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Important perspective on #emissions from Highwood Emissions Management!

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“Zap’s approach can best be described as “lightning in a bottle.” The technique, known as sheared flow stabilized Z-pinch, sends an electric current through plasma. That interaction generates a magnetic field that compresses the plasma, eliminating the need for expensive magnets or lasers that other companies and researchers have used to create the conditions necessary for fusion. ” #fusion #fusionenergy #fusionforward #commercialization https://lnkd.in/gGekkfCx

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💡How can you apply a data-driven approach to navigate your renewable energy investments? Watch our latest webinar to hear from Orennia’s industry experts, Matt Clenchy and Jeffrey Taylor. You’ll learn how to leverage data and analytics platforms to quickly benchmark, assess development risk and predict future revenue opportunities. Access our in-depth analysis for a limited time. Watch webinar now: https://hubs.ly/Q02Dj_dx0 #EnergyTransition #RenewableEnergy #Data #Analytics

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This week, Michael Liebreich is joined by Jenny Chase Lead Solar Analyst for BloombergNEF where they speak about how the solar industry just keeps on surprising us. Are we underestimating the power of solar? Let us know what you think in the comments! Episode out now on YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts #cleaninguppod

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Big news in energy regulation: FERC’s new rule changes how power generators are compensated for reactive power. ⚡ Dive into what Order No. 904 means for the energy landscape and why compliance will be key in the coming months. Read Husch Blackwell’s Linda Walsh’s full breakdown: https://lnkd.in/gSEAXctj #EnergyLaw #FERC #RegulatoryUpdate

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As US politics shifts, experts like Brendan Bell of Aligned Climate Capital and Tigo Energy’s James (JD) Dillon are optimistic. State policies, corporate commitments, and strong public support keep the push for renewables going strong. Dive into their insights and what lies ahead for clean energy in this Michelle Lewis article for Electrek.co: https://lnkd.in/ezFX3dzZ #CleanEnergy #RenewableEnergy #USClimate

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The bipartisan Energy Permitting Reform Act of 2024 released by U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (I-WV) and John Barrasso (R-WY) takes a much needed step in accelerating the permitting process for critical energy projects in the U.S. As the legislation spornors's state (shared here), our outdated permitting system is stifling our ability to move clean energy projects forward, which in turn has adverse economic effects and inhibits our ability to reduce emissions. I'm glad to see these bipartisan efforts are moving toward fixing a broken permitting system that has shackled American energy production for far too long. #EnergyProduction #EnergyPermitting

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This morning, our Founder & CEO John Berger joined Sara Eisen and David Faber on CNBC Money Movers to discuss the opportunities for Sunnova after the bankruptcy of a competitor and what that means for the industry. They also explored how the ongoing decrease in solar equipment is benefitting homeowners and businesses; in addition to the promising outlook for the Inflation Reduction Act with the upcoming presidential election on the horizon. Watch the full segment. ⬇️

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If you haven't come across the excellent "Volts" podcast from david roberts, it's well worth a listen for the latest takes on energy policy and transitioning to a carbon-free economy. This episode on Distributed Energy Resources - or DERs - is particularly interesting at a time when energy demand is rising and project interconnection waits are getting longer: https://lnkd.in/eTBmtuV6 A few eye-opening points raised: ⬆ Peak load growth could be 12x what utilities previously estimated. ⚠ Existing generation sources have less capacity to handle this growth than expected and have lead times too long to scale up and meet demand. ⏱ In 2007, interconnection times to hook up to the grid stood at 1.7 years. In 2022, that time is closer to 5 years for traditional generation sources. ⚡ Transmission expansion is also decelerating at a time when hockey stick growth is required to meet 2050 net-zero targets. Alongside David, Duncan S. Campbell of Scale Microgrids does a great job unpacking how we got here and why #DERs provide a valuable solution to manage anticipated load growth from data centers, electric vehicles, and electrified heating systems. #electrification #distributedenergy #batterystorage

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Funding News: LevelTen Energy secured approximately $65 million in Series D funding, led by B Capital and involving major investors like Google, Microsoft’s Climate Innovation Fund, and others. The LevelTen Platform, the world’s largest online hub for carbon-free energy transactions, has facilitated over $14.8 billion in clean energy deals. LevelTen Energy aims to accelerate the deployment of clean energy to address the climate crisis. “The clean energy industry’s growth has been astonishing, but the climate crisis demands that we deploy even more clean energy at a much faster rate. Rapidly growing electricity demand is straining our infrastructure and threatening to undermine climate goals. Our existential need to keep global warming in check requires us to scale procurement and bring new technologies to mass markets even more quickly,” said Bryce Smith, founder and CEO at LevelTen Energy. #CleanEnergy #EnergyTransition #ClimateAction #RenewableEnergy #SeriesDFunding #SustainableFuture #GreenTech #CarbonFree #PPAs #CleanHydrogen #Decarbonization #EnvironmentalInnovation #GlobalExpansion #RenewableInvestment #EnergyMarketplace

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🔍 **Unlocking the Future: Why Long-Term Capital is Key in Emerging Ecosystems!** 🌍💡 🚀 Venture capital is evolving! In 2022, over 50% of global VC investments flowed into startups beyond the U.S. This shift calls for a strategic focus on long-term capital in emerging markets. 👉 Are you adapting your investment strategies to this new landscape? 💼 Tap into these insights to amplify your portfolio's growth potential! ⚡️What do you think? Thumbs up or thumbs down? 👍👎 #VentureCapital #EmergingMarkets #Startups #Investing #Capital #BusinessGrowth #Innovation #Entrepreneurship #GlobalEconomy #Strategy 🌟✨

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As utilities face historic load growth, DERs are being seen as a key asset in building a resilient grid. Sparkfund’s CEO, Pier LaFarge, shares why DERs are rapidly becoming the preferred, cost-effective solution for utilities ready to take the lead in clean energy. 👇

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Kudos to Duane Highley and the team at Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Inc. for seizing the benefits of the #InflationReductionAct to accelerate its transition to cleaner and lower cost #renewables. Power supply to its distribution coop members will hit 50% clean next year en route to a 89% reduction in #GHG emissions by 2030 ... with new resources additions focused on #windpower, #solarpower and #batterystorage with a small amount of #gas for peaker/reliability purposes. This is very much in line with the trajectory envisaged by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) #CleanPowerRules and shows that those rules do not force a "major" change in the industry, rather they run totally with the grain of what makes economic sense, and what is happening on the ground, while of course reducing harmful pollution at the same time. A win all around for coop members and the planet. #climatecrisis #stopburningstuff c Dave Munk Alex DeGolia Keith Klesner, PE Kristen Bertuglia NRECA Jim Matheson Kent Singer Colorado Rural Electric Assn. Mark Jacobson Leah Stokes Michael E. Webber Holly Metzler Sonja Macys Will Toor Chris Hansen Lisa Tiffin Amy Robertson Alana Miller Jeffrey McManus Kendra Foley

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We're wrapping up another big day of discussions at The Hub Live here at #ClimateWeekNYC.    Adam Lake shares some of today's highlights:   ⭕ Climate Group announced the pilot of a new campaign, the 24/7 Carbon-Free Coalition, to support large global corporates to revolutionize electricity procurement and reduce #carbonemissions, with Google, AstraZeneca, Iron Mountain Data Centers, Shree Cement Ltd., AirTrunk, and Vodafone UK joining as Founding Partners - https://lnkd.in/eSGbtQWa   ⭕ Groundswell hosted a session with 25 climate thought leaders discussing the actions we need to tip the balance. @Simon Steel, Executive Secretary on Climate Change, called for governments to be bold in their commitments saying, “Better policy can unlock a tsunami of investments. Bold #climateaction is good for everybody’s business.”    ⭕ Kitty van der Heijden from UNICEF spoke about the intersection of climate action and the empowerment of women calling for 'relentless focus - women and climate can get it done.'   ⭕ We recorded a special 'innovation episode' of our 50 Shades of Green podcast, with guests sharing ground-breaking ideas looking ahead to 2050 and how life will differ: https://lnkd.in/e2ekPPXE   ⭕ Latino climate leaders came together to emphasise how U.S. climate policies are driving clean energy investments, creating job opportunities for U.S. Latinos, and boosting clean energy production in Latin America.   ⭕ Big River Steel became the first ResponsibleSteel-certified site globally. Helen Clarkson said: "It's truly a pivotal milestone for the steel industry. By leading the charge, United States Steel Corporation (U.S. Steel) is setting a benchmark for others in the industry to follow – and they need to follow fast because it’s time for more steelmakers to step up and act, now.” - https://lnkd.in/dwtEWPBw   ⭕ Climate Group and Ramboll published a corporate survey report revealing that close to 50% of global businesses are prepared to pay a premium for lower emission steel and concrete - https://lnkd.in/eTzV_tRC   If you missed any of the action from the last three days, catch up on recordings of our flagship sessions via our watch on demand page - https://lnkd.in/edH-4-UC

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"Alphabet's Google, along with TPG Rise Climate and other investors, is backing clean energy developer Intersect Power as part more than $800 million funding round, the company said on Tuesday. Google's capital investment in Intersect Power comes as the tech giant, like other 'hyperscalers' including Microsoft and Meta, races to bolster its domestic data center capacity to meet the AI-driven surge in cloud demand. The company is also partnering with Intersect and TPG Rise Climate to develop industrial parks. These parks will house gigawatts of data center capacity co-located with new clean energy plants. By building data centers next to purpose-built, carbon-free energy sources, Google aims to ease power grid constraints and reduce delivery timelines for both power generation and data center projects." #alphabet #google #datacenters #ai #finance #financialservices #equipmentfinance #equipmentleasing #corporatefinance https://lnkd.in/eCk_qK6y

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#Energy investors have been forced to take an either/or approach to investing, as many existing investment strategies limit their investment choice to either traditional or alternative energy companies. We believe this results in highly concentrated portfolios, such as those that follow the largest traditional energy index. Learn more about why we believe an investment strategy that blends traditional with alternative sources can offer improved risk adjusted returns: https://bit.ly/4anhSMn

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What's happening this week in #climatetech? Check out the updates below 👇 and let us know what else is going on in the comments! ⚡ LevelTen Energy, a Seattle, WA-based renewables PPA marketplace, raised $65m in Series D funding from B Capital Group, Constellation Energy, and Zoma Capital. Their platform helps you compare all available PPA projects, making it easier and faster for companies to procure renewable energy and they are currently the largest online marketplace for renewable energy PPAs. 🌾 GrowUp Farms, a Bristol, UK-based vertical farms company, raised $49m in Growth funding from Generate Capital. They are uniquely positioned to integrate with renewable energy sources, specifically utilizing waste heat from a neighboring bioenergy plant. Despite recent setbacks in the vertical farming industry, such as AeroFarms' bankruptcy and increasing competition, this is an impressive raise. 💨 Again Bio, a Copenhagen, Denmark-based company utilizing biological processes to convert CO2 into valuable chemicals raised $43M in Series A funding from ACME Capital, Atlantic Labs, EIFO, GV (Google Ventures), HV Capital, and other investors. 💨 44.01, a London, UK-based company mineralizing CO2, raised $37M in Series A funding from Air Liquide Venture Capital, Alumni Ventures, Amazon Climate Pledge Fund, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, and Climate Investment (CI). 44.01 combines CO2 with seawater or treated wastewater and injects it underground to react with peridotite. They are currently partnering with the Omani government for their pilot project. ⚡ Rhizome, a Washington D.C., DC-based grid resilience software platform, raised $1m in Seed funding from Convective Capital. Their platform uniquely quantifies the resilience value of various investment options, helping utilities gain a clear understanding of the cost-benefit analysis of different resilience strategies and build resilience models. Let's celebrate these achievements and continue pushing the boundaries of innovation and sustainability! Special thanks to Sightline Climate (CTVC) for providing the deal info. Share your thoughts and let us know what other exciting developments are happening in the world of climate tech. Together, we can drive the change towards a cleaner, more sustainable future. #CommunityEngagement #CleanTech #Sustainability #Innovation #Fundraising

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Clean Energy Ventures (CEV) raised $305 million for its second fund, surpassing its $200 million target due to high demand from investors like The Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment and Carbon Equity. CEV is channelling funds into technologies beyond traditional solar and wind energy, targeting industrial decarbonization (e.g., emissions-reducing tech for cement and steel), efficient recycling and bioplastic production, and grid-improving technologies such as virtual power plants. “When you think about where do we need to have material impact, and where are sectors that technology really hasn’t changed for many, many decades, steel and cement rank at the top of the list. So we think there’s huge opportunity there," Daniel Goldman, co-founder and managing partner said to CNBC. #CleanEnergy #Decarbonization #PrivateEquity #ClimateTech #RenewableEnergy #SustainableInvesting #GreenTech #IndustrialDecarbonization #EnergyTransition #VentureCapital #TechInnovation #FutureOfEnergy #GreenInvestments

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🎙️ New Episode Alert: Inside Power Markets: Capacity Auctions, Batteries, and Shifting Economics In our latest Energy Desk podcast, Rishi Sahay joins Alex Melvin, M.S. to chat about the rapidly evolving landscape of power markets. > PJM's record-breaking capacity auction and its implications > The shifting role of battery storage from ancillary services to energy arbitrage > Challenges faced by baseload generators in a renewables-dominated grid > The future of natural gas and long-duration energy storage technologies Listen here: https://hubs.ly/Q02ShWxV0

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