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Tim De Chant

@tdechant

dechant over at bsky and 🐘. Senior climate writer @techcrunch. Teach at @MIT_Sciwrite. Formerly @arstechnica, @KSJatMIT, @NOVApbs.

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General Fusion has been chipping away at its unique approach to fusion for years. Now, it's lighting up its latest prototype as new competitors give the startup fresh urgency. techcrunch.com/2025/03/11/gen…

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Problem: AI. Solution: AI? The electrical grid is bracing for years of breakneck demand growth driven in part by tech companies' insatiable thirst for power. Nvidia thinks — unsurprisingly — that AI can solve problems which AI has created. techcrunch.com/2025/03/20/nvi…

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A frontrunner in the race to fusion power marked a major milestone today: Commonwealth Fusion Systems installed its demonstration reactor's cryostat base, a 74-ton piece of stainless steel that forms the foundation of the tokamak itself. techcrunch.com/2025/03/25/bil…

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Sometimes AI does something no human would think to do. Sometimes that's a bad thing — we call them hallucinations — but sometimes it's not. To whit: Earth AI's recent discovery. techcrunch.com/2025/03/25/ear…

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When someone says they're concerned about climate change, it's easy to jump to conclusions. But a startup has found some surprising facts about people across the climate spectrum, from people ready for action all the way to those who deny its happening. techcrunch.com/2025/04/01/who…

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Microsoft has been betting big on carbon removal, but this is one of their biggest bets to date. They're buying nearly 4 million metric tons of carbon from an old industry — pulp and paper — that's ripe for climate tech. techcrunch.com/2025/04/11/mic…

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I've talked with so many fusion startups that are all targeting the early 2030s for their power plants. But none of them have mentioned a crucial detail: how they'll be fueled. Now, one startup has emerged to fill that gap. techcrunch.com/2025/04/15/fus…

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Armed with $900 million, Pacific Fusion's president, Will Regan, told me how his startup is going to build a fusion power plant. techcrunch.com/2025/04/15/her…

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Scoop: The Nuclear Company has raised nearly $50 million in funding to develop reactors on sites with some level of regulatory approval. The strategy should help speed construction, but the first electrons still won't flow until the early 2030s. techcrunch.com/2025/05/16/the…

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Scoop! NIF, the world's only net-positive fusion facility, has managed to produce even more energy, nearly doubling its previous capability. techcrunch.com/2025/05/17/las…

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Microsoft has made some big strides on sustainability in recent years, but its push into AI and cloud services has imperiled that progress. techcrunch.com/2025/06/02/bre…

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Constellation Energy — and nuclear power — notched another win as Meta agreed to buy 20-years worth of clean energy from an Illinois reactor. techcrunch.com/2025/06/03/met…

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Google continues its decade-long partnership with fusion power company TAE Technologies, participating in another big investment round. techcrunch.com/2025/06/03/goo…

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Global investment in clean energy is expected to reach new highs this year, but other news lurked in the data. I dug in. techcrunch.com/2025/06/06/cle…

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Scoop: Mitra Chem is raising a new $50 million round. The battery materials company is working to build an LFP cathode active material facility in the U.S. techcrunch.com/2025/06/09/mit…

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Standard Nuclear told me they were emerging from stealth this morning, but the reality is the company is basically the assets of a bankrupt 14-year-old company. The "out of the blue" narrative associated with a stealth startup doesn't track. techcrunch.com/2025/06/11/sta…

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Fervo is on a tear lately, adding $206 million to its coffers after landing a $255 million round in December. techcrunch.com/2025/06/11/fer…

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Powin didn't say tariffs were to blame for its bankruptcy, but it's hard to imagine their innocence. techcrunch.com/2025/06/12/bat…

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Elon Musk's xAI installed dozens of natural gas turbines at its Colossus data center outside Memphis. Turns out, it didn't have permits for them, a legal group says. techcrunch.com/2025/06/18/xai…