According to two expert assessments of China’s progress with fusion energy, China is making progress towards deploying fusion energy as a commercial offering at a significantly faster rate than the US ...

The Trump administration’s push to keep aging fossil-fuel plants online could cost Americans up to $6B a year with no grid reliability gains. (Canary Media) If DOE forced the continued operation of ...

ConEd is testing whether small, in-home batteries can take pressure off New York City’s grid during summer peaks. (Canary Media) In a pilot with Standard Potential, 65 household ACs are being wired to ...

Microreactors are moving from concept to test phase. Could they be the first new US commercial reactor design since the Cold War? (WaPo) The tech: Truck-sized units from firms like Radiant, ...

Five countries account for more than two-thirds of the world’s total nuclear electricity generation capacity. (EIA) ...

Three US nuclear developers—Terra Innovatum, Terrestrial Energy, and Eagle Energy Metals—are using the revived SPAC market to raise $500M+ for SMR projects. (FT) Why it matters: Data center growth and ...

Recent geopolitical tensions—particularly President Trump’s threat of secondary sanctions against buyers of Russian oil—have repositioned geopolitical risk as a central variable in oil pricing. While ...

When I talk to product and strategy managers in the energy industry, one challenge consistently emerges: How can we swiftly and confidently uncover new market opportunities for our technology? The ...

Note from Tom: Since 2013, I’ve been publishing “Tom Alrich’s blog” on Blogspot. I’m now publishing my posts in this Substack blog, named “Tom Alrich’s blog, too”. I’m posting for free on Substack now ...

As the world shifts toward cleaner, more sustainable energy sources, the importance of energy efficiency and streamlined infrastructure becomes increasingly clear. One of the most impactful but often ...

hydrogen-insights-2024.pdf 5.02MB Hydrogen Insights, 2024 Walking the talk: Seven-fold increase in investment for hydrogen projects reaching FID globally within the past four years The global hydrogen ...

California's electric grid faces the Duck Curve challenge, and batteries play a crucial role in addressing this issue with innovative solutions.