Artificial intelligence

Natural gas flaring
News

New methane commitments spell growth for detection start-ups

Post-COP, things are about to get busy for the sector, which is increasingly beginning to rely on automation and AI.

Huge pools of brine containing lithium carbonate and mounds of salt by-products stretch across a lithium mine in the Atacama Desert in Salar de Atacama
Analysis

Can AI alleviate the critical minerals crunch?

Despite a tight market, there’s money in the looming materials bottleneck for climatetech.

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News

Using AI, Microsoft and UNFCCC take aim at emissions

An AI-powered platform will analyze carbon data for Paris Agreement signatories.

A geothermal plant
News

Google: Geothermal could follow 'similar trajectory' to solar

The tech giant’s first geothermal-powered data centers are live in Nevada.

Solar panels on a hill in Japan
Analysis

Japan's maturing renewables market meets AI-powered energy trading

With Japan’s new power market structure in place, Trailstone is betting the time is right for its risk management tools.

Sam Altman at a conference
Analysis

There’s an energy angle to the Sam Altman saga

The boardroom fiasco at OpenAI raises questions about conflicts of interest – including investments in nuclear fusion.

A homeowner installs a smart thermostat.
News

Lifting the lid on AutoGrid’s Puget Sound Energy project

AutoGrid claims its turnkey virtual power plant model makes it easier to get projects going.

LEDs light up in a server rack in a data center
Analysis

Inside Google’s demand response plans for data centers

The tech giant's data and climate lead Savannah Goodman says performance tracking and policy are up next.

Analysis

Schneider CTO: The transmission bottleneck requires demand-side solutions

Amid accelerating data center demands and a transmission rollout that Scott Harden says is unlikely to happen fast enough, innovation is focused behind the meter.

A maintenance worker inside a wind turbine
News

Ørsted turns to AI to boost US projects

The Danish renewables giant is targeting energy production, maintenance costs, and operational efficiency.

Utility-scale solar installation under a blue sky
News

SB Energy taps Stem to bring AI to national storage projects

The companies will collaborate on energy storage deployments, to the tune of 10GWh over the next five years.

 A technician monitors electricity levels in front of a giant screen.
Analysis

AI will change the energy sector before it changes the grid

With a retiring workforce and mountains of data, next generation tools are arriving right on time.

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Interview

Microsoft’s vision for utility AI integration

“I don't worry about the tech being good enough,” said Microsoft’s Hanna Grene. “I worry about how we change the way we’re working and approaching these problems.”

A data center's infrastructure, rendered in blues and reds.
Feature

The AI ‘wild card’ promises to complicate clean clouds

The unpredictability of energy demand is throwing a wrench in the Big Three’s ambitious clean energy plans.

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News

Congress takes on AI for the energy transition

In a Thursday hearing, lawmakers asked questions about the energy intensity of data centers and cybersecurity risks.