Alexander C. Kaufman
Alexander C. Kaufman is an award-winning journalist who has covered energy and climate change for more than a decade. His work has appeared in The Atlantic, Heatmap, Canary Media, Sherwood News, HuffPost, and elsewhere, and he writes the Substack newsletter Field Notes. His reporting has traversed four continents, with dispatches from the Brazilian Amazon to Greenland’s ice sheet, Mongolia’s frigid steppe to the Philippines’ mothballed nuclear plant.
A fourth-generation New Yorker, he lives in southern Brooklyn with his wife and daughter.
Reach him via his website, and subscribe to his newsletter at kaufman.substack.com.
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Ex-Sunnova CEO returns to solar with ‘AAA for rooftop repairs’
Exclusive: The Norwegian Otovo is merging with its younger American counterpart as it looks to seize on the dip in solar.
Alexander C. KaufmanDec 4, 2025 -
EnergyHub is buying edge DERMS company Resideo Grid Services
Exclusive: The major VPP merger is evidence of the industry's maturation as demand surges.
Alexander C. KaufmanDec 2, 2025 -
Trump’s Westinghouse nuclear deal comes with unresolved questions
Unpacking the unusual details of the administration's $80 billion deal with the nuclear giant.
Alexander C. KaufmanNov 20, 2025 -
Buzzy grid tech startup hires SpaceX alum as CTO
Exclusive: Infravision names Frank Tybor, previously of Energy Vault and SpaceX, as one of its top executives.
Alexander C. KaufmanNov 13, 2025 -
CPower’s new record year delivers yet another milestone for VPPs
In 2025, the virtual power plant provider has already more than doubled its 2024 load relief.
Alexander C. KaufmanNov 12, 2025 -
This startup using drones to rebuild power lines netted $91 million
Infravision raised its Series B from GIC, Activate Capital, and Hitachi Ventures.
Alexander C. KaufmanNov 7, 2025 -
Will America’s new rare earths playbook pay off?
Experts say the Trump administration's playbook has promise — but still has contradictions to overcome.
Alexander C. KaufmanOct 30, 2025 -
Constellation is getting nuclear into the clean energy credits game
Exclusive: The country’s top nuclear operator is launching certificates on Xpansiv’s biggest exchanges.
Alexander C. KaufmanOct 28, 2025 -
Google backs restart of NextEra’s defunct Iowa nuclear plant
The deal comes as the Trump administration inks a megadeal with Westinghouse.
Alexander C. KaufmanOct 28, 2025 -
Meta is buying green ironmaker Electra’s first EACs
And the startup also inked deals with Nucor, Toyota, and Interfer Edelstahl.
Alexander C. KaufmanOct 21, 2025
