Wayout raises €2.42M to scale decentralised drinking water infrastructure platform

Wayout International, the Swedish developer of Distributed Drinking Water Infrastructure, today announced the successful closing of a €2.42 million (SEK 26.6 million) Series A extension. The round was…

Congress wants Big Tech to pay AI’s power bills
Congress wants Big Tech to pay AI’s power bills

Congress is moving to stop households paying for Big Tech’s AI power bills. A House panel votes this week on a package of measures. The aim is to put AI data centre energy costs back on the companies that create them. As AI drives up electricity bills,…

Universities Praised For Their Work Around Sustainable Development Goals

Universities have been praised for their progress on the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in a new analysis.

Long-Duration Storage Is Still Anyone’s Race

As AI and electrification drive demand for reliable clean power, long-duration energy storage is emerging as the next industrial race.

The New Energy War: Why The AI Grid Is The New Battleground

Russia can’t bomb the West, so it’s hacking it. How AI data centers and Texas’s ERCOT grid became the next cyberwarfare battleground.

Neel Somani breaks down the key factors behind East Coast power price spikes
Neel Somani breaks down the key factors behind East Coast power price spikes

If you live on the East Coast, you have probably opened a winter utility bill and wondered how your electricity costs could possibly be that high. Every few years, the story makes headlines: a cold snap hits the Northeast, power prices spike to hundred…

LabCycle secures £430K to commercialise lab plastic recycling system and cut incineration waste

UK-based startup LabCycle has received £180,000 in funding from the British Design Fund (BDF) to support the development of what it calls the ‘world’s first’ AutoDecon system, designed to safely recyc…

The Insurance Industry Just Built A Shared Language For One Of Climate Change’s Biggest Hidden Risks

As climate risks grow, the new Insurability Readiness Matrix could help insurers, policymakers and communities spot when places are becoming uninsurable

What Will An El Niño Year Bring? Look Beyond The Seasonal “Storm Count.”

An El Niño Year brings a number of predictions and expectations about storms and weather, but that is not the whole picture.

One Crucial Workforce African Safaris Depend On, But Travelers Rarely See

Africa’s safari industry sells access to extraordinary wildlife landscapes, but rangers are the ‘hidden’ workforce behind the scenes making those experiences possible