Stealthy startup Arcturus uses lasers to infuse carbon nanomaterials into copper, dramatically improving its ability to conduct electricity.
The Trump administration’s moves threaten $121 billion in new solar and wind power, two energy sources that are the biggest contributors to new capacity in the U.S.
Base Power is skipping the PJM’s troubled interconnection queue by placing its batteries at people’s homes, offering backup services in exchange.
While there was probably a moment when Slate’s leadership had to green-light the switch from one battery type to another, the momentum toward that decision had been building for years.
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Microsoft inked a 20-year power purchase agreement with Chevron, locking in decades of carbon emissions from a new natural gas power plant.
Nvidia announced a new cooling system that cuts water use inside the data center. But it does nothing to address AI’s biggest water use — fossil fuel power plants.
FERC told grid operators to give data centers a fast lane for interconnections, but it failed to address electricity supply shortages.
Anthropic has joined the Frontier coalition, which received another $915M in pledges to fund carbon removal projects.
Critical Energy is turning rocket engines into geothermal power plants, and it wants to build 300 GW per year by 2045.