Energy

Maine presses pause on large data centers. Will other states follow its lead?

Maine is now the first state to pass a moratorium on the development of large data centers, and others may follow. The Maine House and...

Carbon Credit Rush: Mining Giants Rio Tinto and Woodside Turn to Offsets Under Australia’s Climate Rules

Australia’s reformed Safeguard Mechanism is reshaping how large industrial emitters manage carbon. The policy, updated in 2023, sets declining emissions limits for the country’s...

Hormuz Crisis Sparks Renewable Surge, Not Coal Revival, New Data Shows

The disruption in the Strait of Hormuz—one of the world’s key oil and gas routes—raised fears of a fossil fuel shortage. However, instead of...

CATL Profit Jumps 49% as It Launches $4.4B Mining Unit to Secure EV Supply Chain

Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Limited (CATL), the world’s largest electric vehicle (EV) battery maker, reported a net profit of 20.74 billion yuan ($3.04 billion)...

GivEnergy Goes Into Administration: What It Means for UK Homeowners

TL;DR GivEnergy was, for a long time, one of the most recognisable names in UK home battery storage. So when news...

Amazon Nears 1GW Clean Energy in Australia, with AI Data Centers Triggering Power Boom

Amazon has expanded its renewable energy portfolio in Australia to 990 MW across 20 projects. This marks a major jump from about 430 megawatts...

American farmers bet on solar. Then Trump changed the rules.

Over the past few years, Kentucky sheep farmer Daniel Bell has been expanding his flock, and that meant he needed to build a new...

NVIDIA and Idaho National Laboratory Launch AI Project to Cut Nuclear Build Time in Half

Idaho National Laboratory (INL) has partnered with NVIDIA to launch a major project that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to speed up nuclear reactor development....

UK sets out roadmap to commercial fusion with new national strategy

In what seems a significant step towards commercialising fusion energy, UK-government backed fusion energy developer UK Fusion Energy Ltd (UKFE) has published a strategy...

OpenAI Hits Pause on $40B UK AI Project: Energy Costs Shake Data Center Economics

ChatGPT developer OpenAI has paused its flagship UK data center project, known as “Stargate UK,” citing high energy costs and regulatory uncertainty. The project...

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