Energy & the Grid
The buildout racing to power an electrified, AI-hungry grid — batteries, nuclear, small modular reactors, and the interconnection bottlenecks slowing all of it down.
Explainer Series
- Fusion 101 — Fusion energy explained: temperature, density and confinement, what breakeven really means, three ways to build a reactor, and a scoreboard of SPARC, LM26, NIF and ITER.
Foundational Guides
Latest Reporting
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Valar Atomics Proposes 456 Reactors in Utah. A Reality Check on Project Beehive
3 min read 02General Fusion Hits 1.1 keV With the UK's Fusion Lab. What the Milestone Does and Doesn't Prove
3 min read 03DOE Picks Commonwealth Fusion to Build an AI Digital Twin of SPARC
3 min read 04Google Signs a 20-Year Nuclear Deal With Constellation, Without Building a New Reactor
3 min read 05Europe's Small Modular Reactor Moment: A Four-Nation BWRX-300 Pact and Italy's Vote to Return to Nuclear
5 min read 06Is Energy Becoming the Ultimate Currency of the Digital Age?
8 min read 07Enhanced Geothermal Just Achieved First Power in Utah
7 min read 08The Battery That Runs on Rust Just Landed Its Biggest Deal Yet
7 min read 09The U.S. Just Added a Record Amount of Battery Storage. Here's Why That Number Matters
7 min read 10Fusion Energy Just Got a Lot More Real. Here's the 2026 Progress Report
7 min read 11Small Modular Reactors Could Change How We Power the Grid
7 min read 12Nuclear Is Back — and Silicon Valley Is Paying For It
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