climate tech reporter (aka ENERGY DOMINANCE reporter) at @heatmap.news | signal: katieb.40 📍 Seattle, WAhttps://bsky.app/profile/kbrigham.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/kbrigham.bsky.social/post/3mvoizh5urc2zbanger graph from @emilypont.bsky.social tracking how democrats' climate languaging has shifted with the release of their new climate policy agenda https://heatmap.news/politics/democrats-climate-change17 Sep 2026 01:31 +0000at://did:plc:4qai5tsnexrlttkeyi6vup3e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvoizh5urc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/kbrigham.bsky.social/post/3muhytxsnec2xOdyssey Energy Solutions just raised $74 million to help small solar installers in emerging markets like nigeria and india access the financing and equipment they need to build distributed solar — supplementing unreliable national grids as diesel costs climb and energy demand surges https://heatmap.news/climate-tech/odyssey-africa-solar01 Sep 2026 18:01 +0000at://did:plc:4qai5tsnexrlttkeyi6vup3e/app.bsky.feed.post/3muhytxsnec2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/kbrigham.bsky.social/post/3mtwe7bnp7c2nthe US is in the midst of a historic nat gas buildout — with much of it tied to data centers, many of the biggest projects going off-grid, and a meaningful chunk of it dirtier than the last big gas boom in the 2000s [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Aug 2026 17:36 +0000at://did:plc:4qai5tsnexrlttkeyi6vup3e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtwe7bnp7c2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/kbrigham.bsky.social/post/3mtwan2ucg22pPacific Fusion just broke ground in Albuquerque on a $1 billion fusion reactor designed to do what no company or lab ever has before: produce more energy than the entire machine consumes, by 2030 https://heatmap.news/climate-tech/pacific-fusion-net-energy25 Aug 2026 16:32 +0000at://did:plc:4qai5tsnexrlttkeyi6vup3e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtwan2ucg22phttps://bsky.app/profile/kbrigham.bsky.social/post/3msy35gzpgc24in which @jeva.bsky.social reviews the infamous DAC soda!!! [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Aug 2026 16:34 +0000at://did:plc:4qai5tsnexrlttkeyi6vup3e/app.bsky.feed.post/3msy35gzpgc24https://bsky.app/profile/kbrigham.bsky.social/post/3msvt46qyic2ereminder that not everything is terrible courtesy of @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social https://heatmap.news/daily/batteries-70-growth-boom12 Aug 2026 19:05 +0000at://did:plc:4qai5tsnexrlttkeyi6vup3e/app.bsky.feed.post/3msvt46qyic2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/kbrigham.bsky.social/post/3mstjzd3nh226ICYMI, nuclear is having a moment. but what’s especially hot is TINY nuclear: scaled-down designs known as SMRs and microreactors intended for data center and military customers. many industry experts warn we’re in a big ol’ hype cycle, and that the economics will never pencil out. i explore! https://heatmap.news/climate-tech/tiny-nuclear-hype-cycle11 Aug 2026 21:17 +0000at://did:plc:4qai5tsnexrlttkeyi6vup3e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mstjzd3nh226https://bsky.app/profile/kbrigham.bsky.social/post/3ms7g72qerk2zclimate tech companies are all trying to cash in on the ai boom— including clean cement startups. but the data center buildout can only take them so far https://heatmap.news/climate-tech/clean-concrete-data-centers03 Aug 2026 21:15 +0000at://did:plc:4qai5tsnexrlttkeyi6vup3e/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms7g72qerk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/kbrigham.bsky.social/post/3mrtldavqr22dmore $$ for commonwealth fusion systems! the company just brought in a slew of new institutional investors, with sovereign wealth funds, pension funds, and the like betting that fusion is finally for real https://heatmap.news/energy/commonwealth-fusion-systems-new-raise-investors30 Jul 2026 04:15 +0000at://did:plc:4qai5tsnexrlttkeyi6vup3e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrtldavqr22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/kbrigham.bsky.social/post/3mrgk34vxxc2v🤖🤖🤖24 Jul 2026 23:48 +0000at://did:plc:4qai5tsnexrlttkeyi6vup3e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrgk34vxxc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/kbrigham.bsky.social/post/3mrfo2pnd5s2lclimate tech VCs are pouring $$ into quantum computing startups. but is quantum really climate tech? i asked around to see why climate VCs are betting on qubits — and if the case holds up... https://heatmap.news/climate-tech/quantum-computing24 Jul 2026 15:27 +0000at://did:plc:4qai5tsnexrlttkeyi6vup3e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrfo2pnd5s2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/kbrigham.bsky.social/post/3mrdh2oygpc2pgood one from @emilypont.bsky.social on a new effort to calculate companies' AI emissions, including both model training and inference. turns out that's a really really hard thing to do (largely because AI providers are keeping relevant data a secret!) https://heatmap.news/energy/watershed-ai-emissions23 Jul 2026 18:16 +0000at://did:plc:4qai5tsnexrlttkeyi6vup3e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrdh2oygpc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/kbrigham.bsky.social/post/3mqrpkpw23k2e👇👇👇 by @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social16 Jul 2026 17:00 +0000at://did:plc:4qai5tsnexrlttkeyi6vup3e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqrpkpw23k2e