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Bar chart graphic for the Currence Q3 2026 Data Center Outlook on hyperscaler capex and component prices
Hyperscaler Capex Is Up Because of Component Prices, Not Compute Ambitions
Aug 27, 2026
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Chart of H1 2026 climate tech venture and growth investment, $26.1bn and up 55%
H1 2026 Climate Tech Investment: $26bn, Up 55%, and the AI Buildout Is Driving It
Jul 13, 2026
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Ranking of corporate offtake structures for low-carbon products, from the Currence and HSBC report
How Corporate Offtake Agreements Drive Clean Energy Innovation
Jul 2, 2026
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Topics at CERAWeek conference from agenda of 2026 versus 2025 comparison chart
CERAWeek 2026: Disruption is the new normal
Mar 27, 2026
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China's 15th Five-Year Plan and its 109 major engineering projects
Hot off the press: China’s 15th plan for the era of security
Mar 13, 2026
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CCUS and AI gas pipelines
The AI boom wonʼt save the CCS project pipeline
Mar 3, 2026
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Stacked bar chart showing data center pipeline by status over time. Announced capacity (yellow) dominates and peaks sharply in mid-period, with construction (teal) layered on top. Early years show mostly operational projects. Source: Currence.
Data center outlook: half of 2026 pipeline may not materialize
Feb 24, 2026
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Currence small modular reactor leaderboards ranked companies and locations top 5 score breakdown by readiness curve
Russia and China dominate Currence's new SMR Leaderboard
Feb 18, 2026
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H1 2026 LDES Leaderboard ranking long-duration storage companies, led by Tesla and Chint Power
H126 LDES Leaderboard
Jan 28, 2026
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Bring Your Own Capacity approaches that help data centers connect faster within grid constraints
It’s BYOCapacity, not BYOGeneration
Jan 12, 2026
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Cumulative quarterly climate tech investment by vertical, 2020 to 2025
$40.5bn and 8% uptick as power demand drives ’25 investment
Jan 6, 2026
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Your 2025 predictions: the results are in
Dec 12, 2025
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Capex benchmarks for long-duration energy storage technologies compared with lithium-ion
LDES: Expensive, but just how expensive?
Dec 10, 2025
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UK gridtech investment under Ofgem's RIIO-3 price control
The future of UK gridtech: Investment, innovation & regulation
Dec 8, 2025
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Chart of CO2 injection by project type, geological storage versus storage with enhanced oil recovery
Texas goes big on CO2 storage, but EOR rules
Nov 27, 2025
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Map of US states with Class VI CO2 storage well primacy, including Texas
Texas gains ground and wins state control over carbon storage
Nov 24, 2025
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Currence Sector Readiness Curve applied to China's cleantech industries
A tour of China's electrostate
Nov 21, 2025
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Pipeline of long duration energy storage projects by operational date
Long duration energy storage: state of commercialization
Nov 19, 2025
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Climate tech investment by region, 2020 to 2025
Globalization in climate tech: Why Europe and emerging markets are taking the lead
Nov 11, 2025
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Chart of European long-duration energy storage awards by technology, led by lithium-ion
Europe extends runtime for Li-ion LDES
Oct 27, 2025
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Top Q3 2025 climate tech deals
Q3 2025’s top deals, exits, funds
Oct 6, 2025
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Chart of the fastest ways to bring new US power capacity online, including nuclear uprates, restarts, and licensed sites
MW ASAP, please: 3 ways to get megawatts online faster
Sep 30, 2025
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Mark Taylor, Kim Zou, and Sophie Purdom onstage at SightLive during NYC Climate Week 2025
Overheard at NYCW '25
Sep 26, 2025
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Line chart: Heber 1 PPA price 2016–2052, resetting from $80/MWh to $86/MWh in 2026. Bar chart shows total contract value drops from $845.3M to $783M (−7.4%). Source: Currence.
A $783m PPA for geothermal: In search of the marginal megawatt
Sep 22, 2025
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Capex and round-trip efficiency of iron-air, flow battery, compressed air, and pumped thermal storage versus lithium-ion
Benchmarking Long Duration Energy Storage (LDES): why Lithium-Ion still dominates the cost curve
Sep 9, 2025
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AI applications in nuclear fission, from licensing and reactor design to plant operations
AI in clean firm power: Nuclear fission
Aug 18, 2025
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Data center power sourcing models, from grid connections to onsite generation and small modular reactors
The data center report we promise you haven't read
Aug 8, 2025
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Chart of nuclear fission deals by year, showing investment momentum in 2025
A hot streak for nuclear
Aug 2, 2025
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Chart of direct air capture projects by development stage and annual capture capacity
Taxing times for CCUS
Jul 14, 2025
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H1 2025 climate tech investment trends report
H1 2025 climate tech investment: Capital stacking up for energy security & resilience
Jul 1, 2025
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Europe's Energy Moment event, hosted by Currence during London Climate Action Week 2025
The vibe in Europe, LCAW 2025
Jun 27, 2025
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Survey results from the 2025 climate tech investor pulse check
Our 2025 climate tech investor pulse check
Jun 13, 2025
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Table ranking the top 10 small modular reactor developers
Rolls-Royce is the Rolls-Royce of SMRs
Jun 12, 2025
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Sophie Purdom, managing partner at Planeteer, and John Tough, managing partner at Energize Capital
Two climate investors on raising in today's tough market
Jun 9, 2025
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Canceled oced awards to industrial decarbonization projects by sector in dollar value for different verticals
OCED’s not-so-clean break
Jun 2, 2025
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State of fusion energy in 2025: investment and technology overview
The state of fusion in 2025: hype, hope, and hard physics
May 23, 2025
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Chart of small modular reactor projects in North America, including Ontario Power Generation's Darlington site
SMRs for GPTs: Google plugs AI into nuclear
May 12, 2025
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EU CO2 storage obligations for oil and gas producers
EU: store, baby, store
May 8, 2025
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A market map of grid technologies, hardware and software
The buildout after Spain's blackout
May 6, 2025
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Virtual power plant pilot in Virginia under the Community Energy Act
Virtual Power Plants get real in Virginia
May 5, 2025
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Maritime decarbonization options market map
Staying afloat in a shipping slowdown: innovations in maritime
May 2, 2025
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Next-generation geothermal developers and lease sales, including Fervo's Cape Station
New geo players percolating just below the surface
Apr 24, 2025
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Carbon prices under the EU ETS, CBAM, and the IMO net-zero shipping framework
Carbon price futures, the future of carbon prices
Apr 24, 2025
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Burnbot autonomous machine for prescribed burns, piloted with PG&E
SFCW 2025: Climate tech grows up
Apr 22, 2025
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US electricity generation by source over time, with natural gas overtaking coal
Coal hard facts
Apr 14, 2025
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Table showing tariff impacts across 13 climate tech sectors, from grid batteries (64.5% levy) and solar panels (36-46%) to wind turbines (34-54%) and EVs (25-54%). Critical minerals face Chinese export controls. Source: Currence.
Tariffs, trade wars, and climate tech
Apr 7, 2025
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Top climate tech deals of Q1 2025 by round size and sector
Q1 2025 roundup: top deals, exits, and new funds
Apr 4, 2025
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Pipeline for DAC by geography
Stratos-pheric stakes in Direct Air Capture (DAC)
Apr 3, 2025
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CERAWeek 2025 energy conference in Houston
CERAWeek 2025: More power, more problems
Mar 17, 2025
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Line chart of industrial production in Euro area and the EU, seasonally adjusted
The nEU Deal on the Bloc
Mar 3, 2025
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stacked bar cahrt of Total capacity in queue versus active s of january 2024 by power market
The power struggle at FERC
Feb 24, 2025
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Working capital stack for climate startups, showing financing tools by company stage
The working capital playbook for climate startups
Feb 14, 2025
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DOE infrastructure investments by sector and technology 2020-2024 stacked bar chart
Funding freeze fallout at the DOE
Feb 3, 2025
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DOE infrastructure investment by sector and funding type
Trump's climate transition
Jan 21, 2025
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Reader poll results predicting which climate tech company is most likely to IPO in 2025
Your 2025 climate tech oracle: What you are predicting
Jan 17, 2025
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2024 Climate Tech Investment Trends report: $30 billion invested, down 14%
Climate tech investment trends 2024: $30 billion and a 14% drop as the market finds its new normal
Jan 7, 2025
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Rio Tinto's $6.7bn lithium acquisition and direct lithium extraction assets
Rio Tinto digs into Lithium with $6.7bn acquisition
Oct 14, 2024
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Long-duration energy storage sector compass mapping storage technologies by duration and maturity
The long and short of energy storage technologies
Mar 4, 2024
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Diagram of SAF production pathways, showing feedstocks like waste oils, crops, and captured CO2 flowing through conversion processes including HEFA, fermentation, and gasification to produce sustainable aviation fuel.
Fueling carbon-free transport: the cost and complexity of creating drop-in alternative fuels
Sep 4, 2023
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