Castor containers for high-level radioactive waste. Ina Fassbender | Afp | Getty Images Nuclear power is back, largely due to the skyrocketing demand for electricity, including big tech’s hundreds of artificial intelligence data centers across the country and the reshoring of manufacturing. But it returns with an old and still-unsolved problem: storing all of the…
A turbine blade is lifted onto a rack near tower sections at the Revolution Wind project assembly site at State Pier in New London, Connecticut, US, on Friday, Oct. 24, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Danish renewables giant Orsted on Wednesday reported a quarterly net loss as the beleaguered company continues to battle…
GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy’s BWRX-300 small modular reactor incorporates proven components. Courtesy: GE Vernova Van Buren County is a rural redoubt in southwestern Michigan, a quiet corner of a swing state. Pillow soft sand dunes shift and shape along the shores of Lake Michigan. And the county seat – Paw Paw – is named after…
British oil and gasoline company BP (British Petroleum) signage is being pictured in Warsaw, Poland, on July 29, 2024. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Five months ago, British energy major BP was firmly in the spotlight as a prime takeover candidate. Now, not so much. Shares of the London-listed oil giant have climbed more…
Burbo Bank, Liverpool Bay, England, viewed from the sea turbines on Burbo wind farm off the U.K. coast. Ucg | Universal Images Group | Getty Images Shares of Danish renewables giant Orsted jumped on Tuesday, after a U.S. judge ruled the embattled firm can resume construction of an offshore wind farm that was halted by…
General view of the Google headquarters in King’s Cross as the tech giant faces a 5 billion pound lawsuit in the UK for allegedly abusing its online search dominance. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Google owner Alphabet on Tuesday announced a £5 billion ($6.8 billion) investment in the U.K.’s artificial intelligence development, just…
U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright departs after speaking during a television interview outside of the White House on August 19, 2025 in Washington, DC. Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images News | Getty Images U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright has lambasted plans to reach net zero emissions by 2050, calling the climate target “a colossal train…
Burbo Bank, Liverpool Bay, England, viewed from the sea turbines on Burbo wind farm off the U.K. coast. Ucg | Universal Images Group | Getty Images Danish renewables giant Orsted on Friday received approval from shareholders for its emergency $9.4 billion rights issue, shortly after the crisis-stricken company issued a fresh profit warning. Orsted’s pitch…
Picture taken on September 4, 2023 shows windmills at the Nysted Offshore Wind Farm constructed by Danish windpower giant Orsted in 2002-2003 in the Baltic Sea near Gedser in Denmark. Thomas Traasdahl | Afp | Getty Images Norwegian oil giant Equinor on Monday pledged to support Denmark’s Orsted with almost $1 billion of fresh capital,…
Wind turbines in Rio Vista, California, US, on Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Department of Transportation on Friday canceled $679 million in federal funding for a dozen infrastructure projects that would support offshore wind power in the U.S., the latest attack in President Donald Trump’s campaign to…
