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Published Feb 3, 2023

Mailbag episode! Biotech, layoffs, battery recycling and more | Catalyst with Shayle Kann

Explore biotech innovations as Shayle Kann and Sarah Golden delve into climate tech's biological solutions versus electrochemistry, tackle decarbonization's regulatory and grid challenges, and examine financial mechanisms critical for pioneering climate technologies.
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  • Regulatory Barriers

    Regulatory barriers, particularly in permitting and transmission, pose significant challenges to renewable energy deployment. highlights the complexity of these socially constructed barriers, noting that unlike other challenges, they don't follow market logic and are difficult to overcome 1. agrees, emphasizing that permitting and transmission issues could lead to long-term delays in deploying key technologies 2.

    Transmission and permitting don't fall into a category that the market ultimately solves, necessarily, because, as you said, they're socially constructed.

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    These barriers require innovative solutions beyond traditional market mechanisms to ensure progress in decarbonization efforts.

       

    Grid Constraints

    Grid stability and resource constraints are pivotal in the clean energy transition. argues that while storage and grid stability are challenges, they are not the primary barriers to decarbonization 3. Instead, the focus should be on critical minerals and workforce development, which are solvable over time, unlike the more immediate issues of permitting and transmission 2.

    Interconnection costs are going up, but Internet connection timelines are going up even more.

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    Addressing these constraints is crucial for building the necessary electricity generation and storage capacity for a sustainable future.

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