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Where is the most promising white space in clean energy?

Where is the most promising white space in clean energy?

Apr 11, 20251 min read

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Unaddressed needs include:

  • Sustainable fuels for aviation & trucks
  • More economical hydrogen storage and More economical hydrogen transportation
  • Shortening the transmission grid interconnection queue for new electricity projects
  • Technologies that will enable deep Geothermal energy, including:
    • Deep geothermal drilling technology provider (esp. cements, explosives, and drilling electronics that work at high temperatures)
    • Seismic methods for measuring permeability and fluid mobility in the lithosphere
    • Real-time monitoring technologies for drilling, stimulation and heat extraction in deep geothermal
  • Extending nuclear plant lifetimes
  • Cleaner natural gas power generation
  • Green mining and Critical materials
  • Cost-effective Carbon capture & Carbon sequestration
  • Industrial decarbonization: Decarbonizing cement, Decarbonizing steel, Decarbonizing ethylene, and Decarbonizing ammonia

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  • MIT Proto Ventures
  • David Cohen-Tanugi