In Brief Posted: 9:18 AM PDT · August 12, 2026 Tesla intends to build a massive solar panel factory 45 minutes southwest of Houston, according…
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Form Energy raises $750M to build more 100-hour batteries for the grid |
Battery startup Form Energy said on Wednesday that it has raised $750 million to expand its manufacturing capacity in West Virginia, the latest sign that…
Exclusive: Kyoto Fusioneering starts work on key fusion power plant device |
In the fusion power world, most of the attention gets lavished on the reactors themselves, where atoms fuse to unleash enormous amounts of energy. But…
SpaceX's Terafab will rely on natural gas power plants, not Tesla solar panels |
7:07 AM PDT · August 7, 2026 SpaceX said this week that it will build natural gas power plants to supply electricity to the Terafab…
Trump administration has spent nearly $4B to cancel offshore wind farms |
The Trump administration is paying another $1.2 billion to cancel an offshore wind lease, this time to German utility RWE. The energy company said in…
Trump EPA wrongly canceled $20B in climate funds, appeals court rules |
7:40 AM PDT · August 5, 2026 The Trump administration did not have the authority to terminate and claw back funding that had already been…
Base Power raises another $1B to save the grid using backyard batteries |
Where most energy storage companies look for big tracts of land near large connections to the grid, Base Power is betting that it can beat…
When will fusion power startup Commonwealth Fusion Systems go public? |
Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) is the best-funded fusion power startup, having raised $4 billion from investors over the last seven years, including the $1 billion…
Fusion power darling Commonwealth Fusion Systems raises another $1B |
Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) has long been the best-funded fusion power startup. Now, it’s extending its lead. CFS announced Thursday that it raised $1 billion…