Senate votes to revoke Californiaβs ability to set air pollution standards TechCrunch News By: Tim De Chant 22 May 2025 at 11:40 The state was to require increasing sales of zero-emissions cars and passenger trucks starting in 2026.
Meta adds another 650 MW of solar power to its AI push TechCrunch News By: Tim De Chant 22 May 2025 at 09:49 The company already has more than 12 gigawatts of capacity in its renewable power portfolio.
Trump administration may sell deep-sea mining leases at startupβs urging TechCrunch News By: Tim De Chant 21 May 2025 at 09:59 Impossible Metals, a deep-sea mining startup, submitted a formal request to the Department of the Interior to sell leases to mine the ocean floor.
SparkCharge raises $30M to help fleets electrify without commitments TechCrunch News By: Tim De Chant 20 May 2025 at 06:00 SparkCharge raised $15.5 million in equity and secured a $15 million loan to expand its fleet charging operations.
Google inks another massive solar power deal to electrify its data centers TechCrunch News By: Tim De Chant 19 May 2025 at 12:20 The new deal covers solar and storage projects being developed in South Carolina by EnergyRe.
Laser-powered fusion experiment more than doubles its power output TechCrunch News By: Tim De Chant 17 May 2025 at 12:02 The U.S. Department of Energyβs National Ignition Facility increased the yield of the experiment in recent attempts.
The Nuclear Company raises $51M to develop massive reactor sites TechCrunch News By: Tim De Chant 16 May 2025 at 10:57 The funding round arrives as tech companies and utilities are struggling to secure power for data centers.
Fieldstone Bio is building microbes that can sense everything from TNT to arsenic TechCrunch News By: Tim De Chant 15 May 2025 at 12:07 Fieldstone Bio recently raised $5 million in seed funding.
House GOP wants to cut parts of the Inflation Reduction Act while sparing others TechCrunch News By: Tim De Chant 13 May 2025 at 08:52 House Republicansβ axe has fallen in places both expected and surprising.
GMβs new βmanganese-richβ battery promises cheaper EVs in 2028 TechCrunch News By: Tim De Chant 13 May 2025 at 07:00 Lithium-manganese-rich (LMR) batteries should slash costs without sacrificing much range.
Realta Fusion taps $36M in fresh funds for its fusion-in-a-bottle reactor TechCrunch News By: Tim De Chant 13 May 2025 at 03:00 Realta hopes to build power plants cheaply enough to supply power as low as $40 per megawatt-hour.
InventWood is about to mass-produce wood thatβs stronger than steel TechCrunch News By: Tim De Chant 12 May 2025 at 07:00 The material has 50% more tensile strength than steel with a strength-to-weight ratio thatβs ten-times better.
Google inks deal to develop 1.8 GW of advanced nuclear power TechCrunch News By: Tim De Chant 9 May 2025 at 08:31 Google is promising to add at least 600 megawatts of generating capacity at each of the three sites.
Bill Gates tells his foundation to spend it all by 2045 TechCrunch News By: Tim De Chant 8 May 2025 at 07:22 The Gates Foundation is expected to spend $200 billion over the next 20 years to support causes related to health and human development.
Trump administration plans to shutter money-saving Energy Star program TechCrunch News By: Tim De Chant 7 May 2025 at 06:20 The programβs signature yellow labels appear on appliances and electronics for sale throughout the U.S.
Breathe lands $21M Series B to predict battery performance TechCrunch News By: Tim De Chant 7 May 2025 at 05:20 Breathe has developed a suite of tools that it says helps automakers and others get the most out of their batteries.
CNaught wants to make carbon credits easy for businesses small and large TechCrunch News By: Tim De Chant 6 May 2025 at 07:15 CNaught is a market maker seeking to ease the pain of buying carbon credits for companies without dedicated teams.
Layoffs hit General Fusion as the fusion power startup runs short on cash TechCrunch News By: Tim De Chant 5 May 2025 at 13:08 CEO Greg Twiney posted an open letter on the companyβs website today pleading for money.
Ara Partnersβ new $800M fund will decarbonize old industrial assets TechCrunch News By: Tim De Chant 2 May 2025 at 09:06 Ara Partners recently raised an $800 million infrastructure fund focused on reducing carbon emissions in industrial sectors.
Hoofprint Biome boosts cow nutrition while slashing methane burps TechCrunch News By: Tim De Chant 29 April 2025 at 06:15 The startup's enzymes modify a cowβs microbiome using enzymes, slashing methane while boosting the nutrients available to the cow.Β