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This Zinc Battery Gel Makes Water Less Destructive

A fluorinated, zwitterionic polymer guides zinc ions while suppressing side reactions. The one-amp-hour pouch cell is a stronger test than a coin cell, but 700 hours is not a grid warranty.

2 Oct 2026 3 min read

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These school buses run. Their grid promise still has to prove itself.

A Brooklyn pilot has ten electric buses and modular charging. Sending power back to the grid is the next test, not an achieved result.

Energy 30 Sep 2026 3 min read

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Geothermal’s next test starts with a hole

The US Energy Department selected 21 field and exploration projects. Their job is not to promise power, but to expose temperature, flow and drilling risk with wells and public data.

Energy 22 Sep 2026 3 min read

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The grid’s missing component is trust

A model of 21 Latin American countries finds large savings from sharing electricity. Capturing them requires agreements about dependence, emergencies and who benefits.

Energy 20 Sep 2026 3 min read

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AI’s power problem is also a scheduling problem

NVIDIA reports more AI output within a fixed power budget. The important distinction is between using capacity better and postponing work.

Compute 16 Sep 2026 2 min read

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AI Wants the Grid. Who Pays When the Boom Walks Away?

Ohio wants data centers to carry their own grid burden. The emerging rules expose the AI boom’s uncomfortable question: who pays when promised demand becomes public infrastructure?

Energy 7 Sep 2026 Follow-up 3 min read

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Google’s Geothermal Deal Puts the Power Plant First

An earlier plant, a new contract and a conditional expansion: our dated project ledger separates the stages of Google’s geothermal bet.

Energy 5 Sep 2026 3 min read

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Horsham’s Solar Farm Is Built. Its Grid Tests Come Next

The panels are installed and the grid is connected. A dated status guide explains the less visible work before Horsham’s complete project can operate.

Energy 5 Sep 2026 3 min read

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FERC's Data Center Docket Will Decide Who Pays for AI's Power

The AI power story is moving from electricity supply to cost allocation. FERC's large-load docket asks who pays when data centers stress the grid.

Energy 15 Jun 2026 6 min read

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Carbon Removal Is Becoming Net Zero's Hidden Credibility Test

Carbon removal is becoming the hidden credibility layer of net zero. The 2026 CDR signal is not that one technology has won. It is that the rules, data, standards, finance, and coordination system remains immature.

Energy 8 Jun 2026 6 min read

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Data Center Electricity Demand Is Becoming Official Grid Accounting

EIA’s AEO2026 does not prove an AI power crisis. It does something more useful: it makes data-center server energy use visible as a modeled planning object.

Energy 26 May 2026 4 min read

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Controlled Environment Agriculture Is Turning the Farm Into a Machine

Dyson's strawberry system is not just a novelty farm. It shows how food production is becoming engineered, automated, and tied to energy infrastructure.

Energy 22 May 2026 6 min read

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AI Wants the Grid. Who Pays When the Boom Walks Away?

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FERC's Data Center Docket Will Decide Who Pays for AI's Power

Carbon Removal Is Becoming Net Zero's Hidden Credibility Test

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