The many pathways to decarbonizing chemicals
Chemicals might be the most daunting industrial sector to decarbonize. Unlike concrete and steel, where the end products are largely uniform, refineries spit out thousands of different chemicals throu...
24 Jan 20221h 6min
Microbes, meat and materials: biotech meets climatetech
Biotech has enormous potential across a wide array of climate solutions. It can be used to create alternative proteins, remove carbon from the atmosphere, clean up fertilizer, or to create renewable f...
18 Jan 202242min
Inside the Energy Department's loan deal to back hydrogen
First-of-a-kind projects are, by definition, unproven. Despite the abundance of capital in climate tech these days, the valley of death for new technologies still exists. But there are solutions. And ...
10 Jan 202248min
Is nuclear fusion getting close?
The common trope about fusion is that it has always been – and will always be – a decade away. So is something different happening now? Recently, we’ve seen technical achievements in fusion, like near...
23 Des 202147min
Quantum computing could be a critical climate solution
What exactly counts as “climate tech”? Basically all human activity is responsible for emissions, directly or indirectly. So nearly every new technology trend or capability has at least some role to p...
16 Des 202151min
The future of natural gas
There are many pathways to decarbonize natural gas. Do we replace it, full stop? If so, with what? Or do we blend natural gas with alternatives, or rip up the old infrastructure and replace it with so...
9 Des 202146min
A bumpy ride toward decarbonizing aviation
Aviation represents 2-3% of global GHG emissions. If the aviation sector were a country, its emissions would rank around 6th in the world, somewhere between Japan and Germany. If you add the additiona...
2 Des 202150min
Kickstarting a $1 trillion market for carbon removal
Stripe, a fintech startup worth $100 billion, is trying to kick-start a $1 trillion market for carbon removal. The company is being extremely transparent about its processes, which means we get a wind...
18 Nov 202139min
