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Houston clean energy projects go online, events not to miss, and more things to know this week

Houston energy transition folks — here's what to know to start your week. Photo via Getty Images

Editor's note: Dive headfirst into the new week with three quick things to catch up on in Houston's energy transition.

Events not to miss

Put these Houston-area energy-related events on your calendar.

  • Hart Energy's New Energies Summit is taking place on August 27 to 28 at the Hilton Americas - Houston. Register now.
  • The inaugural Houston Energy and Climate Startup Week will take place September 9 to 13. Learn more.
  • The inaugural Houston Energy and Climate Week will take place September 9 to 13. Learn more.
  • Rice Alliance's Energy Tech Venture Forum is September 12. Register now.
  • Gastech will be hosted in Houston this year. The event is September 17 to 20 at the George R Brown Convention Center. Register now.

2 Houston clean energy facilities go online

Jupiter Power announced the commercial operations launch of its 400-megawatt-hour battery facility, Callisto I, in central Houston on the site of the former HL&P H.O. Clarke fossil fuel power plant. Read more.

SEG Solar's new facility spans 250,000 square feet and will house production workshops, raw material warehouses, administrative offices, finished goods warehouses, and supporting infrastructure. It features two intelligent manufacturing lines that will produce the latest N-type high-efficiency PV modules, which is expected to have production capacity exceeding 2 gigawatts annually. The project cost $60 million. Read more.

Houston energy transition movers and shakers

Iris Jancik, Kevin Brophy, and Ming Lei have new roles. Photos courtesy

Three energy transition professionals have new roles in Houston.

Originally announced as incoming CEO earlier this summer, Iris Jancik has taken the helm of International Battery Metals Ltd., a Houston and Vancouver-based developer of patented modular direct lithium extraction (DLE) plants. Read more.

Two lawyers have joined Winston & Strawn's energy practice in Houston. Kevin Brophy and Ming Lei were named as partners and members of the firm's transactions department. Read more.

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A View From HETI

Six companies have joined Greentown Houston, focused on long-duration energy storage systems, 3D solar towers and more. Photo courtesy Greentown Labs.

Greentown Labs announced the six startups to join its Houston community in Q2 of 2025.

The companies are among a group of 13 that joined the climatetech incubator, which is co-located in Houston and Boston, in the same time period. The companies that joined the Houston-based lab specialize in a number of clean energy applications, from long-duration energy storage systems to 3D solar towers.

The new Houston members include:

  • Encore CO2, a Louisiana-based company that converts CO2 into ethanol, acetate, ethylene and other sustainable chemicals through its innovative electrolysis technology
  • Janta Power, a Dallas-based company with proprietary 3D-solar-tower technology that deploys solar power vertically rather than flatly, increasing power and energy generation
  • Licube, an Austin-based company focused on sustainable lithium recovery from underutilized sources using its proprietary and patented electrodialysis technology
  • Newfound Materials, a Houston-based company that has developed a predictive engine for materials R&D
  • Pix Force, a Houston-based company that develops AI algorithms to inspect substations, transmission lines and photovoltaic plants using drones
  • Wattsto Energy, a Houston-based manufacturer of a long-duration-energy-storage system with a unique hybrid design that provides fast, safe, sustainable and cost-effective energy storage at the microgrid and grid levels

Seven other companies will join Greentown Boston's incubator. See the full list here.

Greentown Houston also added five startups to its local lab in Q1. Read more about the companies here.

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