Global markets

The complex path to market for low-carbon cement

What will it take to get buyers, developers, contractors, and others on board with low-carbon cement?

IEA: AI is 'not a primary driver' of global electricity demand

In its latest global energy outlook, the International Energy Agency incorporates AI for the first time.

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Unpacking China’s cheap battery costs

There’s more to China’s manufacturing advantage than subsidies and cheap labor.

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Are things about to turn around for the U.S. battery sector?

It's been a rough year for U.S. manufacturing of batteries and solar modules. But experts think Chinese oversupply will soon correct itself.

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In Chile, Google X is taking AI-powered grid tools out of pilot purgatory

For the first time, the “moonshot” project known as Tapestry will power a national transmission planning process.

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Is AI to blame for the cleantech funding slump?

AI companies raised more than three times as much as climate tech companies in the first half of 2024, according to BNEF.

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Can this startup make ocean CDR pencil out, even absent the voluntary market?

Equatic is relying on selling hydrogen, a byproduct of its carbon removal process, to bolster its business model.

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Raising cleantech venture capital funds is harder than ever

Difficult exits, overcommitted LPs, and a liquidity crunch are making fundraising challenging for the funds that startups rely upon.

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We need to rethink climate investing

Biotech provides a good model for how climate should think about the future.

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Is winter coming for climate tech?

After a boom in investment, climate tech now needs some wins.

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Decarbonizing the high seas

Unlike aviation, decarbonizing the world’s ocean-going ships may require a mix of low-carbon fuels.

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Net zero may require a green hydrogen balancing act

Green hydrogen is essential to decarbonization, but making it will consume vast amounts of electricity.

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Global solar capacity expected to quadruple in the next decade

Even more solar is coming down the pipe — and storage is also slated to boom.

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Why Chile’s copper and lithium mining dominance is starting to slip

“We're going to lose market share over the next five to 10 years,” said Chile’s ex-mining minister.