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A Google-backed weapon to battle wildfires made it into orbit
<p>The constellation will keep a close eye on wildfires, eventually imaging nearly all of the Earth’s surface once every 20 minutes.</p>
Rahul Patil
Mar 171 min read
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Palmetto wants software developers to electrify America using its AI building models
<p>Palmetto has developed a virtual view of how every residential building in the U.S. was built.</p>
Rahul Patil
Mar 173 min read
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Arizona proposes law that would shift wildfire liability from utilities to insurers
<p>Arizona lawmakers are debating a bill that would protect utilities from wildfire-related lawsuits, a move that would likely send shockwaves through the insurance industry. The bill would make it harder to prove that utilities are to blame for wildfires started by faulty or poorly maintained equipment while also limiting damages. In exchange for reduced liability, […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Mar 143 min read
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FBI, EPA, and Treasury told Citibank to freeze funds as Trump administration tries to claw back climate money
<p>The accounts were frozen in February, but documents filed today make public details which had previously been unknown.</p>
Rahul Patil
Mar 132 min read
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Geothermal unicorn Fervo Energy may IPO as early as next year
<p>Driving the consideration is the growing concern over power demand growth from data centers, which could double by 2029.</p>
Rahul Patil
Mar 132 min read
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Lithium-ion batteries are remaking Google’s data centers
<p>Google is replacing lead-acid battery backup units with lithium-ion cells, freeing up space for more servers.</p>
Rahul Patil
Mar 122 min read
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Battery manufacturer Northvolt nears the end as it files for bankruptcy in Sweden
<p>Though the Swedish startup has raised over $14 billion, it has been running short on cash recently.</p>
Rahul Patil
Mar 122 min read
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Geothermal could power nearly all new data centers through 2030
<p>Geothermal resources have enormous potential to provide the sort of consistent power that data centers crave.</p>
Rahul Patil
Mar 113 min read
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General Fusion fires up its newest steampunk fusion reactor
<p>The reactor, called Lawson Machine 26 (LM26), is General Fusion’s latest iteration in a string of devices that have tested various parts of its unique approach. </p>
Rahul Patil
Mar 113 min read
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Equator closes $55M fund to bring more private capital to African climate tech
<p>African VC firm Equator has raised $55M for its first fund, which will back early-stage climate tech startups on the continent.</p>
Rahul Patil
Mar 114 min read
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Reshape Energy is using an acquisition playbook to drive energy upgrades for commercial real estate
<p>Reshape Energy is betting on a more integrated approach to accelerate the decarbonization of the built environment. Founded in Munich, Germany, back in May 2024, the startup is led by a team with expertise scaling energy businesses, including the German division of Octopus energy and energy price comparison platform Verivox. It’s focusing on selling energy […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Mar 116 min read
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Daqus Energy has a plan to make EV sports cars fast, light, and cheap
<p>Cheaper, lighter, and denser: The trifecta defines an ideal battery. No one has devised a perfect cell quite yet, but one stealthy startup thinks it has found a new material that solves at least two of those challenges. Daqus Energy has been quietly operating for the past four months, refining a compound known as TAQ […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Mar 104 min read
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Neom is reportedly turning into a financial disaster, except for McKinsey & Co.
<p>A new WSJ report suggests that Saudi Arabia’s now eight-year-old Neom project — a futuristic, carbon-neutral, 105-mile-long linear city envisioned by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman — has become a financial sinkhole. Plagued by delays and cost overruns, the country, which has already shelled out $50 billion, could reportedly face another 55 years of construction, […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Mar 101 min read
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Founder of battery startup Our Next Energy returns as CEO following new funding
<p>ONE also announced the close of a new funding round.</p>
Rahul Patil
Mar 62 min read
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Renaissance Fusion raises €32M to radically simplify complex fusion reactors
<p>The startup is betting that by simplifying stellarators, it can make fusion power cheaper and easier to maintain.</p>
Rahul Patil
Mar 64 min read
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From high school science project to $18.3M: AI-accelerated enzymes are coming for fast fashion’s plastic waste
<p>A U.K. startup, originating from founder Jacob Nathan’s high school science project on using enzymes to break down plastic waste, has secured an oversubscribed $18.3 million in Series A funding. Founded in 2019 in London, Epoch Biodesign is now a 30+ strong multidisciplinary team of chemists, biologists, and software engineers. The startup will use the […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Mar 57 min read
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Aspiration co-founder and board member defrauded investors of $145M, prosecutors say
<p>The fintech startup has been under federal scrutiny for years for questionable financial and carbon accounting practices.</p>
Rahul Patil
Mar 43 min read
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Solar installer Sunnova races to raise cash as it issues ‘going concern’ warning
<p>The entire solar industry has been bracing for a rough road ahead.</p>
Rahul Patil
Mar 42 min read
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Moonwatt secures $8.3M to dial up solar’s staying power with sodium-ion storage
<p>The drive to decarbonize our economies through electrification and clean energy continues to generate momentum around battery technologies, as storage has a key role to play in enabling the green transition. While renewables are clean sources of energy compared to burning fossil fuels, their power output isn’t always consistent. In the case of solar — […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Mar 46 min read
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German startup wins accolade for its fusion reactor design
<p>Proxima Fusion, a two-year-old German nuclear fusion startup, has published plans for a working fusion power plant in a peer-reviewed journal, in what is being touted as an important change in the race to generate limitless energy. Today’s nuclear fission reactors create radioactive waste, whereas nuclear fusion releases vast amounts of energy, with zero carbon emissions […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Feb 262 min read
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