Nearly four years ago, Google announced a partnership with enhanced geothermal company Fervo Energy. In 2023, the companies successfully put carbon-free energy on the grid that serves Google’s Nevada data centers. And by the end of 2024, Fervo had secured $255 million in new funding and capital availability, its second quarter-billion-dollar fundraiser in less than a year. Meanwhile,...
U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright delivered remarks today at the 43rd annual CERAWeek by S&P Global, outlining the administration’s and Energy Department’s commitment to expanding the production of affordable, reliable and secure American energy. Secretary Wright’s full remarks are below: Thanks for that introduction and warm welcome. I am honored to be addressing this...
While the military adopted nuclear-powered maritime vessels decades ago, the technology is uncommon in the civilian maritime industry. Now, a company has set out to change that.
On February 18th, the EPA signed an approval, granting the state of West Virginia Class VI Primacy– the authority to regulate the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) injected into deep rock formations.
It might have seemed like one of the weirder headlines of 2024: Microsoft is paying $1.6 billion to restart Three Mile Island. That’s the nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania whose reactor #2 had a partial meltdown in 1979. There were no injuries, and nobody died, but it set the nuclear industry back years. Only two new plants...
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, addressing the need to streamline federal permitting processes during a ribbon-cutting event for a major expansion of Venture Global’s South Louisiana LNG export facility on March 6, told workers and executives assembled for the ceremonies that, “One of our pathways to energy dominance is just unleashing the incredible resources that we have in...
One of the biggest roadblocks to clean energy in the U.S. isn’t a lack of wind or solar power — it’s an outdated grid that can’t keep up. Gridraven, an Estonian startup, is tackling that problem with AI-powered weather modeling, and it just secured €4 million to bring its tech to the U.S., reported CleanTechnica. The U.S. grid...
The Guam Power Authority said it has been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy to participate in the inaugural Utility and Grid Operator Technical Assistance program. As one of only seven applicants chosen nationwide, GPA said it will gain access to expertise and resources necessary to develop reliable, resilient, and secure grids to meet...
Bipartisan legislation introduced by first-term Sens. Tim Sheehy (R-Mont.) and Andy Kim (D-N.J.) would establish a nationwide response time standard for wildfires affecting public lands. Under the bill, the Wildfire Response and Preparedness Act, all wildfires on Interior Department- or Agriculture Department-administered lands would be subject to a half-hour response standard. In a statement, Sheehy and Kim...
In a world increasingly driven by artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and high-performance chips, semiconductors have become the foundation of modern life. They power everything from smartphones and self-driving cars to the AI models transforming industries.
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