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.
The DOE's $1.9 billion loan to revive a mothballed Iowa nuclear plant underscores the extreme measures tech giants must take to secure 24/7 carbon-free energy for AI infrastructure.
SANY's delivery of 800 heavy-duty electric vehicles in a single month signals a shift in industrial decarbonization, moving from pilot projects to high-volume fleet integration.
Texas's notoriously volatile power grid demonstrated enhanced resilience during recent extreme heat, a marked improvement attributed to the strategic integration of renewable energy sources and grid-scale battery storage.
Donut Lab asserts it has achieved a practical, production-ready solid-state battery, a significant claim in a field where commercialization has proven elusive for many contenders. The announcement details performance tests that, if validated, could redefine energy storage capabil
A massive independent study of used electric vehicles shows that active thermal management and conservative software buffering are far more critical to battery longevity than cell chemistry.
China has officially surpassed coal with its installed solar capacity, signaling a decisive move toward renewable-heavy grids as domestic EV demand continues to surge.
The United States deployed an unprecedented 20.2 gigawatt-hours of battery storage capacity in the second quarter of 2026, marking a significant acceleration in grid modernization and renewable energy integration efforts.
Recent outages in New York and Indiana expose the widening gap between aging electrical grids and the increasing frequency of climate-driven extreme weather events.
Facing a challenging commercial market, American battery startups are increasingly turning to the defense sector, leveraging significant government grants to develop robust energy storage and microgrid solutions for military applications, which could accelerate broader technologi
New EIA data confirms that renewable energy capacity will overtake natural gas by mid-2027, marking a structural shift in the American power generation mix.
California’s SB 868 legalizes balcony solar, bypassing traditional utility interconnection hurdles to democratize decentralized energy generation.
Pacific Fusion has begun construction on a demonstration facility in New Mexico, targeting a critical milestone in magnetic confinement fusion: achieving a self-sustaining energy state.
As Arizona pivots to become a major hub for grid-scale energy storage, the state's rapid capacity expansion offers a vital lesson in managing intermittent load profiles.
Tesla's quiet termination of its high-profile Solar Roof highlights the insurmountable economic and technical hurdles of building-integrated photovoltaics compared to standard silicon modules.
Battery startup Anthro Energy has begun construction on a Louisville facility designed to produce polymer electrolytes at scale, aiming to eliminate thermal runaway risks and bridge the gap to solid-state battery commercialization.
LG Energy Solution has inaugurated one of America’s largest battery cell manufacturing facilities in Michigan, significantly advancing domestic production capabilities for electric vehicles and grid storage.
Geely is targeting 500 Wh/kg with a new solid-state battery architecture, aiming to bridge the energy density gap between current liquid-electrolyte lithium-ion cells and traditional diesel fuels.
California's electric vehicles could become a major, distributed energy storage asset, with just 10% of the fleet potentially supplying 9 GW to the grid, though widespread adoption requires significant utility integration.
Sunrun and Voltus are partnering to aggregate residential solar-and-storage systems, delivering distributed battery capacity to AI hyperscalers facing severe grid constraints in the PJM and MISO regions.
ForeFront Power’s completion of an Erthos-designed earth-mounted solar array in Fresno highlights a radical shift in utility-scale design, trading tracking efficiency for raw spatial density.
A planned Amazon data center, driven by escalating AI demand, is projected to become a leading carbon emitter in the United States, directly challenging the company's 2040 net-zero climate commitment.
As private investment in fusion energy concentrates into a handful of well-funded players, the industry must transition from physics demonstrations to solving brutal materials and engineering challenges.
Despite the expiration of federal incentives, residential battery storage installations are rising, suggesting a fundamental shift in how consumers value energy reliability over pure subsidy-driven ROI.
Kyoto Fusioneering is scaling its fusion fuel infrastructure, marking a shift from theoretical reactor design to the practical engineering of core power plant subsystems.