On 22 July 2026, the Texas grid set an all-time record. Demand reached about 91 gigawatts on a punishing summer evening and the system met it, roughly half from natural gas and a third from solar. Nothing broke. Yet much of the discussion around artifi…
According to a new report, Europe’s summer was not just defined by extreme heatwaves, but also by record breaking sea-surface temperatures, low river flows and dry soil.
FedEx has ordered 2,000 electric delivery trucks worth $300M from Harbinger, a Californian startup it also backed with a Series C investment last year. Europe’s equivalents, Volta Trucks and Tevva, both went under, and a European logistics depot needs …
Google is funding a PG&E virtual power plant of 21,000 home devices totaling 11 MW, testing whether homes can make room on the grid for AI demand.
A final investment decision on Project Kilby, a huge gas-powered data centre in West Texas, could slip from the end of this year to 2027 because of state politics. Tim McDonnell reported the news for Semafor on Thursday. The project, near Pecos in the …
Corning is flying high thanks to the data center craze and insatiable demand for optical fiber. CEO Wendell Weeks is trying to ensure growth won’t stop when the AI bubble pops.
Michigan is eyeing potential energy reserves with a new $7.5 million grant to start exploration, research and development of geologic hydrogen.
The U.S. is investing $29.5 million in nine states in high-tech mining projects to extract, develop and repurpose domestic sources of critical minerals.
The global energy system is becoming more diverse and more unpredictable, with affordability and security reshaping the landscape, according to a new analysis.
GM and LG Energy Solution will spend $1B turning their Spring Hill plant into the first factory to mass-produce prismatic lithium manganese-rich cells. Europe’s carmakers are spending comparable sums on lithium iron phosphate, the chemistry GM’s batter…