Customer and Capital Partners in the Fight to Decarbonize New York
Nyla Mabro
Nyla Mabro • September 1, 2021
6 min read

The Clean Fight Welcomes 20 Customer and Capital Partners in the Fight to Decarbonize New York

Introducing our Customer partners Bright Power, City of Ithaca, Con Edison, Fairstead, Handel Architects, JOE NYC, L+M, RiseBoro, Steven Winter Associates and our Capital partners, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Broadscale, Camber Creek, Community …
3 Trailblazing, Growth-Stage Startups Receive $846,600 in Grant Funding to Expand Energy …
Nyla Mabro
Nyla Mabro • July 16, 2021
4 min read

3 Trailblazing, Growth-Stage Startups Receive $846,600 in Grant Funding to Expand Energy Innovation

BlocPower, Phase Change and Radiator Labs receive the first grants from The Clean Fight. Following the completion of The Clean Fight’s first-ever cohort, we’re excited to announce the award of $846,600 in grant funding to three companies from our …
The Clean Fight Collaborates With International Cleantech Network and EU Techbridge
Nyla Mabro
Nyla Mabro • July 9, 2021
3 min read

The Clean Fight Collaborates With International Cleantech Network and EU Techbridge

Bringing Clean Building Innovators From Europe To New York State We are proud to share that we are expanding our reach to clean building innovators from across the globe through a new cooperation agreement with the International Cleantech Network …
Get ready for Supercharge New York! Celebrating our Grant from the U.S. Department of Energy
Nyla Mabro
Nyla Mabro • June 15, 2021
2 min read

Get ready for Supercharge New York! Celebrating our Grant from the U.S. Department of Energy

We are thrilled to share that The Clean Fight has received a generous grant of $992,970 from the Department of Energy (DOE) as part of its Energy Program for Innovation Clusters (EPIC). The EPIC Awards aim to strengthen the innovation ecosystem …
Celebrating Our First Cohort & Keeping Up The Clean Fight
Nyla Mabro
Nyla Mabro • April 8, 2021
4 min read

Celebrating Our First Cohort & Keeping Up The Clean Fight

We’re kicking off the month of April with some exciting news: the completion of The Clean Fight’s inaugural cohort, featuring nine amazing companies who are building scale-ready technology solutions to decarbonize New York’s building stock. …