a16z-backed Base Power is offering cheaper electricity to the power grid that needs it most
Base Power is skipping the PJM’s troubled interconnection queue by placing its batteries at people’s homes, offering backup services in exchange.
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Here’s why Slate changed the battery in its cheap EV truck
While there was probably a moment when Slate’s leadership had to green-light the switch from one battery type to another, the momentum toward that decision had been building for years.
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Microsoft and Chevron plan one of the largest gas-powered data center projects in US
Microsoft inked a 20-year power purchase agreement with Chevron, locking in decades of carbon emissions from a new natural gas power plant.
Nvidia wants to cut data center water use, but that’s not the same as fixing AI’s water problem
Nvidia announced a new cooling system that cuts water use inside the data center. But it does nothing to address AI’s biggest water use — fossil fuel power plants.
Every fusion startup that has raised over $100M
Fusion startups have raised $7.1 billion to date, with the majority of it going to a handful of companies.
AI data centers just got a government-mandated fast lane to the grid
FERC told grid operators to give data centers a fast lane for interconnections, but it failed to address electricity supply shortages.
Anthropic becomes first AI startup to join the Frontier carbon removal coalition
Anthropic has joined the Frontier coalition, which received another $915M in pledges to fund carbon removal projects.
SpaceX alum nabs $22M to turn rocket engines into geothermal power plants
Critical Energy is turning rocket engines into geothermal power plants, and it wants to build 300 GW per year by 2045.
DOJ claims xAI’s unpermitted gas turbines are a matter of ‘national, economic, and energy security’
The Justice department says the Pentagon needs xAI to keep using its unpermitted gas turbines.