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Erik Kobayashi-Solomon

@ctvr_erik

Forbes contributor covering ClimateTech companies. Focused on AgTech, Grids & Efficiency, and Post-Carbon Industry. Doing my part to bend the Keeling Curve.

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Climate Change will Eat Your Bond Portfolio Increasingly severe weather-related events will end up putting pressure on bond yields. People are moving away from damaged cities, reducing local tax bases and threatening municipal bond markets. Learn More: ctvr.substack.com/p/climate-chan…

Climate Change will Eat Your Bond Portfolio
Increasingly severe weather-related events will end up putting pressure on bond yields. People are moving away from damaged cities, reducing local tax bases and threatening municipal bond markets.
Learn More: ctvr.substack.com/p/climate-chan…
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From Forbes Reprints: The Problem With Having Too Much Money Venture capital is the life blood of almost all startups, but being too well-funded can be almost as dangerous as being short of cash. Learn More: ctvr.substack.com/p/the-problem-… #CTVR

From Forbes Reprints: The Problem With Having Too Much Money

Venture capital is the life blood of almost all startups, but being too well-funded can be almost as dangerous as being short of cash.

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CTVR Newsfeed for September 7, 2025 🤯 STATES CAN'T AFFORD DISASTERS. California wildfire damage: $40 billion. Texas has NO money for floods. Florida hurricanes cost more than entire state budgets. Without FEMA, WHO PAYS? Learn More: ctvr.substack.com/p/ctvr-newsfee… #CTVR

CTVR Newsfeed  for September 7, 2025

🤯 STATES CAN'T AFFORD DISASTERS. California wildfire damage: $40 billion. Texas has NO money for floods. Florida hurricanes cost more than entire state budgets. Without FEMA, WHO PAYS?

Learn More: ctvr.substack.com/p/ctvr-newsfee…

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From Forbes Reprints: This German startup is turning steel WASTE into energy batteries that store renewable power at 1,300°C! PepsiCo just ditched their 25MW gas boiler for this tech - saving massive costs while slashing emissions. Learn More: ctvr.substack.com/p/how-recycled… #CTVR

From Forbes Reprints: This German startup is turning steel WASTE into energy batteries that store renewable power at 1,300°C!

PepsiCo just ditched their 25MW gas boiler for this tech - saving massive costs while slashing emissions.

Learn More: ctvr.substack.com/p/how-recycled…

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From Forbes Reprints: Project developers now specializing in thermal energy storage - capturing nearly FREE renewable energy as heat for industry. 100% first-year depreciation is back - the same tax advantage that fueled the renewable boom. Learn More: ctvr.substack.com/p/project-deve…

From Forbes Reprints: Project developers now specializing in thermal energy storage - capturing nearly FREE renewable energy as heat for industry.

100% first-year depreciation is back - the same tax advantage that fueled the renewable boom.

Learn More: ctvr.substack.com/p/project-deve…
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CTV Updates for September 11, 2025 ESS Tech names a new COO, First sustainable PET bottle caps hit shelves, SWISS Airlines partners for permanent CO2 removal, and new regenerative agriculture standards drop. Learn More: ctvr.substack.com/p/ctvr-updates… #CTVR

CTV Updates for September 11, 2025

ESS Tech names a new COO, First sustainable PET bottle caps hit shelves, SWISS Airlines partners for permanent CO2 removal, and new regenerative agriculture standards drop.

Learn More: ctvr.substack.com/p/ctvr-updates…

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From Forbes Reprints: Half of all global energy goes to making HEAT - but what if we could store that energy in dirt and concrete? Industrial "thermal batteries" hit 95% efficiency with lifespans measured in decades. Learn More: ctvr.substack.com/p/flying-clean… #CTVR

From Forbes Reprints: Half of all global energy goes to making HEAT - but what if we could store that energy in dirt and concrete?

Industrial "thermal batteries" hit 95% efficiency with lifespans measured in decades. 

Learn More: ctvr.substack.com/p/flying-clean…

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We can capture CO2, but where do we store 700,000 tons per year from one small coal plant? The US has 5,000 miles of CO2 pipelines vs 400,000 for natural gas. New ones cost $1.75M per mile. Infrastructure, not technology, is the bottleneck. Learn More: ctvr.substack.com/p/carbon-captu…

We can capture CO2, but where do we store 700,000 tons per year from one small coal plant?

The US has 5,000 miles of CO2 pipelines vs 400,000 for natural gas. New ones cost $1.75M per mile. Infrastructure, not technology, is the bottleneck.

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Netflix’s New Carbon Credits Boost Biodiversity Beautifully The popular streaming service is purchasing carbon credits from Funga, a startup that uses fungi to capture carbon in forest soil, restoring biodiversity and soil health. Learn More: ctvr.substack.com/p/netflixs-new… #CTVR

Netflix’s New Carbon Credits Boost Biodiversity Beautifully

The popular streaming service is purchasing carbon credits from Funga, a startup that uses fungi to capture carbon in forest soil, restoring biodiversity and soil health.

Learn More: ctvr.substack.com/p/netflixs-new…

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From CTV Updates RepAir Carbon claims 70% less energy consumption for direct air capture with new membrane technology, while Sapphire Technologies raises $18M Series C from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to scale waste energy recovery systems. Learn More: ctvr.substack.com/p/ctvr-updates…

From CTV Updates 

RepAir Carbon claims 70% less energy consumption for direct air capture with new membrane technology, while Sapphire Technologies raises $18M Series C from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to scale waste energy recovery systems.

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CTVR Newsfeed for September 21, 2025 How can we predict climate change 100 years out but can't forecast weather beyond a week? The answer involves quantum mechanics and a stunning coincidence. This mind-bending series breaks it all down. Learn More: ctvr.substack.com/p/ctvr-newsfee…

CTVR Newsfeed for September 21, 2025

How can we predict climate change 100 years out but can't forecast weather beyond a week? The answer involves quantum mechanics and a stunning coincidence. This mind-bending series breaks it all down.

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CTVR Newsfeed for September 28, 2025 The oceans are sounding the alarm — human pressures could double by 2050, pushing them past a breaking point unless we act fast. Learn More: ctvr.substack.com/p/ctvr-newsfee… #CTVR

CTVR Newsfeed for September 28, 2025

The oceans are sounding the alarm — human pressures could double by 2050, pushing them past a breaking point unless we act fast.

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BREAKING: Ocean acidity just crossed the danger zone. That's 7 out of 9 planetary boundaries now breached. Coral reefs are dying. Marine life is struggling to adapt. And the changes are happening faster than evolution can keep up. Learn More: ctvr.substack.com/p/ctvr-newsfee…

BREAKING: Ocean acidity just crossed the danger zone.

That's 7 out of 9 planetary boundaries now breached. Coral reefs are dying. Marine life is struggling to adapt. And the changes are happening faster than evolution can keep up.

Learn More: ctvr.substack.com/p/ctvr-newsfee…
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From Forbes Reprints: A glimpse into the future of clean energy is already here The Veridian community connects homes using solar panels and smart batteries to form a virtual power plant, making it one of the first of its kind in the Midwest. Learn More: ctvr.substack.com/p/this-innovat…

From Forbes Reprints: A glimpse into the future of clean energy is already here

The Veridian community connects homes using solar panels and smart batteries to form a virtual power plant, making it one of the first of its kind in the Midwest.

Learn More: ctvr.substack.com/p/this-innovat…
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CTV Updates for October 8, 2025 Bloom Energy powers a 900MW AI hub in Wyoming, CRH seals a $2.1B deal for Eco Material Technologies, and Xerion challenges China’s gallium dominance with new battery tech. Learn More: ctvr.substack.com/p/ctvr-updates… #CTVR

CTV Updates for October 8, 2025

Bloom Energy powers a 900MW AI hub in Wyoming, CRH seals a $2.1B deal for Eco Material Technologies, and Xerion challenges China’s gallium dominance with new battery tech.

Learn More: ctvr.substack.com/p/ctvr-updates…

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CTVR Newsfeed for October 12, 2025 Earth's natural carbon vaults are maxing out. For decades, our forests and soils have quietly absorbed 1/3 of our CO₂ emissions. But new research shows they're reaching their breaking point. Learn More: ctvr.substack.com/p/ctvr-newsfee…

CTVR Newsfeed for  October 12, 2025

Earth's natural carbon vaults are maxing out.

For decades, our forests and soils have quietly absorbed 1/3 of our CO₂ emissions. But new research shows they're reaching their breaking point. 

Learn More: ctvr.substack.com/p/ctvr-newsfee…
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From Forbes Reprints: Nine Rhode Island housing authorities just teamed up on a solar project that'll save them $35M over 20 years. California water districts are slashing costs with solar farms. The reason? It's not ideology, it's economics. Learn More: ctvr.substack.com/p/municipaliti…

From Forbes Reprints:

Nine Rhode Island housing authorities just teamed up on a solar project that'll save them $35M over 20 years. California water districts are slashing costs with solar farms. The reason? It's not ideology, it's economics.

Learn More: ctvr.substack.com/p/municipaliti…
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Our founder Erik Kobayashi-Solomon moderated the XPRIZE Water Scarcity event in New York during Climate Week. Sponsored by Abu Dhabi's Mohamed bin Zayed Water Initiative, this prize addresses 1 of humanity's most pressing challenges. Watch for our upcoming Forbes article on this.

Our founder Erik Kobayashi-Solomon moderated the XPRIZE Water Scarcity event in New York during Climate Week. Sponsored by Abu Dhabi's Mohamed bin Zayed Water Initiative, this prize addresses 1 of humanity's most pressing challenges. Watch for our upcoming Forbes article on this.
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When the world leading water experts gather, you listen. Erik moderated a panel with the Global Commission on the Economics of Water, the International Desalination Association, and the World Economic Forum. The consensus? We can't wait another decade to solve water scarcity.

When the world leading water experts gather, you listen. Erik moderated a panel with the Global Commission on the Economics of Water, the International Desalination Association, and the World Economic Forum. The consensus? We can't wait another decade to solve water scarcity.
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CTV Updates for October 18, 2025 Xerion earns Time Magazine recognition, Flocean is cutting costs and carbon with underwater desalination. And Regenified is building the infrastructure to scale regenerative agriculture Learn More: ctvr.substack.com/p/ctvr-updates… #CTVR

CTV Updates for October 18, 2025

Xerion earns Time Magazine recognition, Flocean is cutting costs and carbon with underwater desalination. And Regenified is building the infrastructure to scale regenerative agriculture

Learn More: ctvr.substack.com/p/ctvr-updates…

#CTVR