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The Kansas Department of Commerce, TerraPower, and utility Evergy have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to evaluate sites for an advanced nuclear reactor and energy storage project, signaling how the sector is responding to mounting grid pressures.

Power to Hydrogen has secured $159,970 in funding from NGIF Accelerator, backed by Shell and FortisBC, to validate its patented anion exchange membrane (AEM) electrolyzer technology in the Canadian market.

A unanimous vote by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has set in motion a comprehensive update of reliability standards for the U.S. bulk power system, aimed at addressing evolving cybersecurity threats, supply chain risks, and the resilience of electric infrastructure in extreme cold.

Global hydrogen demand climbed to nearly 100 million tonnes in 2024, up 2% year on year, underscoring the fuel’s entrenched role in refining and heavy industry.

A flagship clean-hydrogen venture in the Pacific Northwest is faltering after Portland General Electric (PGE) and Mitsubishi Power withdrew support for a $1 billion production facility planned near Boardman, Oregon.

As U.S. electricity demand rises and supply chains for critical minerals tighten, national laboratories are accelerating research on alternatives to lithium-ion batteries.

AI-driven data centers are emerging as one of the fastest-growing loads on global electricity systems, with some forecasts warning that U.S. facilities alone could add up to 50 GW of demand by 2030—equivalent to the consumption of every household in California.

Artificial intelligence is being framed less as a technological revolution and more as a national survival project. Yet even as the White House describes AI as a “new Manhattan Project,” lawmakers are still receiving primers on basic concepts.

The U.S. nuclear sector is entering a new test phase as startup Aalo breaks ground in Idaho on its first…

Transition Industries’ Pacifico Mexinol project will produce 6,130 metric tons of methanol daily, scaling to approximately 2.2 million tonnes annually…