Fusion startup Realta Fusion this week announced a deal with Madison Gas and Electric that will place one of the first grid-connected fusion power plants…
Author: Tim De Chant
US battery startups have found a lifeline in defense |
U.S. battery startups hit a rough patch when the One Big Beautiful Bill eliminated battery and EV incentives, undercutting a chunk of future demand. But…
TerraPower’s nuclear reactor has a secret weapon for powering AI data centers |
Nuclear power startups have been pitching themselves as the antidote to what ails AI data centers: power that’s always available. Bill Gates-founded TerraPower is one…
Exclusive: Inertia Enterprises finds a way to make its fusion fuel fast |
Fusion startup Inertia Enterprises said it has found a way to cut the time it takes to make its fuel pellets from several days to…
Anthro Energy breaks ground on factory that could pave the road to solid-state batteries |
Anthro Energy broke ground on Tuesday on a factory in Louisville, Kentucky, that can make enough battery materials for more than 300,000 electric vehicles. But…
Sound-powered fire protection startup gets $15M to snuff out fires before they turn catastrophic |
For over a century, fire protection has been limited to water and chemicals. And while they can prevent catastrophic fires, the cleanup bills can be…
Exclusive: Hyperscalers might regret embracing natural gas if new forecast proves correct |
After years of snapping up wind and solar developments, hyperscalers like Amazon, Google, Meta, and Microsoft are betting that natural gas will power the data…
Tesla wants to build a $10B solar factory in Texas |
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…
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…