TAE Technologies, the venture formerly known as Tri Alpha Energy, says it’s been admitted into a U.S. Department of Energy supercomputer program that should accelerate its drive to harness nuclear… Read More
In an industrial Seattle warehouse with plywood walls and exposed pipes, a group of about 60 people gathered Wednesday to mark a breakthrough that Washington Gov. Jay Inslee believes “we… Read More
Drift has raised additional funding to take on traditional utility companies with its new energy marketplace platform. The Seattle startup just reeled in $7 million of a larger round, confirmed… Read More
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is putting in a plug for the federal government’s energy research agency, ARPA-E, just when it’s in need of a power surge. The Advanced Research Projects… Read More
Gregg Semler has spent the past 17 years focused on innovations that can make civilization more sustainable, from energy and air to agriculture. That work revealed an underutilized resource for… Read More
Tri Alpha Energy, the fusion energy venture backed by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, says it has achieved first plasma in its latest generator. The $100 million device at Tri Alpha’s… Read More
One hundred megawatts. That’s how much electrical power the world’s biggest lithium-ion battery system will store when Tesla builds it for the state of South Australia. And it’ll be built… Read More
LaserMotive, a stealthy pioneer in laser-based power transmission that’s based in Kent, Wash., has raised more than $1.5 million in an equity offering, according to documents filed today with the… Read More
Bill Gates is one of the most recognizable symbols of success in the modern world. So how does Bill Gates, the man, define success on a personal level? With a… Read More
In an appeal to binge-watchers everywhere, Greenpeace is using favorite Netflix characters to call out the streaming giant for its dependence on unrenewable energy. In a new video, parodying Netflix ads, Greenpeace… Read More
In the closing days of his White House term, President Barack Obama argues that the push toward renewable energy is unstoppable, and that it’s a valid strategy for economic growth. The… Read More
Vancouver B.C. will soon use science from the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland, Wash., to create biofuels out of sewage — a.k.a., a lot of poop, with plenty of toilet… Read More
OLYMPIA, Wash. — For years, experts have debated how more fuel-efficient cars will affect the multibillion-dollar revenue stream from Washington state’s gasoline tax. Starting next year, we’ll find out. The… Read More
President Obama, or at least his Twitter account, weighed in overnight on the news that Bill Gates and more than 20 other business and technology leaders are launching a $1 billion… Read More
Donald Trump’s surprise victory in the presidential election opens the way for a profound reversal in environmental policies, even as officials are working on implementing this year’s Paris climate agreement.… Read More
EnergySavvy, a Seattle startup that helps utilities better relate to their customers, has released what it called its fifth generation of products, at the same time announcing a $14 million round of… Read More
To satisfy the voracious energy appetite of Amazon Web Services’ cloud data centers and other parts of Amazon’s business, the company is building its largest wind farm to date. The… Read More
The bad news is that SolarCity, the power-generating company that has Elon Musk as its chairman, is losing money. The good news is that it’ll be rolling out a new product:… Read More
Ever wish you could say: “Alexa, how much water am I using?” or “Siri, lower the house’s energy input?” That reality may not be as far off as you think. Five teams… Read More
REDMOND, Wash. – Microsoft is kicking up its targets for environmentally sustainable cloud computing by pledging that half of the electricity to power its data centers will come from renewable sources by… Read More
For wealthy people, living in wealthy countries, privilege manifests itself in obvious ways. But it also exists in more subtle ways, that even the most conscientious people may not realize.… Read More
Hydrogen plasma was produced for the first time today in Germany’s Wendelstein 7-X fusion device, which has been called the “reactor designed in hell” as well as the “pretzel that… Read More
After languishing in limbo for most of the last year, EMC2 Fusion Development Corp. says it’s back in business with an unorthodox concept for nuclear fusion power plants. The concept… Read More
Spoiler Alert! This post doesn’t reveal any major plot twists, but it does explore a significant element of the new movie. Stop reading now if you want it to remain a surprise.… Read More
Some of the world’s wealthiest and most powerful individuals are forming a new organization known as the Breakthrough Energy Coalition to invest in technologies that could help solve problems associated with… Read More
Many people in the Northwest separate out their table scraps, wilted leaves and old fruit, carting them off eventually to a compost bin or joining their grass clippings and pruning… Read More
The cloud is getting cleaner. Amazon announced today that it is building a wind farm to power future Amazon Web Service data centers. The company announced last year that it… Read More
If you have an Xbox One in your home, you might want to check out its energy output. Last year the National Resources Defense Council put out a report detailing… Read More
EnergySavvy and Opower have teamed up to offer their technology to energy companies together in an attempt to present a united front as the energy industry continues to modernize. The… Read More
Building Energy, a Portland-based company that helps manage energy efficiency in commercial buildings, says it’s secured $300,000 in growth funding from Seattle’s Lighter Capital. The company says it will use… Read More