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5 Companies Shaping the Future of Green Energy and Hiring Now

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Innovation and technology development play an ever more critical role in the world’s collective effort to fight climate change and move to a carbon-free future. The United Nations devotes more attention than ever to the role of the tech sector in its most recent comprehensive report on climate change.

Fossil fuels still provide about 80% of the world’s energy, hampering efforts to eliminate carbon emissions and move to more environmentally sustainable economies. The U.N. warns that unless drastic action is taken, global climate change goals are in danger of slipping out of reach by the end of this decade.

Many countries and tech companies are taking drastic action to improve the performance of sustainable energy sources while reducing the cost of producing them. It’s working: Sustainable energy sources like wind, solar, and battery technologies that emit little to no greenhouse gases have made massive strides in recent years. Demand for renewable energy is on the rise, too, and global events like the Ukraine crisis are only helping to advance the argument against oil.

Global investment in the energy sector hit a record $755B in 2021, with renewables leading the way.

Sustainable fusion as a power source has long been promoted as a potentially powerful tool in the fight against climate change. Companies like Commonwealth Fusion Systems, a venture spun out of MIT's plasma science and fusion center, are leveraging decades of past research and VC funding to advance this arena.

Batteries are another hot area. Companies like Form Energy are developing energy storage solutions that make a fully renewable electric grid possible. Meanwhile, Moxion Power is helping heavy industries like construction get more green with more powerful and reliable portable batteries.

Some companies are helping the oil industry leverage tech to get cleaner. For example, Crusoe Energy Systems provides oil and gas companies with a tech solution that the company claims eliminates up to 98% of methane emissions caused by natural gas flaring.

With so many valuable approaches emerging to combat the climate crisis, every application of energy is seeing a push for innovation. If you’re excited by the prospect of a world powered by green energy, see our list of startups hiring now.

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