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VX Excerpt: Jigar Shah on the Climate Tech Recalibration — Risk, Resilience & Bargain Hunting
As clean energy investment slows and startup valuations fall, seasoned investors are repositioning — not retreating. VX News excerpts the latest episode of Open Circuit by Latitude Media, focusing on the contributions of climate finance veteran Jigar Shah, as he describes how a market once bloated by hype is now ripe with more disciplined opportunity.
Jigar Shah & CEC’s Robert Chun on Battery Storage Deployment in California
VX News shares framing remarks from Jigar Shah, co-host of the Open Circuit podcast and former director of the USDOE Loan Programs Office, and Robert Chun, Chief of Staff to California Energy Commission Chair David Hochschild, who elaborate on the necessity and advantages of battery storage for meeting the state’s energy and affordability needs as well as actions taken by the state and the CEC to ensure safe deployment of grid-scale battery technology.