Cambodia, Thailand Sit On Billions In Oil And Gas That’s Untouchable

Cambodia and Thailand are sitting on $300 billion in undeveloped oil and gas in the Gulf of Thailand — frozen by a 25-year maritime border dispute.

Gyre Energy raises $1.3M to cut industrial cooling costs with AI and thermal storage

Gyre Energy an Oxford-founded energy tech company using AI and thermal energy storage to cut the cost and energy demand of industrial cooling, has secured over $1.3 million in investment and grant fun…

UK battery materials startup TaiSan founded by chess champion raises £4.65M

A UK battery materials startup founded by a former chess champion has raised £4.65m in a seed round, it said today. TaiSan, which operates out of a Cambridge battery lab, builds next-generation sodium…

Energy Department Wants To End Home Appliance Efficiency Rules

This week’s Current Climate newsletter also looks at how nuclear startups achieved successful testing to meet a Trump challenge and Renew Home’s energy management tech.

Despite Crippling Poverty, Haiti Is Quietly Switching The Lights On

How solar mesh grids are quietly electrifying rural Haiti—connecting thousands of households despite gang violence, poverty and political crisis.

This Compact, Emission-Free Gas Turbine Is Rocket Science

This week’s Current Climate newsletter also looks at America lagging in EVs and charging infrastructure, and Sunrun’s transformation into a company

What Will It Cost America To Meet Data Center Electricity Demand?

Meeting data center electricity demand with fossil fuels will add $30 billion to annual electricity costs. Clean energy will cost $5 billion less.

The New Energy War: Why The AI Grid Is The New Battleground

Russia can’t bomb the West, so it’s hacking it. How AI data centers and Texas’s ERCOT grid became the next cyberwarfare battleground.

The Fastest-Growing Energy Source Under The Sun

This week’s Current Climate newsletter also looks at an audacious plan for floating, ocean-powered data centers and GM’s pursuit of cheaper battery technologies.

Old EV Batteries Could Help Solve AI’s Exploding Power Problem

Can second-life EV batteries save the grid from AI? Explore how data centers are repurposing electric vehicle batteries to solve exploding power demands.