This is today’s edition of The Download , our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Climate tech companies are going public.
ManyPress Editorial Team
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Key facts
- •Solar and battery company Solv Energy went public in February, hitting a $6 billion valuation.
- •X-energy, which builds small modular nuclear reactors, followed at $11.5 billion.
- •Then came geothermal company Fervo Energy, reaching a market cap of about $12.4 billion.
- •All three have been IPO success stories.
- •And it doesn’t feel like a coincidence that they’re racing to provide electricity in an era of rising demand, driven partly by data centers.
This is today’s edition of The Download , our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Climate tech companies are going public.
This article was independently rewritten by ManyPress editorial AI from reporting originally published by MIT Technology Review, MIT Technology Review.

