Markets already understand that it’s too damn expensive to keep powering our economy by digging up and burning old dinosaur bones. In most places today, solar and wind are cheaper and scale faster. What you might not know yet is that technologies that grow chemicals in bioreactors or boost crop yields are already outperforming 100-year-old industrial processes that are dirty and dangerous. We see this happening in protein, transportation, chemicals, building materials, and even mining too. This radical shift isn’t just because of some warm and fuzzies. These are real businesses, with insane growth, and some posting nine-figure revenue run rates. In simple terms, cutting gigatons of CO2, mass market adoption, and generating piles of money will go hand-in-hand.
READ MOREThe best battery upgrade? The one you can have right now. Recently, Chinese EV giant BYD and battery maker CATL made waves with some big promises about ultra fast-charging cars. But, those claims come with a catch: to reap the benefits these new batteries supposedly deliver, they will first need massive investments in brand new
READ MOREBuilding climate tech isn’t like building software. Not even close. You can’t troubleshoot a first-of-its-kind carbon capture device by A/B testing from a comfy office or by sending out user surveys. Of course, you can model a lot of carbon capture on a computer, or even do a whole Ph.D. on it. (I actually did.)
READ MOREUncle Joe’s debt ceiling deal isn’t the only BFD that came out of D.C. this week. The Department of Energy just announced $46 million in awards to help eight fusion companies build their first power plants. This drives home how quickly fusion is going from sci-fi to steel-in-the-ground. That might come as a surprise to
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