Clean technology enjoys a renaissance Saltworks CEO Ben Sparrow, at the back end of a Saltworks desalination unit, says ESG-minded shareholders are pushing investments in clean-tech | Chung Chow Since February, two B.C. clean-technology companies have raised a total of $200 million. Loop Energy (TSX:LPEN), a hydrogen fuel cell company, debuted on the Toronto Stock Exchange in a $100 million initial public offering, and in March Svante, a carbon capture company, concluded a $100 million private equity raise. They were the biggest financings for B.C. clean-tech companies since 2019, when Carbon Engineering, which is the direct air carbon capture space, raised $90 million in private equity and General Fusion raised $85 million.