A cheap red-flag pass can often show whether a climate-tech claim deserves deeper diligence, sharper questions or a hard pause before money or policy support follows.
Climate-tech claims usually arrive with a promise and a request attached. The promise is that a new process, fuel, device, material, reactor, storage system or platform will solve a difficult part of decarbonization. The request is for public funding, private capital, procurement support, regulatory preference, a grant, a mandate, a … [continued]
Electroflow, a California start up, has created a new low energy process that makes battery grade materials from brine.
The US has an energy storage problem, and it’s a big one: energy storage might not even exist! The Interior Secretary, for example, doubts that it exists. The Energy Secretary has raised similar existential concerns, and the EPA Administrator reminds everyone that even if they do exist, batteries cost money. … [continued]
he new EV startup Slate Auto opened the doors of its Warsaw, Indiana factory to the automotive press earlier this week (courtesy of Slate Auto).
The new EV startup Slate Auto opened the doors of its Warsaw, Indiana, factory to the automotive press earlier this week.
The US startup Quaise Energy is introducing a powerful gyrotron to the global geothermal industry, capable of ablating through solid rock like a Horta.
ChatGPT generated image comparing the sleek Aptera prototype rendering with an empty driveway and a sign that reads "Ordered an Aptera, never got it"
The electric vehicle landscape continues to evolve rapidly, with major automakers and well-funded startups steadily scaling production, improving battery technologies, and expanding charging infrastructure. Yet, the three-wheeled segment of electric mobility consistently manages to disappoint. I’ve previously noted the unrealistic optimism and gushing hype surrounding companies like Aptera, Arcimoto, and … [continued]
The flow battery startup XL Batteries is bringing its organic formula to bear on the market for low cost systems for long duration wind and solar energy storage.
The flow battery startup XL Batteries is bringing its organic formula to bear on the market for low cost energy storage systems for long duration wind and solar energy storage.
An EV charging station startup aims to keep EV sales humming along, with an energy storage solution for DC fast charging.
There is more to the energy transition in Norway than meets the eye, with startups and legacy firms alike pushing the decarbonization envelope.
The UK startup HutanBio is targeting the maritime industry for a rebirth of the algae biofuel industry, leveraging the carbon-capturing ability of microalgae.
