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High-voltage transmission lines are essential for delivering electricity from generation sources to support homes, businesses and critical services. As demand rises, especially with data center growth ...

The utility industry is on the brink of a major transformation. While grid modernization has gained traction, it remains largely focused on electricity as the prime commodity for supply and delivery, ...

Video recording of the session at the bottom of this post, along with open Q&A discussion from the session taking place actively on the Energy Central Community: Big tech and its data centers are ...

Electric bills are rising twice as fast as inflation, and everyone in DC has their own idea of who’s to blame and what’s to be done. Here’s a sampler of how the fight is playing out: Chris Wright, ...

How much energy does AI really use? Google has the answer. (Axios) The median energy use of a single text prompt on Google’s Gemini is equivalent to watching TV for less than nine seconds. It consumes ...

Whether it’s moving solar panels, nacelles, grid batteries, transformers, or electrolyzers, the humble shipping container is increasingly the backbone of the energy transition. Containers lower capex ...

Minnesota regulators approved the state’s first standalone grid battery—the 150-MW Snowshoe project near Rochester. (MPRNews) Built by Spearmint Energy, the 18-acre facility will store 4 hours of ...

Nuclear startup Aalo Atomics has raised $100M to power its aggressive timeline: switching on its first reactor in the summer of 2026. (TechCrunch) Aalo’s facility will be located on the campus of the ...

Honeywell just scooped up SparkMeter’s utility platforms to strengthen its smart energy software. (RCR Wireless) It’s the latest move in Honeywell’s “shrink to grow” strategy: Spin off the old-school ...

Conestoga Energy acquired SAFFiRE Renewables from Southwest Airlines’s venture arm, gaining DOE-backed technology to turn corn stover (an ag byproduct) into ethanol with a carbon intensity score less ...

North American data centers could tally $1T in new builds by 2030, but the boom is colliding head-on with utility realities: record demand, constrained capacity, and years-long interconnection queues.