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Breakneck data center growth challenges Microsoft’s sustainability goals
<p>Microsoft’s sustainability goals are imperiled by its push into AI and cloud services.</p>
Rahul Patil
Jun 2, 20253 min read
Trump administration to claw back $3.7B in clean energy and manufacturing awards
<p>Large corporations and growing startups were wrapped up in the latest move by the Trump administration to undo Biden-era contracts.</p>
Rahul Patil
May 30, 20252 min read
Tesla alum’s Heron Power closes $38M Series A to transform key grid technology
<p>Heron Power is developing solid-state transformers, which promise to be more compact and responsive than the century-old analog models. </p>
Rahul Patil
May 29, 20251 min read
Tesla pleads for Senate to spare its booming energy business
<p>If the Senate were to pass it with those repeals in tact, it could have a devastating impact on Tesla’s energy division.</p>
Rahul Patil
May 29, 20252 min read
Volteras wants to connect to more EVs than anyone else
<p>Volteras has raised $11.1 million to expand its connected car offerings to automakers and companies that want to interact with EVs.</p>
Rahul Patil
May 29, 20253 min read


Alt Carbon scores $12M seed to scale carbon removal in India
<p>From a struggling family tea estate to an innovative climate venture, Alt Carbon has raised $12 million in a seed round as it plans to scale its carbon dioxide removal work in the South Asian nation. The climate tech startup, which locks away carbon for thousands of years through enhanced rock weathering on farmlands, attracted […]</p>
Rahul Patil
May 22, 20254 min read
Trump administration may sell deep-sea mining leases at startup’s urging
<p>Impossible Metals, a deep-sea mining startup, submitted a formal request to the Department of the Interior to sell leases to mine the ocean floor.</p>
Rahul Patil
May 21, 20252 min read
SparkCharge raises $30M to help fleets electrify without commitments
<p>SparkCharge raised $15.5 million in equity and secured a $15 million loan to expand its fleet charging operations.</p>
Rahul Patil
May 20, 20253 min read
Google inks another massive solar power deal to electrify its data centers
<p>The new deal covers solar and storage projects being developed in South Carolina by EnergyRe. </p>
Rahul Patil
May 19, 20251 min read
Laser-powered fusion experiment more than doubles its power output
<p>The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Ignition Facility increased the yield of the experiment in recent attempts.</p>
Rahul Patil
May 17, 20252 min read
The Nuclear Company raises $51M to develop massive reactor sites
<p>The funding round arrives as tech companies and utilities are struggling to secure power for data centers.</p>
Rahul Patil
May 16, 20253 min read
Fieldstone Bio is building microbes that can sense everything from TNT to arsenic
<p>Fieldstone Bio recently raised $5 million in seed funding.</p>
Rahul Patil
May 15, 20253 min read
House GOP wants to cut parts of the Inflation Reduction Act while sparing others
<p>House Republicans’ axe has fallen in places both expected and surprising.</p>
Rahul Patil
May 13, 20252 min read
GM’s new ‘manganese-rich’ battery promises cheaper EVs in 2028
<p>Lithium-manganese-rich (LMR) batteries should slash costs without sacrificing much range.</p>
Rahul Patil
May 13, 20253 min read
Realta Fusion taps $36M in fresh funds for its fusion-in-a-bottle reactor
<p>Realta hopes to build power plants cheaply enough to supply power as low as $40 per megawatt-hour.</p>
Rahul Patil
May 13, 20253 min read
InventWood is about to mass-produce wood that’s stronger than steel
<p>The material has 50% more tensile strength than steel with a strength-to-weight ratio that’s ten-times better.</p>
Rahul Patil
May 12, 20253 min read
Google inks deal to develop 1.8 GW of advanced nuclear power
<p>Google is promising to add at least 600 megawatts of generating capacity at each of the three sites. </p>
Rahul Patil
May 9, 20252 min read
Trump administration plans to shutter money-saving Energy Star program
<p>The program’s signature yellow labels appear on appliances and electronics for sale throughout the U.S.</p>
Rahul Patil
May 7, 20251 min read
Breathe lands $21M Series B to predict battery performance
<p>Breathe has developed a suite of tools that it says helps automakers and others get the most out of their batteries.</p>
Rahul Patil
May 7, 20253 min read
CNaught wants to make carbon credits easy for businesses small and large
<p>CNaught is a market maker seeking to ease the pain of buying carbon credits for companies without dedicated teams.</p>
Rahul Patil
May 6, 20253 min read
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