Powering the next century of growth
X-energy received formal notification of up to $1 billion in additional DOE ARDP funding for its first industrial-scale advanced reactor project. The four-unit Xe-100 plant at Dow’s Seadrift site will supply both electricity and high-temperature process steam.
Isaiah Taylor dropped out of high school at sixteen. Twenty-seven now, he runs the startup Sequoia just valued at $6 billion for a bet on manufacturing nuclear reactors instead of building them.
Cornell's IonNet predicts lithium-ion mobility from chemical composition alone, skipping crystal structures. The framework flagged 87 fast-ion conductors among 4,500 compounds, validated 13 of 20 top picks with simulations, and extracted design rules on doping that trial-and-error misses.
The reversible solid oxide fuel cell startup booked a 1 GW joint venture with Sabanci Renewables for AI data center power, on top of April's Meta reservation. What has to go right for the chemistry to keep the promise.
Pulsar Fusion demonstrated the world's first plasma from a fusion rocket exhaust rig. Its Dual Direct Fusion Drive targets 10,000–15,000s of specific impulse, cutting Mars transit to ~150 days. What was proven, what wasn't, and the 2027 in-orbit demo.
Form Energy raised a $750M Series G led by T. Rowe Price to scale 100-hour iron-air batteries. The company now holds an 80 GWh backlog, anchored by Google's 30 GWh Minnesota project and an AI data center deal with Crusoe.
The US interconnection queue holds 2.6 TW of proposed projects, twice the existing fleet, with five-year waits. Pearl Street's SUGAR, GridUnity and a $30M DOE push are automating the studies and consolidating the field into a software market.
Critical minerals refiner Nth Cycle merges with Kensington Capital to list on the NYSE as NTH in a $585 million SPAC deal. Why the refining chokepoint is the real story, and where the risk sits.