Nuclear
Bill Gates–funded nuclear startup will transform a Wyoming coal plant
Will this be the project that revives American nuclear? Plus, a roundup of other nuclear news.
By Eric Wesoff .
Climatetech finance
Long-duration energy storage
Form Energy raises $405M for its 100-hour iron-air batteries
The long-duration energy storage startup has raised a total of $1.2 billion. Form is expanding its West Virginia factory and working on its first deployments now.
By Jeff St. John .
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Transmission
New transmission tech can easily double clean energy capacity. Will utilities buy it?
Startup TS Conductor says its product can boost electricity transmission without costly rebuilds. Policy shifts from U.S. regulators would help.By Jeff St. John .
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Opinion
COP26 finance pledges are not as great as they seem
But where private-sector bankers faltered, public funders stepped up.By Justin Guay .
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Climatetech finance
Jigar Shah has a new strategy to boost climatetech through DOE loans
The serial entrepreneur, who now leads the loan program at the Department of Energy, has $46B to invest in long-shot decarbonization bets.By Jeff St. John .
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Climate crisis
Turn on, tune in, COP out
The big climate summit is over. Now out with the talkers, in with the doers. Plus: Catch the first episodes of our new podcasts.By Julian Spector .
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Podcast
Can deeptech venture capital solve climate change?
We explore the hard lessons of investing in climatetech with futurist Ramez Naam.PlayBy Shayle Kann .
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Electric vehicles
This startup aims to make it easy for corporate fleets to go electric
Inspiration Mobility secures $200 million to take on the financing and the risks of transitioning customers’ vehicle fleets to EVs.By Jeff St. John .
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Workforce diversity
Charging Up: Women’s climatetech career moves at Sunrun, Rivian, Plus Power, Sunnova and more
Here's to bold cross-sector leaps, second acts and hurdling up the org chart.By Eric Wesoff .
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Nuclear
Helion brings in $500M for its novel approach to nuclear fusion
Despite its theoretical promise, fusion has never been harnessed. Are VCs throwing billions at science fiction?By Eric Wesoff .
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Fossil fuels
COP26 players pledge funding to shut down coal plants
Countries, foundations and multilateral banks are stepping up to help developing countries ditch coal and go clean, but much more money will be needed.By Jeff St. John .
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