Shayle Kann
14 statements across 12 episodes · 5 bullish · 6 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Jul 1, 2022 by Shayle Kann · said 32 times in 13 episodes since 2022 · across every show →
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2023 4 mentions in 4 episodes 1 per episode
2022 28 mentions in 9 episodes 3 per episode
- What the grid can learn from the internet
- Will advanced reactors solve nuclear's problems?
- When will batteries take over the world?
- Unlocking hyper-efficient cooling
- A critical tool for scaling climate tech: insurance
- The Carbon Copy: The lithium land grab in California
- Could geothermal become a major zero-emissions player?
- Getting more energy on the wires
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Jul 1, 2022 neutral
Kann: Compressed air storage innovation centers on managing compression heat
“Historically, the challenge with compressed air energy storage has to do with this Trade off between efficiency and cost. So the basic challenge is when you compress air, you create heat, right? And if you let that heat dissipate into the atmosphere, you're ju…”
Jul 1, 2022 positive
Dec 1, 2022 bearish
Feb 2, 2023 neutral
Kann: FOAK project finance funds struggle to scale due to high diligence costs
“You have a hard time getting to scale, because the whole point is that this technology is going to graduate from the type of thing you would do to the type of thing that, that JP Morgan would do. And so you, if you're the one focused on just the sort of first …”
Feb 2, 2023 negative
Kann: 90% of FOAK climate tech projects are funded with VC equity
“If you're an innovative company with a new technology, you need to bring a market, and you need to build the first One of them ever. You still, I, 90% of the time at the moment, I think, end up paying for it with your, the money you've raised from venture capi…”
Jan 4, 2024 bearish
Mar 28, 2024 bullish
Kann: Constellation and Vistra share prices have surged on power capacity demand
“The share prices of companies like Constellation Energy and anybody who's long capacity has a lot of Especially clean firm capacity. So the owners of nuclear, but others as well, like their share prices are just through the roof. Vistra, a bunch of others this…”
Aug 23, 2024 positive
Oct 24, 2024 neutral
Kann: Startups are proposing spray-on catalytic coatings for wind turbines
“I've seen a couple of startups proposing this exact thing. Surface treatment with some kind of spray-on catalyst that you put either on wind turbine blades or something else that, in principle, would oxidize methane in the atmosphere.”
Jul 31, 2025 bearish
Sep 4, 2025 negative
Kann: Electric stoves are a small household load not worth prioritizing
“It is a small load in the house. If you, what you care about is, you know, electrifying stuff, you should, you really push people toward electric vehicles and electric HVAC and stoves don't really matter at the end of the day. So I just don't get it. I don't g…”
Feb 19, 2026 bullish
Mar 12, 2026 positive
Sep 3, 2026 bearish
Kann: Political backlash against data centers will worsen over the next two years
“I would bet on this being the case for the next couple of years that it gets worse before it gets better. Partially because of the political timing that you described, it's just there currently where we stand today, there is no political advantage to being the…”