5 articles tagged #Energy.
The heat under Utah was always there. What changed is that oilfield drilling techniques cut well costs fast enough for Google to sign the largest enhanced-geothermal deal ever, while a design that skipped them struggles.
The space solar pilot furthest along isn't beaming power to Earth. Star Catcher is selling orbit-to-orbit power contracts while China's and Japan's flagship demos remain a ground test and an unlaunched satellite.
Small modular reactor deals are a rounding error next to data center spending, and the one flagship project under construction won't generate power until 2030 at the earliest.
A Chinese producer has matched the price of coal-based hydrogen, but almost everywhere else the gap is still measured in multiples, and the main US subsidy just lost five years.
Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and Meta are building their own gas and nuclear plants for AI data centers — because grid connections now take five to eight years.