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Michael Applebaum
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VP of Marketing at Xpansiv. Accelerating the energy transition. #RedSox & #Patriots. Love 🎸🥾⛰️
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Clean energy innovations often face hurdles when introduced.

How to overcome them?

My coauthor and I explore how startups can accelerate adoption by identifying niche markets that align with their strengths - finding square holes for square pegs.

#EnergySky
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Unlocking Clean Energy Success: How the Square Hole Approach Accelerates Adoption of New Technologies
By Michael Applebaum and Warren Schirtzinger No technology is born ready to serve every use case. Innovations take time to develop and mature.
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My Tom? Buffalo.
My soundsystem? LCD.
My girls? Indigo.
February 27, 2025 at 3:50 AM
This has been a long time coming.

First property insurance, now bond ratings.

Free markets price risk, even if some want to put their heads in the sand and pretend it doesn’t exist.

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Not even municipal bonds are safe from climate
www.politico.com
February 26, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Will trade for 1 share of Nvidia
February 4, 2025 at 7:34 PM
“It costs about $100 million to train a bleeding-edge model, and that amount [is expected] to hit $100 billion in the coming years.” 👀

Dovetails with electric load growth projections for AI data centers.

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
AI Giants Seek New Tactics Now That ‘Low-Hanging Fruit’ Is Gone
Progress on the most advanced new AI systems has been slower than expected.
www.bloomberg.com
December 22, 2024 at 2:43 PM
So much to celebrate about renewables momentum:

⚡️ 40%+ of world’s electricity came from zero-carbon sources in 2023

⚡️ Almost 91% of global net power capacity additions came from solar and wind in 2023, vs 6% from fossil fuels

⚡️ Renewable power comprised almost 1/3 of global generation in 2023
December 17, 2024 at 10:36 PM
Clean energy innovations often face hurdles when introduced.

How to overcome them?

My coauthor and I explore how startups can accelerate adoption by identifying niche markets that align with their strengths - finding square holes for square pegs.

#EnergySky
www.linkedin.com/pulse/unlock...
Unlocking Clean Energy Success: How the Square Hole Approach Accelerates Adoption of New Technologies
By Michael Applebaum and Warren Schirtzinger No technology is born ready to serve every use case. Innovations take time to develop and mature.
www.linkedin.com
December 5, 2024 at 2:07 AM