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Covering the new frontiers of the energy transition | B2B news, research, podcasts, & events | Producers of Open Circuit, @CatalystPod, & @_GreenBlueprint
Joined July 2021
In a new report, Lisa Martine Jenkins reveals how Natron — once on track to build a $1.4 billion “gigafactory” in North Carolina — has shut down due to liquidity issues.
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A year ago, the company announced plans for a $1.4 billion factory in North Carolina. Now, its largest shareholder is selling its assets.
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Industry op-ed from Will Kain: In the shadow of shuttered factories and coal plants, a new industrial revolution is quietly taking shape.
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The United States has the opportunity to lead in direct air capture.
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Coverage of PJM’s non-firm service proposal for large loads has missed the mark – framing stakeholder pushback as “opposition” to modernized demand response, when in fact the primary objections were to PJM’s heavy-handed mandatory approach. Across the comments, there’s fairly
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🎧 Listen now: Open Circuit, @Stphn_Lacey features JPMorgan’s Global Head of Climate Advisory, Dr. Sarah Kapnick, whose unconventional journey reveals how climate risk is finally becoming boardroom strategy rather than an afterthought
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Dr. Sarah Kapnick on the trillion-dollar blind spot in corporate risk models.
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🚀 The U.S. nuclear comeback is real: shuttered reactors like Three Mile Island (now Crane Clean Energy Center), Palisades (Michigan), and Duane Arnold (Iowa) are set to restart. Listen here: #NuclearRenaissance #CleanEnergy
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What can solar developers learn from Ørsted’s fight to keep the Revolution Wind project alive? Read how coordinated state and local action reframed the debate — offering lessons for clean energy industries navigating policy and market headwinds.
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Developers were largely quiet in the fight for clean energy tax credits. But to protect their projects from Trump, they’ll need to regroup.
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RT @AdvEnergyUnited: TODAY: Tune in to @_LatitudeMedia's Frontier Forum at 2PM ET to hear from United's @hmnoneill. Hosted by @Stphn_Lacey,….
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Amid federal setbacks, positive progress for clean energy lies at the state and regional level.
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RT @CatalystPod: In this episode of Catalyst: what do geoengineering, nuclear power, rising electricity prices, and plastic waste all have….
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Shayle Kann and Lara Pierpoint take on your toughest questions.
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Residential solar companies are facing severe financial strain as federal tax credits sunset, triggering mounting layoffs and even shutdowns.
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Paused funding kicked off a wave of lost jobs in January. But now, policy changes mean that more businesses no longer pencil out.
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Ayr Energy just emerged from stealth, borrowing manufacturing playbooks from the automotive world to slash U.S. grid equipment wait times—from 3–5 years down to just 1.
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Out of stealth today, Ayr Energy is applying auto manufacturing principles to transformers and switchgear.
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Allison Clements, who served at FERC from 2020 until 2024, joined a Latitude Dispatch to unpack the implications of the PJM capacity auction for the era of artificial intelligence. Read the key takeaways here:
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A conversation with Allison Clements about market signals, bottlenecks, and the race to build clean power for AI data centers.
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The African continent is showing promising signs of solar adoption at scale. Imports of Chinese solar panels into Africa jumped 60% in the past 12 months, surpassing 15 gigawatts, according to a new recent report by energy think tank Ember.
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Imports of Chinese solar panels into Africa jumped 60% in the past 12 months, led by demand from distributed generation.
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Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) has raised an additional $863 million in a Series B2 funding round, bringing its total capital raised to nearly $3 billion
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As it pushes to finalize its demonstration plant, the fusion company has brought in nearly $3 billion.
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This week on Open Circuit: the growing affordability crisis in clean energy, why VPPs may have hit a tipping point, + whether this is truly solar’s moment. 🎧 Listen here:
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We tap Jigar Shah's LinkedIn, Bluesky, and X feeds to decode what's happening in clean energy right now.
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Geothermal is getting a shake-up. ⚡️ @OrmatInc, one of the world’s largest geothermal players, has inked a major deal with startup @sagegeosystems to pilot its Pressure Geothermal technology. Read the full story by @AlexCKaufman:
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Under the strategic partnership, the two will build a next-generation plant at an existing site.
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Project 2025’s conservative blueprint is already reshaping the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). From liquified natural gas exports to downsizing and reviewing clean-energy mandates, many recommendations are being put into motion.
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The Trump administration seems to be actively following the Heritage Foundation’s radical deregulatory blueprint for DOE.
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RT @cathwfraser: New @DataProgress polling on geothermal and nuclear. Some toplines 🧵.
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Bianca Giacobone highlights a concerning trend: clean energy and transportation investment in Q2 2025 reached $68 billion, reflecting just a 1% increase year-over-year but marking the third consecutive quarterly decline since the 2024 election.
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Q2 saw $68 billion in clean energy investment, which marks the third quarterly decline since Trump's election.
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RT @CatalystPod: Can data centers become grid allies instead of power hogs? Join @shaylekann and @varunsivaram of @EmeraldAi_ in this we….
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The industry is starting to put its early demand-shifting capabilities to the test. But how does data center flexibility actually work?
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