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Nuclear Energy

A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

He replied that there certainly were problems with nuclear energy but that they paled in comparison to those of burning fossil fuels. I have come full circle on nuclear energy and now see it as way more attractive than most other forms of generating energy. There are two ways of making energy with atoms.

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TRIREC, INNOPOWER team up for $100m green energy fund

AsiaTechDaily

Register Singapore-based venture capital firm TRIREC and Thai energy innovations company INNOPOWER announced today the formation of Energy Ignition Ventures, a $100-million growth-stage fund aimed at promoting decarbonisation initiatives.

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Energy Dome gets $44M uplift into its CO2 battery for renewable energy storage

TechCrunch

Italian climate startup Energy Dome , which has developed a “CO 2 Battery” for storing renewable energy, has closed a €40 million (~$44M) Series B round — bringing the total raised for its novel energy storage solution to €54M (or just shy of $60M). Europe, South America, India and Australia.

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Singapore’s TablePointer raises $3m to expand energy efficiency platform

AsiaTechDaily

Register TablePointer Pte Ltd , a Singapore-based start-up that provides Energy-Efficiency-as-a-Service (EEaaS) solutions , has secured more than $3 million in an oversubscribed seed funding round led by Wavemaker Partners , AgFunder, ENGIE, and Steve Melhuish.

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The Low Energy Trap

Continuations

He also proposes one historic escape mechanism from such a collapse: a big energy unlock. We had a shot at that i n the 1960s when we started building nuclear power plants , but then starting in the 1980s we instead chose to focus on energy efficiency. That has us now caught in a low energy trap. Less energy.

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Helion raises $2.2B to commercialize fusion energy

TechCrunch

Helion Energy , a clean energy company committed to creating a new era of plentiful, zero-carbon electricity from fusion, today announced the close of its $0.5 Animation courtesy of Helion Energy. “Some projects in the fusion space talk about heat, or energy, or other things. Image Credits: Helion Energy.

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Cleantech startup Stride raises $2m to support Vietnam’s clean energy transition

AsiaTechDaily

Stride provides eco-friendly home improvement projects, smart home technology, energy-efficient products, and solar energy solutions to households and small businesses in Vietnam, pioneering a path to a clean energy future in the country with an affordable and transparent system.

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