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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Google bets on carbon dioxide battery startup Energy Dome
The companies signed a strategy partnership deal, with an eye toward mainstreaming the long-duration storage technology.
Alexander C. KaufmanJul 25, 2025 -
What will Google’s $3 billion deal mean for aging hydropower plants?
The tech giant’s 20-year agreement with Brookfield comes right as many hydroelectric stations are coming up for relicensing.
Alexander C. KaufmanJul 24, 2025 -
The answer to America’s grid problems may be better planning
A new Clean Air Task Force analysis finds a dire need for better grid planning and newer technologies.
Alexander C. KaufmanJul 22, 2025 -
Despite Trump cuts, green steel startup Boston Metal raised another $51 million
The company is charging ahead with its first project in Brazil.
Alexander C. KaufmanJul 15, 2025 -
The dubious assumptions of the Trump administration’s big reliability study
The analysis seems to set the stage for keeping more coal- and gas-fired stations online.
Alexander C. KaufmanJul 9, 2025 -
Why The Nuclear Company tapped Palantir for an ‘Iron Man’ fix to reactor construction
The unique nuclear fleet developer is partnering with Peter Thiel’s tech giant to design AI-equipped software for reactor construction.
Alexander C. KaufmanJul 2, 2025 -
Solar manufacturers spared the worst of Republicans’ clean energy cuts
Companies such as First Solar and Qcells could benefit from changes to the language on the 45X tax credit.
Alexander C. KaufmanJun 30, 2025 -
Nuclear startup Terrestrial Energy inks a deal to use gas as a ‘bridge’ to SMRs
Exclusive: The reactor developer is working with Ameresco to power data centers with gas power that can later convert to nuclear.
Alexander C. KaufmanJun 24, 2025 -
Energy industry dealmaking nears new highs as grid demand surges
New data show the M&A activity totaled $57 billion last year, up from $52 billion the previous year.
Alexander C. KaufmanJun 20, 2025 -
Inside Heron Power’s plan to transform the grid
Can former Tesla exec Drew Baglino’s latest venture ease the transformer shortage — and avoid another Iberian blackout?
Alexander C. KaufmanJun 17, 2025
