Tim De Chant
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Amazon funds 12 nuclear reactors at Indiana coal site
Amazon and X-energy announce a 960-megawatt nuclear plant to replace a demolished coal facility, tripling their first commercial deal.
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Pascal's heat pump uses gas and sponge to beat 170-year-old tech
A startup has found a new way to make refrigerators and heat pumps 20% more efficient using carbon dioxide and a proprietary porous material.
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AI money is drowning out climate tech
At New York Climate Week, the AI data center boom dominated conversations, leaving some climate founders worried other sectors are being left behind.
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Aeropod automates soil aeration without robotics
Muju Earth's fingernail-sized device aerates soil automatically, cutting tilling costs in half while improving soil health.
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Amazon admits it has no plan to cut emissions
The e-commerce giant's sustainability chief says the company doesn't know how to reach its net-zero goal by 2040, even as it bets billions on natural gas.
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Noble Carbon makes EV chargers affordable to install
Smart circuit breakers let homeowners add EV chargers without expensive electrical panel upgrades.
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Meta funds MacroCycle's plastic recycling factory
Meta buys carbon credits from a startup that recycles plastic with 80% lower emissions than virgin plastic.
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Samsung backs Kairos nuclear reactor for Google's AI power needs
A nuclear startup building reactors for Google's data centers just landed $100 million from Samsung to accelerate its timeline.
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Bill Gates' fund bets on 21 startups to power the future
Breakthrough Energy backs fusion, semiconductors, and climate adaptation as electricity demand is set to triple.
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Mazama Energy's $135M bet on superhot rock geothermal
A Khosla-backed startup is raising massive funding to tap deeper, hotter rocks for clean power that could dwarf traditional geothermal.
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Big tech forms grid alliance to power AI expansion
Google, Nvidia, and Anthropic back Emerald AI's demand response software to free up electricity capacity for data centers.
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Startup extracts uranium from seawater to fuel nuclear plants
Fluxnium's polymer fibers can pull uranium from the ocean, tapping 50,000 years of fuel and dodging geopolitical risks.
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VW built a 323 MPGe EV and drove it 794 miles
Volkswagen's Mission Efficiency prototype crossed Europe on one charge stop, and the compromises to get there are the interesting part.
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Fusion startups are back in the weapons business
With climate VC money stalling, fusion companies are finding a second customer: the defense industry that started it all.
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Proxima Fusion is building its own superconducting tape
A German fusion startup is spending €140M so its reactors don't depend on tape made in China and Japan.
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Apple's New CEO Revives Steve Jobs's Digital Hub Strategy
Apple's new chief executive John Ternus is doubling down on the iPhone as the center of the AI era, dusting off a playbook Steve Jobs used in 2001.
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Massachusetts Forces Data Centers to Bring 100% Clean Power
Massachusetts will require major data centers to source all their power from clean energy, joining a growing state backlash against tech builds.
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DeepMind Alumni Are Standardizing Fusion Reactor Controls
Fusionality raised $3.7M to build modular software and hardware control systems for commercial fusion power plants.
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