IT総合 Microsoft inks massive carbon removal deal powered by a paper mill
The purchase covers 12 years of emissions from CO280’s first carbon capture project at a mill on the Gulf Coast.
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IT総合 IT総合 Google thinks AI can untangle the electrical grid’s bureaucracy
Google, PJM, and Tapestry announced a partnership to develop AI tools to speed interconnection requests through the queu...
IT総合 a16z backs Base Power in $200M round for home backup batteries
The money will fund a rapid expansion, including dozens more megawatt-hours of battery storage and plans for a domestic ...
IT総合 Trump to endorse coal for data center power in the face of grim market realities
An executive order will direct the federal government to list coal as a critical mineral and force some coal-fired power...
IT総合 XL Batteries is using petrochemical infrastructure to store solar and wind power
The startup has commissioned a demonstration unit of its organic flow battery.
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IT総合 Former Tesla exec Drew Baglino’s new startup is rethinking the electrical transformer
Heron Power is raising between $30 million to $50 million for a Series A, according to a report.
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IT総合 Fourier is making hydrogen electrolyzers inspired by data centers
Most recent hydrogen startups have been focused on making modular electrolyzers, but Fourier has taken that trend to the...
IT総合 Who are climate conscious consumers? Not who you’d expect, says Northwind Climate
Rather than divide people into demographic buckets, Northwind Climate analyzes survey responses for behavioral clues.
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IT総合 Data centers love solar: Here’s a comprehensive guide to deals over 100 megawatts
New and expanded data centers are expected to double the sector’s power demand by 2029 as tech companies rush to capital...
IT総合 Nuclear startup Terrestrial Energy goes public via SPAC, netting $280 million in merger
The Canadian company is developing small modular reactors. It previously raised nearly $100 million.
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IT総合 Earth AI’s algorithms found critical minerals in places everyone else ignored
The startup uses AI to quickly search for minerals over wide areas, identifying promising potential deposits for explora...
IT総合 Bill Gates-backed Commonwealth Fusion Systems hits key reactor construction milestone
Commonwealth Fusion Systems marked a major milestone Tuesday morning, announcing the installation of a key component of ...
IT総合 Trump admin directs DOE officials to shield DOGE documents from disclosure
The Department of Energy's acting general counsel reportedly issued a memo telling political appointees how to complete ...
IT総合 How BYD plans to make EV charging as fast as filling a gas tank
What we found mostly supports the auto makers claims, with a few caveats.
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IT総合 Solar notches another win as Microsoft adds 475 MW to power its AI data centers
The company recently signed a deal with energy provider AES for three solar projects across the Midwest.
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IT総合 New $5M deep tech fund aims to lure founders from universities
Critical Venture Partners is betting that young founders plucked fresh from universities can solve some of the world’s m...
IT総合 Al Gore’s Just Climate fund raises $175M from Microsoft and CalSTRS for nature-based climate investments
The new fund aims to restore nature to reverse biodiversity loss and emissions from land use.
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IT総合 Coreshell has a plan to slash the price of American made batteries
Rather than trying to beat Chinese companies, Coreshell attempting an end run, swapping graphite for its specially coate...
IT総合 A Google-backed weapon to battle wildfires made it into orbit
The constellation will keep a close eye on wildfires, eventually imaging nearly all of the Earth’s surface once every 20...
IT総合 Google and Muon Space launch a new satellite to battle wildfires
The constellation will keep a close eye on wildfires, eventually imaging nearly all of the Earth’s surface once every 20...
IT総合 Palmetto wants software developers to electrify America using its AI building models
Palmetto has developed a virtual view of how every residential building in the U.S. was built.
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IT総合 Arizona proposes law that would shift wildfire liability from utilities to insurers
Arizona lawmakers are debating a bill that would protect utilities from wildfire-related lawsuits, a move that would lik...
IT総合 Geothermal unicorn Fervo Energy may IPO as early as next year
Driving the consideration is the growing concern over power demand growth from data centers, which could double by 2029....
IT総合 FBI, EPA, and Treasury told Citibank to freeze funds as Trump administration tries to claw back climate money
The accounts were frozen in February, but documents filed today make public details which had previously been unknown.
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IT総合 Lithium-ion batteries are remaking Google’s data centers
Google is replacing lead-acid battery backup units with lithium-ion cells, freeing up space for more servers.
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IT総合 Battery manufacturer Northvolt nears the end as it files for bankruptcy in Sweden
Though the Swedish startup has raised over $14 billion, it has been running short on cash recently.
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IT総合 Geothermal could power nearly all new data centers through 2030
Geothermal resources have enormous potential to provide the sort of consistent power that data centers crave.
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IT総合 General Fusion fires up its newest steampunk fusion reactor
The reactor, called Lawson Machine 26 (LM26), is General Fusion’s latest iteration in a string of devices that have test...
IT総合 Founder of battery startup Our Next Energy returns as CEO following new funding
ONE also announced the close of a new funding round.
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IT総合 Renaissance Fusion raises €32M to radically simplify complex fusion reactors
The startup is betting that by simplifying stellarators, it can make fusion power cheaper and easier to maintain.
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