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Trump administration wants nuclear startups to use plutonium for their reactors

27 May 2026 at 06:37
The U.S. government is sitting on dozens of tons of weapons-grade plutonium. It's hoping startups can find a use for it.

Battery recycler Ascend Elements files for bankruptcy

11 April 2026 at 03:16
Ascend Elements said that it will be filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the wake of a canceled government grant and a challenging market for lithium-ion batteries.

AI companies are building huge natural gas plants to power data centers. What could go wrong?

4 April 2026 at 03:48
Meta, Microsoft, and Google are all betting big on new natural gas power plants to run their AI data centers. They may regret it.

Samsung bets this island startup can tame the grid with software and batteries

17 March 2026 at 04:00
GridBeyond's hardware and software coordinates several gigawatts of supply and demand to help balance the flow of electricity on the grid. The idea has attracted investors like Samsung Ventures.

Hyperscale Power is the latest startup to challenge 140-year-old transformer tech

10 March 2026 at 21:00
Startup Hyperscale Power is developing technology that promises to shrink power transformers, freeing up precious space within data centers.
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