Chile’s Atacama desert is becoming the world’s biggest battery farm
Chile’s Atacama desert is becoming the world’s biggest battery farm

ContourGlobal, the independent power producer backed by KKR, has inaugurated a nearly $500 million solar-and-storage facility in Chile’s Atacama desert that stores daytime solar energy and delivers it after sundown. The Victor Jara hybrid plant combine…

Mykor lands £4M to scale waste-based construction materials

Mykor, a UK biotechnology companydeveloping low-carbon construction materials from industrial and agriculturalwaste, has secured £4 million in funding to accelerate the scale-up of itsindustrial biofa…

How Big Pharma Is Turning Industrial Heat Into A Strategic Asset

AstraZeneca’s Clean Heat Program is turning industrial heat decarbonization into a hedge against energy volatility — and a core business strategy.

Boom Times For The Battery Energy Storage Market

This week’s Current Climate newsletter also looks at Tesla’s reliance on California and a deal to supply clean hydrogen, generated underground, for buses and trucks

Money, Speed, And Survivors: How The New FEMA Plan Will Hit Communities

The FEMA Review Council’s recently released plan focuses on speed and state responsibility, but that may leave smaller communities behind.

How Santa Marta Showed The World A New Way Forward

The conference in Colombia brought together a coalition of the willing wanting to protect nations from the economic, political and environmental impacts of fossil fuels.

U.S. Urgently Needs Domestic Enriched Uranium As Full Russian Ban Nears

The Trump administration is hastening measures to spur domestic production of enriched uranium to counteract a full ban on Russian imports that will take effect in 2028.

Sustainable Chocolate Can’t Fix Cocoa’s Climate Problem Alone

Sustainable chocolate improves transparency and ethical sourcing but largely overlooks cocoa’s core climate resilience problem, leaving supply chains more vulnerable.

As America Marks 250 Years, This Toad Is Vanishing. Can Texas Save It?

As America marks 250 years since its founding, the Houston toad found only in Texas is struggling for survival and getting help from state and federal officials.

India’s SolarSquare is raising $60M at a $500M valuation. It has powered 50,000 homes.
India’s SolarSquare is raising $60M at a $500M valuation. It has powered 50,000 homes.

SolarSquare, an Indian rooftop solar startup, is in advanced talks to raise $55 million to $60 million at a valuation between $450 million and $500 million, TechCrunch reports. B Capital and Lightspeed Venture Partners are set to co-lead the Series C r…