Solar to dominate energy by 2035, but AI data centers will keep fossil fuels in business

Costs for solar panels are expected to drop another 30% in the coming decade, helping the tech cement its lead in energy markets.

Microsoft’s AI data center push is colliding with its clean power goals

The push for new data centers at Microsoft is putting one of the its key clean power goals at risk.

Sardinia’s Ancient Reasons for Rejecting a Clean Energy Future
Sardinia’s Ancient Reasons for Rejecting a Clean Energy Future

“Why are you here?” Fabrizio Pilo, an electrical engineer, asks me as we sit in an outdoor café near his home in Cagliari, an ancient city on the island of Sardinia. It’s a fair question. I’m a journalist from the United States. I’d just stepped off m…

Geothermal startup Fervo catapults itself over the ‘valley of death’

Fervo landed a large new loan with terms that strongly suggest the company’s most turbulent days are behind it.

Google and Tesla think we’re managing the electrical grid all wrong

The duo have teamed up with other companies to launch Utilize, which seeks to change how the grid is used and regulated.