Rod Walton

1 week ago | energytech.com | Rod Walton

The looming data center energy crisis, if there is one, will require all resources on deck to meet the load demand from artificial intelligence, cloud-based and hyperscale facilities of the future. Tech giants and power generators are aiming high on the gigawatt problem--from massive upgrades in gas-fired capacity to small nuclear reactor plants--but some may find the solutions much lower, as in the earth’s crust.

2 weeks ago | microgridknowledge.com | Rod Walton

Distributed energy project developer Scale Microgrids has attracted 275 million new reasons to intensify its focus on microgrids and expand its reach for community solar and battery storage. The New Jersey-based Scale has closed a new fiscal round to bring its total funding to more than $1 billion in project financing. The company was acquired by global investment firm EQT Transition Infrastructure in a transaction announced earlier this year.

2 weeks ago | energytech.com | Rod Walton

One of the world’s largest and precise energy laser systems, making headlines only a few years ago to create an historic nuclear fusion ignition, will now expand its operational reach with new artificial intelligence (AI) tools from Amazon Web Services (AWS). The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory announced today it is partnering with AWS on developing an AI-driven troubleshooting and reliability system for the National Ignition Facility (NIF) in Livermore, California.

2 weeks ago | energytech.com | Rod Walton

Some may say that the United States is facing an energy emergency, but the statistics tell a story of abundance in the here and now, if not uncertainty for the future. A new report by the federal Energy Information Administration calculates that the U.S. produced a record of more than 103 quadrillion British thermal units (Btu) of energy in 2024, 1% than the record generation of one year earlier.

2 weeks ago | microgridknowledge.com | Rod Walton

Massachusetts-based on-site energy and microgrid developer Ameresco clearly sees the future of energy supply leading to next-generation nuclear solutions for commercial, industrial and mission-critical services sectors. Ameresco announced it has hired longtime nuclear industry insider Cenk Güler as its first-ever director of nuclear partnerships. The role is a newly created one as the company enters the nuclear energy market with a focus on microreactor and small modular reactor (SMR) projects.