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Why Fact Checking of Audacious Claims About Nuclear Power Projects is Important

Energy Central

Note to readers - This past month has seen a flurry of sometimes fluffy press releases about startups, IPOs, and other kinds of investments in nuclear energy as well as P.T. Barnum type publicity stunts related to startups. None of this is a surprise in any industry that is on the cusp of potentially rapid growth.

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Behind-the-Meter Battery Pioneer Stem to Take SPAC Route to Public Markets

GreenTechMedia

Stem, the decade-old behind-the-meter battery startup that was seeking a buyer earlier this year to bolster its growth ambitions, is now launching a plan to go public via a special-purpose acquisition corporation (SPAC) reverse merger. Friday’s announcement names Star Peak Energy Transition Corp. billion in late 2019 to about $2.7

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? 2023’s Most Headliney-Headlines #178

Climate Tech VC

🔑 Climate tech startups hit key milestones - including but not limited to - Fervo’s FOAK enhanced geothermal project operational in Nevada, Brimstone’s third-party approval of its carbon-negative cement, and Heirloom’s first commercial DAC plant. ☢️ US nuclear power saw mixed results.

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? Copper’s the new gold rush #184

Climate Tech VC

While the 49ers didn’t strike gold at the Superbowl, last week a Bay Area startup struck copper in Zambia.  KoBold’s copper conquest Mining startup KoBold Metals unearthed what could be one of the world’s largest copper deposits in Mingomba, Zambia last week. Happy Monday!  Mineral ambitions.

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? US clean investment cleans up with $239bn #187

Climate Tech VC

  Lots of spice for clean investment this week. The US Clean Investment Monitor published its annual report for 2023, which saw clean investment total $239bn, up 38% from 2022. 14% of total investment came from the feds, with $33.7B 14% of total investment came from the feds, with $33.7B Happy Monday! 

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Can EDF Make Big Money in Small-Scale Renewables?

GreenTechMedia

The world’s leading nuclear power generator is betting big on a future of small-scale, distributed energy. Électricité de France operates 58 nuclear reactors in its home country and owns stakes in several U.S. nuclear plants that it's now moving to sell. — notably Shell, EDF and Enel.

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? Getting in tune with power markets

Climate Tech VC

Longtime transmission guru Carl Zichella once called the American electric grid the “most complicated machine we’ve ever built”, and with $1T of IRA-driven renewable investments in the pipeline, it’s only going to get more complex. Old and vital.

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