Live from the DNC: Part II! In today’s episode, we go behind the scenes to chat w/ climate stakeholders who help unpack a series of top questions facing the country around rising energy demands, nuclear, the Manchin-Barrasso permitting reform deal, & more: latitudemedia.com/news/political…

The GridFWD 2024 agenda is now final, completing this year’s theme of “Evolved energy markets for a modern grid.” youtube.com/watch?v=uPhLCr… Download to see all the topics, speakers, session leaders, and activities you can join in Banff this October 1-2: gridforward.org/wp-content/upl…

The latest installment of IRA dollars totals $7.3B in grants for clean energy projects for rural electric cooperatives, in what the administration is characterizing as the biggest investment in rural electrification since Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal. latitudemedia.com/news/bidens-ru…

One potential consequence of the boom in data centers: soaring demand for carbon removal. This is according to an analysis that Morgan Stanley provided to its clients last week: latitudemedia.com/news/will-the-…

.Google said today it has landed on a procurement strategy that allows it to ink direct air capture deals that meet the holy grail price of $100 per ton, in a deal with DAC company Holocene. But it's a bit of a long bet. latitudemedia.com/news/google-sa…

There are thousands of venture-backed climate tech companies in North America. Of those, 50 are best-positioned to get their technologies to deployment and scale by 2050, according to a new report by Congruent Ventures and Silicon Valley Bank. latitudemedia.com/news/the-most-…

In recent weeks, investors have poured more than $160 million into advanced battery startups — capping a tumultuous summer for the storage industry. Battery technology company 24M Technologies and chemistry company 6K are among the success stories. latitudemedia.com/news/a-summer-…

A small utility in the Colorado front range has big plans for a virtual power plant. The only problem? The utility currently has very few of the tools it needs to create a VPP at all. latitudemedia.com/news/this-colo…

According to Patty Cook, senior vice president in charge of distributed energy resources flexibility services at ICF and co-author of a new report about the country’s demand growth, the picture of the U.S. power grid is not a pretty one: latitudemedia.com/news/theres-an…

There’s been a major shift in the last year in the dynamic between the utilities facing massive load growth and the industry of tech solutions to address that growth. That’s according to LPO head Jigar Shah, who spoke with Maeve Allsup at RE+ this week. latitudemedia.com/news/jigar-sha…

VC Andy Lubershane says that certain climate tech sectors are trying for technical breakthroughs when they should be scaling existing technologies. latitudemedia.com/news/which-ind…

Join @chaselochmiller and Latitude Media Stephen Lacey on Wednesday, 9/18 for an in-depth discussion on how to take an energy-first approach to AI infrastructure studying the intersection of AI innovation and its skyrocketing energy demand. latitudemedia.com/events/an-ener…

Fantastic reporting from Maeve Allsup and lisa martine jenkins on the Exowatt launch. The company claims to have built a groundbreaking energy tech for data centers — but it’s just a repackaging of old tech that struggled to compete. We dig into the claims: latitudemedia.com/news/the-troub…

.Exowatt says its energy tech is “unlike anything seen in history.” But some are skeptical. latitudemedia.com/news/the-troub…

Money from Sam Altman. A massive reveal party with Leonardo DiCaprio. Sweeping claims about a tech "unlike anything we've seen in history." Except we've seen this story before. Many times. If you read one thing this morning, make it our Exowatt story: bit.ly/3MMXgnl

I'm psyched for my live conversation with Chase Lochmiller of Crusoe tomorrow. Chase is smart in many areas -- data center/chip design, AI applications, and energy markets. Come listen to us talk about energy-first data centers at 2pm ET tomorrow! bit.ly/4gqx1kl

We're officially less than 50 days out from the 2024 presidential election. The Political Climate team, who traveled to the DNC & RNC to talk with decision makers across the aisle, shared what's driving clean energy and climate policy through Nov & beyond: latitudemedia.com/news/behind-th…

There’s work underway to democratize access to artificial intelligence-for-energy transition. IBM is partnering with the UN Development on two predictive AI models for energy and development, specifically in the Global South: latitudemedia.com/news/ibm-and-t…

“Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.” Exowatt is claiming its module is “unlike anything seen in history" — but as Maeve Allsup and lisa martine jenkins dig into here, it's really a composite of technologies we've seen before...that haven't worked. latitudemedia.com/news/the-troub…

The latest buoy for advanced transmission comes in the form of a roadmap for their deployment from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)'s Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, authored by Rob Gramlich, Brian Deese, and Anna Pasnau: latitudemedia.com/news/how-to-de…