Shayle Kann

Shayle Kann is a partner at Energy Impact Partners, the leading venture capital fund investing in companies shaping the future of energy and infrastructure, where he leads the firm’s investments at the frontier of climate tech. He is also the host of Catalyst, a podcast from Latitude Media that tackles big questions about how to decarbonize the planet.

Shayle Kann is a contributing writer to Latitude Media.
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2023 climate tech venture investment trends

Despite a drop in total investment dollars, there are signs that climate tech investors are maturing

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Carbon removal

Fixing the messy voluntary carbon market

On this episode of Catalyst: The market for higher-quality credits is growing, but Lowercarbon’s Ryan Orbuch says the market still needs major reform.

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Financing first-of-a-kind climate assets

Before any novel technology can make it big, its very first project needs to be finished — and financed.

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STORAGE

What do you do with a 100-hour battery?

Form Energy’s Mateo Jaramillo argues that utilities can use multiday storage to do more than balance intermittent renewables.

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Regulation
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Update: What the new Treasury rules mean for EV supply chains

The rules will likely reshape battery supply chains and restrict Chinese companies from benefiting from the IRA’s EV tax credits.

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EV charging on both sides of the pond

What can the U.S. learn from EV charging in Europe and vice versa?

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Emerging tech

The cost of nuclear

Building reactors in South Korea is far cheaper than building in the U.S., but why?

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Mailbag episode! Interest rates, carbon dioxide removal, load growth and more

It’s another ​‘ask me anything’ episode with Shayle Kann

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The Volts crossover episode

Thermal storage, small modular reactors, onshoring and more with David Roberts, host of Volts.

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Grid edge

The market for microgrids

What supply shortages, new policies and a changing view of resilience mean for the microgrid market.

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Ramping up the pace of home electrification

How fast do we need to install energy-efficient home appliances to reach net zero by midcentury?

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Policy
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How has US industrial policy impacted climate tech investment?

The $213 billion in new climatetech investment made over the past year seems to have had mixed results so far.

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Climate tech startups need strong techno-economic analysis

A good TEA is the unsung linchpin of early-stage climatetech.

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Solar

Beaming 24/7 solar from space

A science-fiction author came up with the idea. But could it actually be closer to reality than we think?

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Solving the conundrum of industrial heat

New industrial heating technologies could help cut emissions in one of the most difficult sectors to decarbonize.