From Climate Tech to Energy Resilience: European Energy Tech is Gaining Momentum
Energy resilience has become an extremely important topic for Europe over the past few years. Dealroom’s Yoram Wijngaarde and Lorenzo Chiavarini sit down together with journalist Andrii Degeler to leverage available data and trace the most important trends in European energy tech.
Join the conversation to learn more about how different countries fare when it comes to energy independence, funding trends for energy and climate tech, and the breakthroughs that could transform the landscape beyond recognition.
00:00 Introduction
01:24 Energy independence in Europe
03:06 New energy system is gaining momentum
07:07 France’s nuclear buildout
10:51 Global dependence on fossil fuels for energy security
14:11 How clean energy potential differs between regions
16:12 Europe’s energy transition benefits from China’s investment
19:21 Global markets for solar, nuclear, electric vehicles
22:27 Equity funding for renewable energy projects
25:17 Creative financing options for energy tech companies
26:19 VCs’ role in energy transition
29:34 Solar and energy VC trends
32:17 Capital constraints, diversification, and energy investment trends
36:26 Electricity demand to come from AI data centres
43:29 Nuclear’s growing venture capital traction
44:25 US nuclear power’s safety, cost, and politics
50:26 Future energy abundance
56:09 How VCs invest in clean energy companies
59:37 Grid reliability in Europe and the US
01:00:22 No link between renewable energy and grid failures
01:00:58 Europe needs to invest more in grid infrastructure
01:02:51 Global energy tech market startups: hardware, software, services
01:07:02 Lithium’s role in energy independence
01:12:09 The key difference between copper and lithium in terms of mining
01:13:14 Green molecules and hydrogen fuel cells
01:18:30 Hydrogen and synthetic fuels for aviation