Rivian’s long-awaited, make-or-break R2 is officially here. But is it any good?
According to @andrewmoseman.bsky.social, it’s at least good enough.
Read his full take:
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🌞 Qcells starts producing solar cells in GA
🤑 Grid investments to top $650B globally in 2026
🇨🇦 Canada just refurbished a nuclear reactor early and under budget
Read all about it from @alexckaufman.bsky.social:
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Many New Yorkers swelter through the winter in overheated apartments thanks to inefficient boiler systems.
But a new AI-powered heat management platform promises to change that — and has already saved $5M in heating costs.
Here's @kbrigham.bsky.social with the story:
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Great piece by @heatmap.news's @andrewmoseman.bsky.social as the curtain rises on Rivian's R2 era... simply titled: "Rivian Did It."
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Hawaiians paid 22% more for electricity in May than they did in April, according to the latest data in the Electricity Price Hub.
@zeitlin.bsky.social has the details:
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The U.S. electric vehicle maker’s make-or-break model, the R2, is finally here — and it’s pretty fun to drive.
Entech’s S2 platform debuted last year to help make century-old boilers more efficient.
Fun project out today from me and @zeitlin.bsky.social:
Some 40 climate tech founders and CEOs are alumni of SpaceX and Tesla. We mapped out what sectors they went into, how much $ they raised, and talked to them about what they learned working for Musk.
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After the deadly 2021 heat dome, Seattle decided it would be a good idea to practice for a heat emergency during this year’s World Cup tournament.
It did not go particularly well.
Read @jeva.bsky.social’s account of the exercise: heatmap.news/climate/worl...
Seattle practiced responding to a heat dome during the international soccer tournament. It didn’t go well.
the AI boom is minting a new gen of billionaires, some of whom will soon be searching for worthy philanthropic causes. i spoke with leaders in the climate philanthropy world who see a chance to channel AI wealth into decarb and adaptation efforts that might otherwise never get off the ground
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The coming wave of big tech IPOs is going to make a whole lot of people very, very wealthy.
If you’re one of them, @kbrigham.bsky.social suggests, perhaps you might want to consider funding some first-of-a-kind climate tech?
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All that cash has to go somewhere. Why not philanthropic funding for decarbonization?
The TL;DR on this morning’s energy news:
⚛️ TN sets country’s first fusion regulations
🇨🇳 China doubles its nuclear capacity in a decade
💔 Could PJM break up?
Read all about it in Heatmap AM by @alexckaufman.bsky.social:
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On Chinese nuclear, Mongolian uranium, and screwworm spreading
