Trump administration may sell deep-sea mining leases at startup’s urging
Impossible Metals, a deep-sea mining startup, submitted a formal request to the Department of the Interior to sell leases to mine the ocean floor.
SparkCharge raises $30M to help fleets electrify without commitments
SparkCharge raised $15.5 million in equity and secured a $15 million loan to expand its fleet charging operations.
Google inks another massive solar power deal to electrify its data centers
The new deal covers solar and storage projects being developed in South Carolina by EnergyRe.
Laser-powered fusion experiment more than doubles its power output
The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Ignition Facility increased the yield of the experiment in recent attempts.
The Nuclear Company raises $51M to develop massive reactor sites
The funding round arrives as tech companies and utilities are struggling to secure power for data centers.
Fieldstone Bio is building microbes that can sense everything from TNT to arsenic
Fieldstone Bio recently raised $5 million in seed funding.
House GOP wants to cut parts of the Inflation Reduction Act while sparing others
House Republicans’ axe has fallen in places both expected and surprising.
GM’s new ‘manganese rich’ battery promises cheaper EVs in 2028
Lithium-manganese-rich (LMR) batteries should slash costs without sacrificing much range.
Realta Fusion taps $36M in fresh funds for its fusion-in-a-bottle reactor
Realta hopes to build power plants cheaply enough to supply power as low as $40 per megawatt-hour.
InventWood is about to mass produce wood that’s stronger than steel
The material has 50% more tensile strength than steel with a strength-to-weight ratio that’s ten-times better.