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From green hydrogen to data centers: Why Monarch Energy pivoted
2+ hour, 5+ min ago (732+ words) When the founders decided electrolyzers weren't the right market, they decided to repurpose the land they'd spent years securing. When Ben Alingh co-founded Monarch Energy in 2021, it was on a bet that the green hydrogen industry would soon take off…...
Can IPPs benefit from Silicon Valley’s playbook for scale?
9+ hour, 9+ min ago (723+ words) Exclusive: Vor Systems, out of stealth today, is building software for renewable energy dealmaking. The pressures on independent power producers are more acute than ever. Against a backdrop of massive load growth, high interest rates, and fierce competition for viable…...
Inside Google’s sprint to build clean power
9+ hour, 35+ min ago (402+ words) Lucia Tian, head of advanced energy technologies, highlights recent successes in enhanced geothermal, nuclear, and carbon capture. Tian's team has taken a multi-pronged approach to address the challenge " reopening shuttered facilities like Iowa's Duane Arnold plant, working to scale up…...
What data centers are getting wrong about grid readiness
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (356+ words) Latitude Media covers the new frontiers of the energy transition through in-depth B2B news, research, events, and podcasts. We go beyond the headlines to provide impactful and actionable coverage on the deals, market dynamics, and technologies that are shaping the energy…...
What AES’ $33.4 billion take-private says about energy and AI
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (635+ words) The acquisition by BlackRock and EQT signals the power sector's urgent need for capital to meet AI load growth. It's been quite a week for AES. It started with the announcement of a 20-year deal with Google to power an…...
Why data centers need renewables to match the clock
1+ week, 2+ day ago (755+ words) The Greenhouse Gas Protocol's Scope 2 update is pushing the AI industry into a new era of specificity. For years, corporate carbon accounting has relied on the idea that a megawatt-hour of clean electricity bought at any point in the year…...
Up to half of the world’s data centers may be delayed this year
1+ week, 2+ day ago (425+ words) An analysis by Sightline Climate finds local opposition and moratoriums are derailing billions in planned data center builds. Between 30% and 50% of large data centers scheduled to come online this year are expected to be delayed due to power constraints, equipment…...
Scale buys Reload as the hunt for powered land heats up
1+ week, 3+ day ago (503+ words) The microgrid developer is betting on hyperscalers' bringing their own power to sidestep grid delays Microgrid developer Scale is acquiring Reload, a firm specializing in finding and permitting powered land for large data center campuses. "Over the years, we've done…...
Is the gas turbine bottleneck solving itself?
2+ week, 1+ day ago (412+ words) The turbine supply is slated to increase by over 80% by 2030, led by those providing behind-the-meter solutions for data centers. Data centers" urgent power needs put a new spotlight on gas generation in the last few years. But a turbine supply…...
The long-term grid impacts of data center flexibility
2+ week, 2+ day ago (530+ words) Despite concerns about reliability, a new study finds that flexibility will "unequivocally" lower emissions in the long-term. Almost exactly a year ago, researchers at Duke University published a now-widely cited study on the potential of flexible data centers, explaining that…...