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The new reality for data centers: No easy answers
4+ hour, 16+ min ago (1246+ words) Two data center developers on powered land, community opposition, and finding energy. That model is gone. Today, with long lead times for equipment, multi-year interconnection queues, and the pressure to bring your own generation, it all has to be sequenced…...
Does Oracle actually have a case against Wisconsin's data center rule?
22+ hour, 46+ min ago (614+ words) The utility's credit requirement is neither the strictest in the country nor unusual. On June 19, Oracle representatives walked into the Ozaukee County, Wisconsin courthouse and asked a judge to strike down part of the deal that will power its largest…...
Inside the most sophisticated plan for solar geoengineering
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (1179+ words) Yanai Yedvab, CEO and co-founder of Stardust, explains how the tech works and why it's a "moral imperative" for humanity. One of the biggest challenges with technologies that reduce greenhouse gas emissions is that they require mass adoption. Solar radiation…...
What did the OBBB actually do to the transferability market?
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (1119+ words) A year later, the transferability market keeps growing " but not everyone can keep up. In the year since the signing of the GOP's One Big Beautiful Bill into law, many tax credit marketplaces have dropped out of the game." Level…...
As power shortfalls loom, Trump's permitting blockade risks 92 GW of clean energy
1+ day, 19+ hour ago (306+ words) Wood Mackenzie estimates that $121 billion in solar, wind, and storage projects are exposed to extra federal scrutiny. More than $121 billion worth of early-stage renewable energy projects are at risk of getting caught up in the Interior Department's permitting blockade, according…...
The case for meeting load growth with renewables? $5 billion in savings
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (547+ words) Energy Innovation found that Trump's fossil-forward approach puts customers on the hook for higher coal and gas costs by 2030. Utility customers could save $5 billion per year by 2030 if the U. S. prioritizes clean energy over a fossil-fuel heavy approach to meeting record…...
When governance can't keep up, energy consumers pay
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (675+ words) How decision-speed failures in electricity markets transfer risk to the people least able to protect themselves. The energy transition is often described as an infrastructure challenge. Having recently completed my board service at PJM Interconnection, the largest regional grid operator…...
Is commercial fusion finally near?
6+ day, 37+ min ago (1943+ words) Commonwealth Fusion Systems is pushing ahead on commercialization. We interrogate the timeline. For a half century, fusion has been a scientific story playing out in national labs, government research budgets, and peer-reviewed journals. Every so often, a bold claim captures…...
One year post-OBBB, what's holding projects back?
6+ day, 15+ hour ago (431+ words) A year ago, the GOP's One Big Beautiful Bill became law and sent the clean energy industry scrambling. As we discussed at the time, it included revised "foreign entity of concern" provisions, new safe harbor requirements, and much-shortened tax credit…...
How an A-list gathering nudged fusion scientists to build a power plant
6+ day, 18+ hour ago (771+ words) Inertia is recruiting Apple and Waymo veterans to build the supply chain it needs to bring its 2022 fusion breakthrough to market. A "holy grail" breakthrough. The "biggest news of the decade." Potentially "limitless clean energy." The breakthrough put Kritcher at…...