Form Energy raises $405M for its 100-hour iron-air batteries

Published on October 9, 2024

Form Energy just hit a funding milestone few startups reach, announcing a $405 million Series F financing round on Wednesday that brings its total funding to more than $1.2 billion. That’s a lot of money for a novel long-duration energy storage startup. But it’s commensurate with the challenge it has set for itself…

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The soul and science of forests

October 9, 2024
It’s the middle of August and around the world, trees are burning. In Jasper National Park, nearly 320 square kilometres of forest has been left charred and smouldering. In Greece, 25-metre flames rip through the remaining pine forests of Attica not far from Athens. All the while in Brazil, 13 million acres of the Amazon have gone up in flames, fuelled by a historic drought. And on 200 acres of wo

Green hydrogen headwinds hit production hub, steel project in Mississippi

October 9, 2024
A green hydrogen project tied to a novel steelmaking initiative in Mississippi faces delays as headwinds batter the emerging market for cleanly produced hydrogen. Hy Stor Energy has proposed building gigawatts’ worth of wind, solar, and geothermal capacity in southern Mississippi to produce what it calls…