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How AI Is Ushering In A New Nuclear Age
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Atomic energy is back, thanks to the ravenous demands of AI, favoritism from Trump, and the zeal of young entrepreneurs raising billions to build mini-reactors.
Nuclear Waste To AI Fuel: US Startup Turning Radioactive Trash To Gold
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Oil Slumps By Over 2% On U.S. Trade Threats, Demand Concerns
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A Year After Assad’s Fall, Russia Preserves Syrian Energy Influence
Despite Russia's previous support for Assad, Russian influence in Syria not only endures thanks to energy ties but has expanded and formalized.
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Arizona’s Mesquite Complex Is A Solar City In The Desert
How Arizona’s Mesquite Solar complex became one of the nation’s largest solar sites and what its growth reveals about the evolving U.S. clean-energy landscape.
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Tariffs Drive New U.S. Solar Panel Production—Will Texas Miss Out?
Solar panel manufacturers locate in Texas as 50% tariffs on imported solar cells spur new U.S. solar manufacturing plants. Texas investigates ties to China.
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Exxon’s Low Carbon Cuts Mesh With Trump’s Energy Priorities
ExxonMobil rolled out a new strategic plan on Tuesday that cuts 1/3rd of planned low carbon spending. The shift reflects a rapid recalibration in energy policy.
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Get Ready For Winter And Long-Term Energy Challenges
Surging electricity demand and winter storms are creating new energy challenges. Here's how companies can plan for resilience.
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Moscow Shifts From Energy To Tourism, Targeting China And Beyond
Russia is giving Moscow a tourist makeover. At the heart of this initiative is more than profit, but rather a geopolitical reorientation.
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Datacenter Boom Drives Rapid Power Grid Innovation
Managers of regional power grids around the U.S. are scrambling to adopt innovative strategies as rapid expansion of datacenters threaten to overwhelm resources.
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UAE 2026: What Powers Microsoft's $15 Billion Abu Dhabi Data Centers
UAE data centers require 99.999% uptime that only gas turbines currently deliver. Examining the technical constraints shaping energy strategy through 2035.
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Could AI Driven Materials Discovery Be The Next Big Investment Boom?
Current geopolitical climate, protectionism and anxieties over security of supply of rare earths has heightened need for AI driven materials discovery, says Altrove CEO.
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Weak Mileage Rules Put U.S. On The Road To An Automotive Jurassic Park
This week’s Current Climate newsletter also looks at Los Angeles kicking coal and the benefits of electric boating
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Germany Shifts To Nuclear Fusion After Fukushima-Era Fission Policy
Germany pivots to nuclear fusion, partnering with Focused Energy and RWE. Breakthroughs at Lawrence Livermore bring commercial fusion closer to reality.
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Why The U.S. Won’t ‘Get’ Venezuelan Oil
Regime change in Venezuela should open up its oil industry to foreign investment, but won't result in a transfer of oil assets to the U.S.
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China’s Paradox: Kingdom Of Solar, Wind, Hydro, Nuclear And Coal
China is portrayed as both the best and worst of nations for energy change. This emerges from China's energy vision for the future, which has lasting global implications.
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Newsom’s California: Slouching Towards A Self-Inflicted Energy Crisis
The loss of critical oil refining and transportation infrastructure in recent years threatens to throw the state into a costly energy crisis.
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Time To Update Your Priors: Natural Gas Is Expensive
Natural gas faces upward cost pressure on two fronts, as gas plants are more expensive to build and the fuel itself is rising in price.
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Why Energy Transition Discourse Needs A Dose Of Realism
There is growing, even if reluctant, consensus among many experts that market chatter on the energy transition could benefit from a heavy dose of realism.
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This Startup Makes Ammonia By Turning The Planet Into A Chemical Reactor
In this week’s edition of The Prototype, we look at a cleaner way to make ammonia, the brightest young scientists in North America, magnetically charging your care, and more.
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