A few weeks back, Energize Ventures joined us to dissect the hard costs of constructing the energy transition. While steel in the ground is (literally) foundational, soft costs like sales and marketing, labor, and permitting account for ⅔rds the cost of residential projects - and can make or break a Read more…
If you’re bullish on renewables, you’re bullish on construction. To reach net zero goals, more than $4 trillion will need to be invested in renewable energy infrastructure globally by 2030, tripling the current installed base of wind and solar. The US is on track to reach $1 trillion in renewable Read more…
Batteries are the plug of decarbonizing electrification. Cumulative demand for lithium-ion batteries is slated to swell 1700% by 2030 charged by the pulse of electrification in transportation and grid storage. A wave of manufacturing is sweeping North America and Europe in an attempt to match China’s one-gigafactory-per-week amped up growth Read more…
It’s just about that time of the year (in NYC, at least) when that special type of condensation starts falling from millions of overworked AC window units. As we performed electrician acrobatics reinstalling our own window unit, it got us thinking about the scale of the cooling industry. As it Read more…
Last week, the acclaimed co-founder of Apple, Steve Wozniak, unveiled his second company, Efforce, with a slick website and much media fanfare. Efforce claims to disrupt the energy efficiency market by using blockchain and “WOZX” tokens to finance energy efficiency projects. The platform encourages the public to directly invest in Read more…
From CA Gov. Newsom’s EV announcement to the recent surge in SPACs, the new interest and funding into climate tech has made 2020 feel like the year electric vehicles have finally rolled into the mainstream. The technology driving and scaling the fleet? Batteries. Last week, Tesla had its much-anticipated Battery Read more…
From New York Times’ Record Wildfires on the West Coast Are Capping a Disastrous Decade Wildfires are scorching the West. Every year continues to set a new record for the worst fire season. In 2020, with months still left, over 5 million acres have burned in California, Oregon, and Washington – wreaking Read more…