During his 2024 campaign, President Trump frequently talked about the “liquid gold” under our American feet. He meant oil and natural gas reserves. We have fossil fuels in such abundance that we export energy to the rest of the world. It’s quite a change from the 1990s and 2000s when the U.S. was supposedly going...
Peak Energy Launches Grid-Scale Sodium-Ion System
Peak Energy’s passive sodium-ion battery system cuts costs, reduces fire risk, and onshores key manufacturing Peak Energy has shipped the first-ever grid-scale sodium-ion energy storage system (ESS) to the U.S. electric grid, launching a new era in battery innovation. The company’s fully passive, gigawatt-hour-scale system eliminates moving parts, slashes operational costs, and removes components responsible for most...
General Matter to unveil Paducah nuclear project plans
Nuclear startup General Matter is expected to formally announce details Tuesday about the enrichment facility it intends to create at the U.S. Department of Energy Paducah Site. The announcement is set for 10 a.m. at the DOE Paducah site, featuring remarks from Gov. Andy Beshear, U.S. Sens. Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul and U.S. Rep....
How AgTech Is Empowering the Next Generation of Growers
Across rural communities in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, farming has traditionally been a difficult and uncertain livelihood. While working the land will always involve challenges, agricultural technology, or AgTech is creating a more stable and promising future. From smart irrigation systems and mobile soil sensors to equipment-sharing platforms and digital marketplaces, new tools are...
Google inks deals with TVA, Indiana Michigan Power on AI grid strain
Google announced Monday that it has struck agreements with two regional grid operators to reduce its data center demand at times when the grid is under more strain. The tech giant unveiled agreements with Indiana Michigan Power and the Tennessee Valley Authority to shift certain workloads to limit the stress on the grid in a process...
Google and Brookfield Announce World’s Largest-Ever Corporate Hydropower Agreement
Google is continuing its commitment to procure clean, reliable power for their company’s growing energy needs. Google and Brookfield Asset Management recently announced the world’s largest corporate clean power deal, an historic hydropower agreement that aims to increase Google’s share of clean energy. The “Hydro Framework Agreement” (HFA) will deliver up to 3,000 megawatts of...
Helion Preps Fusion Reactor Site
Nuclear fusion startup Helion, whose backers include Sam Altman, has started site prep in Washington state for a reactor it hopes to have running by 2028. Why it matters: Fusion companies are inching closer to bringing the tech, long considered a distant dream, into commercial reality. Read more in Axios here.
The Coming Wind Droughts
China is the world’s largest generator of wind power and a team of researchers at the heart of the global wind industry has just discovered an inconvenient truth: weather-dependent sources of electricity are a bad bet when the climate is changing. In an article published this week in the journal Nature Climate Change, the Beijing and...
Trump EPA seeks to repeal finding that carbon dioxide emissions threaten public health
The Trump administration is seeking to repeal a landmark finding that greenhouse gas emissions pose a threat to public health, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency said Tuesday. “This has been referred to as basically driving a dagger into the heart of the climate change religion,” EPA administrator Lee Zeldin told the conservative “Ruthless...
PepsiCo and Cargill Launch Iowa Regenerative Ag Initiative
Two of the world’s largest food and ag companies are working to rewire the way corn is grown across Iowa. PepsiCo and Cargill have launched a long-term initiative to implement regenerative agriculture practices across 240,000 acres in the state by 2030. Iowa, the top U.S. corn-producing state, plays a central role in the companies’ shared supply chain—Cargill...









