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Xcel’s tricky work of building the first utility-owned VPP
Critics lament the novel Minnesota program’s design, arguing it doesn’t measure up to what the utility promised.
Lisa Martine JenkinsApr 9, 2026
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Hyperscalers say gas is a bridge — but no one says where it ends
Nick ZenkinApr 8, 2026
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How Redwood Energy built a grid storage product
Maeve AllsupApr 7, 2026
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Will data centers start investing in your home?
Annie GilleoApr 6, 2026
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Can the Tesla Semi finally decarbonize trucking?
Bianca GiacoboneApr 6, 2026
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ARPA-E awards record $135 million to speed commercial fusion energyThis marks the agency’s largest-ever investment in the moonshot technology.
Catherine BoudreauApr 8, 2026 -
Geothermal has the chance to get it right the first time around
The sector can learn from the community opposition and policy hurdles that clean and fossil energy have long faced.
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Frontier Forum: Why clean energy capital boomed in a volatile year
Crux unpacks the investment activity beneath the surface of a chaotic 2025.
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How a Crusoe-Google campus became Texas’ co-location test case
The portion of the Goodnight data center build that will be powered by wind will be the state’s first application of new SB6 rules.
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Have we run out of big ideas to fix the grid?
The fight over data centers reveals a deeper crisis over our inability to plan and coordinate at scale.
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Not all data center commitments are created equal
Utilities have disclosed 187 GW of data center load commitments. Less than half is backed by disclosed contractual terms.
Nick ZenkinApr 2, 2026 -
Building a domestic nuclear fuel supply chain
Scott Nolan, founder and CEO of General Matter, gets into the details of rebuilding uranium enrichment in the US.
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Microsoft is embracing off-grid gas for West Virginia data centers
The hyperscaler’s deal with “neocloud” developer Nscale takes advantage of a new state law to bypass grid delays.
Catherine BoudreauApr 1, 2026
