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Battery Storage Now Cheaper Than Gas Peaker Plants in 43 Markets
Wood Mackenzie finds four-hour battery storage cheaper than gas turbines in 43 markets as data centre demand increases power plant construction costs.
Energy, grids and the hardware behind the transition.
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Wood Mackenzie finds four-hour battery storage cheaper than gas turbines in 43 markets as data centre demand increases power plant construction costs.
Parallel Systems raised $100 million to scale production of its battery-electric Panther vehicles and expand autonomous short-haul freight rail service.
Type One Energy secured $200 million in Series B funding to advance its 400 MW Infinity Two fusion power plant, which it plans to bring online in 2034.
Fervo Energy’s Cape Station begins commercial operations with its first 33 MW GeoBlock after a 23-month build, marking a major milestone in enhanced geothermal.
Amazon says it is still working toward its 2040 net-zero goal but does not yet know every step needed to eliminate carbon emissions.
Breakthrough Energy’s latest cohort of fellows includes 21 startups working on fusion, semiconductors, hydrogen, agriculture, and climate technology.
Kairos Power receives up to $100 million from Samsung C&T to help build a 50MW nuclear reactor planned to supply Google’s data centres.
Mazama Energy raised $135 million to develop superhot-rock geothermal technology to produce large-scale clean electricity.
Clean-tech startup Fluxnium is developing seawater uranium-extraction technology as demand for nuclear fuel rises worldwide.
US data centres may consume more natural gas than Germany and Japan combined by 2035 as AI growth drives massive energy demand.
Fusion startups are finding new opportunities in defence partnerships as companies explore laser technology and high-energy fusion applications.
Google agreed to buy 1 million carbon credits from Mitti Labs through 2030 to support rice methane reductions and water savings across farms in India.
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