Prime Coalition debuts updated CRANE tool to estimate emissions reduction potential of new technologies

Prime Impact Fund CRANE tool

Investors looking to address accelerating greenhouse gas emissions and the subsequent rise in global temperatures face a dilemma: As climate tech solutions multiply, what is the best use of their limited capital?

The complex data required to answer such a question lacks uniformity, is subject to differing assumptions or is downright unavailable. That makes rigorous assessment a notoriously difficult task.

New software from Prime Coalition, a nonprofit in Cambridge, Mass. with an investment arm for early-stage climate companies and startups, aims to make those projections easier to lock down on.