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David R. Baker

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Energy and Cleantech Reporter at Bloomberg News

Energy and cleantech reporter at Bloomberg. Science and infrastructure geek. Gin snob. Views are my own.

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  • 2 months ago | bloomberg.com | David R. Baker |Mark Chediak

    California’s all-out push to decarbonize its economy will succeed despite President Donald Trump’s efforts to block climate action, one of the state’s top energy regulators said Wednesday. “Never discount the state of California and what we’re able to achieve, OK?” David Hochschild, chair of the California Energy Commission, told the BloombergNEF summit in San Francisco. “We are going to get to 100% clean energy in this state. I am absolutely confident of that.”

  • 2 months ago | bloomberg.com | David R. Baker |Will Wade

    Bloomberg Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the world For Customers Bloomberg Anywhere Remote Login Software Updates Manage Products and Account Information Support Americas+1 212 318 2000 EMEA+44 20 7330 7500 Asia Pacific+65 6212 1000 Company About Careers Diversity and Inclusion Tech At Bloomberg Philanthropy Sustainability Bloomberg London...

  • Jan 17, 2025 | bloomberg.com | David R. Baker

    Inside an unmarked stucco building in a Silicon Valley office park, more than 1,000 black metal cabinets, each about the size of a fridge, line the floor in rows. Each cabinet contains 20 new lithium-ion batteries that, starting this spring, will feed power into California’s often-strained electrical grid, helping prevent blackouts. They’re essentially bigger versions of the rechargeable batteries that power phones, laptops and electric cars.

  • Dec 3, 2024 | bloomberg.com | David R. Baker

    Battery-maker Eos Energy Enterprises Inc. closed a $303.5 million US federal loan guarantee — sending its shares sharply higher — as the Biden administration races to finalize billions of dollars in clean-tech loans before leaving office. Eos shares jumped as much as 19% on the news, the biggest intraday gain since late August. The stock was trading up 3.1% at $2.98 as of 11:31 a.m. in New York.

  • Dec 3, 2024 | finance.yahoo.com | David R. Baker

    Cathie Wood, chief executive of Ark Investment Management, typically focuses on technology stocks that she believes to have a disruptive impact. Sometimes, she’ll buy even if a stock has shown little growth for a while — and that’s what she did last week. Investors and analysts have mixed opinions about Wood. Supporters see her as a visionary in tech investing, while critics say she’s a mediocre fund manager.

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David R. Baker
David R. Baker @DavidBakerSF
11 Jan 24

RT @SStapczynski: LNG export facilities are complicated feats of engineering The expansion in Qatar, the biggest LNG project ever, require…

David R. Baker
David R. Baker @DavidBakerSF
26 Oct 23

Beaming constant solar energy from space to Earth: It's a longtime dream of scientists, but recently researchers have made real progress. https://t.co/iQXjifz8Sm via @climate

David R. Baker
David R. Baker @DavidBakerSF
7 Sep 23

Toyota's largest North American import facility gets a new kind of power plant that will produce power, water and hydrogen all at once https://t.co/pQnj1Ssbsv via @climate