B2B PR Pro & Mom. #Cleantech #Blockchain #Tech #Renewables Pittsburgh Transplant. Charleston Native. Former Journo. Christian.
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Come August, my little munchkin is off to school (cue the happy dance + ugly cry!). So, if any of you fabulous humans need comms support, let's chat. If we've recently connected, let me intro myself:
I'm Bridgette👋, a former TV reporter turned global/nat'l PR consultant 🧵
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Anndddd here's the real link: youtube.com/watch?v=yonUUOAD…
Term Sheet Podcast is out, episode 1! Check it out!
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Legacy DLR approaches either (A) rely on hardware, which is expensive and slow, or (B) use weather models that do not have the required resolution and are not safe for use in line ratings - and engineers know it.
Gridraven has fixed it. Our AI wind prediction is accurate exactly where power lines are. It's already being switched on across all of Finland in the world's largest application of DLR.
Up to a third more grid capacity is available right away, to support load growth and reduce prices. It's a no-brainer.
Thank you @politicalham for a very professional and smooth recording experience. Great questions and pacing!
youtube.com/watch?app=deskto…
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Exclusive: In a "brutal" fundraising environment, emerging manager face an uphill battle.
For Amanda Robson, known as Robby, the answer was two-fold: the power of community 🤝 and a relentlessly high-energy approach ⚡️
Now she's raised a $22M debut fund for her VC firm MTF.
ALT MTF founder Amanda Robson
ALT Amanda Robson has raised $22 million for her new fund MTF.
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Excited to be hosting our first event at #NYTechWeek on June 2!
Early-stage founders, join me for a tactical lunch convo with investors @jefielding, @nchirls and @mattharrigan on raising your first VC round. Apply below 👇
Looking forward to seeing all the startups there!
📣 Calling all pre-seed and seed stage founders 📣
We're teaming up with @mercury, @gowithengine and @CompanyVentures for a @Techweek_ roundtable on raising your first round of funding.
If you're beginning your fundraising journey, we'd love to see you.
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historically risk averse utilities are starting to turn to tools like AI-based platforms that can give insight into climate-related risks to utility infrastructure. rhizome just raised $6.5 million to further build out its grid analysis platform heatmap.news/sparks/rhizome-…
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For our first @UpstartsMediaCo newsletter, I dug into Granola, the AI meeting notes app that's become a favorite tool of VCs and founders, growing 10% weekly.
CEO Chris Pedregal spoke to me about his plans for a "tool for thought" and the crowded AI note-taking startup field.
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Kinda funny how they landed on the line that cutting greenhouse gas emissions is good without mentioning climate change.
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Eliminating NOAA climate and weather research labs could seriously erode US forecast accuracy, in addition to cutting off the US' ability to monitor/research climate change. Labs like AOML, for ex., have direct forecast applications. axios.com/pro/energy-policy/…
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The Texas grid is facing something we’ve never seen before:
ERCOT projects a 50% increase in demand by 2029.
That’s a jump from 85 GW in 2023 to 129 GW in just four years.
What’s driving it? 1/🧵
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A few comments on the tariffs—houstonchronicle.com/news/ho… @HoustonChron @KHOU @UHouston @UH_News @YaleEconomics @YaleSOM
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Slew of NOAA websites set to go dark at midnight tonight due to a canceled cloud services contract. NOAA under pressure to cut its IT costs by 50%... axios.com/2025/04/04/noaa-re…
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Utility-backed distributed energy resource (DER) bill faces opposition; PUC staff recommend against an interconnection allowance for DERs; utilities' 2026 efficiency plans show little or no growth.
douglewin.com/p/ders-in-trou…
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The Senate B&C Committee will soon hear Senate Bill 819. I'll have some updates in this thread. You can read more about it here or watch the video below. #txlege 1/
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TOMORROW: Texas Senate will hear SB 819, a bill that would severely limit energy development, restrict Texas' economic growth, raise consumer costs, and make a mockery of private property rights.
I'll be tracking and reporting on the hearing live at douglewin.com
Excellent piece by @jeffsaintjohn - with a little *creative thinking* - we can bring on lots of #cleanenergy faster and cheaper to match new data center demand. #energy #grid
How to get around the grid bottlenecks to building lots of clean energy and lots of data centers? This RMI report lays out an option - "power couples" that use existing fossil gas 'peaker' plants' as a grid connection node for wind, solar, and batteries:
canarymedia.com/articles/cle…
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Who gets to decide whether African countries can exploit their natural resources?
Activists and oil proponents are in a showdown over a pipeline in Uganda, with both sides claiming the moral high ground.
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Donald Trump’s directives deal fatal blow to America’s offshore wind energy industry @amandalanchu ft.com/content/50ed179d-a311… via @ft
Excellent piece from @DanGearino at @insideclimate - on #Texas energy outlook: insideclimatenews.org/news/0…
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With Texas facing massive demand for electricity, the political tides around energy are quietly turning in the country’s biggest oil and gas state.
via @TexasTribune: texastribune.org/2025/03/06/…
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Renewables Will Best Fossil Fuels Over Time Despite Trump’s Efforts via @forbes forbes.com/sites/kensilverst… @USEnergyAssn @NRDC @Heritage @EPA
