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Investor Shayle Kann is asking the big questions about how to decarbonize the planet: How cheap can clean energy get? Will artificial intelligence speed up climate solutions? Where is the smart money going into climate technologies? Every Thursday on Catalyst, Shayle explains the world of climate tech with prominent experts, investors, researchers, and executives.
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In this episode of Catalyst: understanding SAF buyers
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Fuzzy math and food competition: The pitfalls of sourcing biomass for carbon removal
A forest scientist explains how to reduce harms when using bio-based resources for carbon removal.
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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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.
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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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.
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.
EV charging on both sides of the pond
What can the U.S. learn from EV charging in Europe and vice versa?
The cost of nuclear
Building reactors in South Korea is far cheaper than building in the U.S., but why?