Energy, fusion, batteries, and the decarbonization stack.
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Energy is now a tech story, and this desk covers the point where the two meet. Generation and storage, grid interconnection queues, nuclear and fusion, industrial decarbonisation, and the data centres whose load growth is reshaping utility planning across whole regions. These projects live or die on project finance, offtake agreements, permitting and interconnection — not on venture equity — so we follow those as closely as the funding announcements. Timelines get held to: a plant announced is not a plant built, and a pilot is not a commercial line. We report cost per unit of output where the numbers exist, and say plainly when a technology is still years from a first commercial deployment.
New performance data reveals a sharp decline in lithium-ion battery fire incidents, challenging public opposition to grid-scale energy storage projects.
General Motors is investing in Peak Energy to develop sodium-ion battery cells specifically for grid-scale energy storage, a move that diversifies its battery portfolio beyond lithium-ion and signals a strategic shift towards stationary applications.
Helion has secured $225 million to advance custom semiconductor components aimed at doubling the output capacity of its upcoming commercial fusion reactors.
Google and Voltus are launching a massive virtual power plant initiative in the PJM grid to absorb data center loads and stabilize regional capacity constraints.
LAZ Parking and EverCharge are deploying dynamic power-sharing architecture across thousands of sites to solve the high cost of multi-family EV charging upgrades.
General Motors and LG Energy Solution are pivoting their Spring Hill facility to produce LMR prismatic cells, signaling a move away from pouch formats toward more durable, cost-efficient battery architectures.
The ambitious vision for hydrogen hubs in Pennsylvania, backed by significant federal funding, is encountering substantial delays and technical challenges, raising questions about the technology's commercial viability and deployment timeline.
Mercedes-AMG's upcoming electric GT SUV introduces YASA-derived axial-flux motors and 710 kW fast charging, setting new powertrain benchmarks for heavy performance platforms.
Moving away from massive tokamak designs, Cambridge Heavy Industries is developing compact laser-powered devices to solve the fuel and ignition bottlenecks of commercial fusion.
Tech giants and large corporations demanding round-the-clock clean electricity are pushing North Carolina's dominant utility, Duke Energy, to accelerate its decarbonization efforts beyond current mid-century targets.
Ambrosia Energy has announced a massive 10 GWh manufacturing facility in Texas, focusing on high-density storage to decouple data centers from the strained national power grid.
Sunrun is expanding its virtual power plant network to households without rooftop solar, leveraging standalone home batteries to scale distributed grid capacity.
Qcells is moving to commercialize next-generation perovskite-silicon tandem solar cells, aiming to shift high-efficiency laboratory tech into high-volume domestic production.
Mercedes-Benz and Geely's joint venture has unveiled the Smart #2, packing a 35.8 kWh LFP battery and 290 km of WLTP range for €19,990.
BYD's production of its 150,000th commercial new energy vehicle underscores how rapidly industrial electrification is moving past the pilot phase.
A massive 450-megawatt solar facility paired with utility-scale battery storage is rising in Arizona, with corporate offtake securing most of its capacity.
Virginia attempts to balance soaring electricity demand from AI data centers with its statutory zero-carbon mandates without shifting costs to residents.
Connecticut's latest procurement of 63.4 megawatts of solar capacity faces headwinds as major utilities express reluctance to sign long-term power purchase agreements.
Tesla's integration of bidirectional charging hardware addresses the fundamental AC-DC divide that has long limited vehicle-to-home backup applications.
Type One Energy has raised $200 million to deploy its stellarator-based fusion reactor by 2034, leaning on physics approaches designed to solve historical magnetic confinement challenges.
With the American energy supply under intense pressure from surging demand, grid-enhancing technologies offer a way to unlock gigawatts of hidden capacity without building new generation.
While domestic EV demand faces headwinds, global medium- and heavy-duty electric truck sales have hit record highs, driven by rising diesel prices and maturing fleet technology.
A developer in Germany has erected the world's tallest wind turbine at nearly 1,200 feet, banking on high-altitude winds to drastically improve capacity factors.
The Texas Public Utility Commission authorized Southwestern Public Service Company to shutter its Tolk coal plant, replacing the capacity with wind, solar, and battery storage.