I’ve always known that the energy transition is a hard sell. Trying to discuss melting glaciers, roll-out of solar and batteries, without a decent glass of wine is almost impossible. LinkedIn, meanwhile, has developed its own ecosystem of fitness and virtue influencers, doing their best to make us feel guilty about… having a glass of wine. As if people in climate tech didn’t already carry enough existential guilt over the CO₂ footprint of a Friday steak and bottle! So here’s

Today is the first monthly check-in on the 23 FOAK climate tech projects  I said I’d track publicly in 2026! FOAKs get talked about more and more, which is definitely a good thing! I’m following up on the developments of the largest and most interesting FOAK projects in climate tech. I first go over the good news, then the bad, and you’ll get an updated table at the end! The good news (actual execution happened) H2 Green Steel (now Stegra)  signed a long-term supply agreement

I’ve put together a list of 23 FOAK climate tech projects that are supposed to prove something in 2026 — not in decks, not in announcements, but in steel, concrete, electrons, molecules, and regulatory filings.

This is a review of key successful and key failed FOAKs in 2025

Climeworks is back in the news—and not for the reason they’d like. Reports from Heimildin and others claim that their latest DAC (direct...