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Tesla alum’s Heron Power closes $38M Series A to transform key grid technology | TechCrunch

adminMay 29, 2025

by adminMay 29, 2025017

Heron Power, the electrical grid-focused startup founded by former Tesla executive Drew Baglino, announced Thursday it has raised $38 million in a Series A funding...

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Volteras wants to connect to more EVs than anyone else | TechCrunch

adminMay 29, 2025

by adminMay 29, 2025017

For years, people have been worried — both rightly and otherwise — that electric vehicles could strain the grid to the breaking point. But as they...

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Gridcare thinks more than 100 MW of data center capacity is hiding in the grid | TechCrunch

adminMay 27, 2025

by adminMay 27, 2025018

Hyperscalers and data center developers are in a pickle: They all want to add computing power tomorrow, but utilities frequently play hard to get, citing...

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Gridcare thinks more than 100 GW of data center capacity is hiding in the grid | TechCrunch

adminMay 27, 2025

by adminMay 27, 2025014

Hyperscalers and data center developers are in a pickle: They all want to add computing power tomorrow, but utilities frequently play hard to get, citing...

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Exclusive: XL Batteries is using petrochemical infrastructure to store solar and wind power | TechCrunch

adminApril 8, 2025

by adminApril 8, 2025023

Plenty of materials — from sulfur and sodium to manganese and organic molecules — have tried to topple the ubiquitous lithium-ion battery. And, so far,...

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Former Tesla exec Drew Baglino’s new startup is rethinking the electrical transformer | TechCrunch

adminApril 7, 2025

by adminApril 7, 2025024

Former Tesla executive Drew Baglino has a new startup developing solid-state transformers for the electric grid, Axios reported. The new company, Heron Power, is raising...

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Solar crushed 2024, but emissions were up as industry used more natural gas | TechCrunch

adminFebruary 20, 2025

by adminFebruary 20, 2025034

The U.S. invested a record-breaking $338 billion in the energy transition last year, according to a new report, but it wasn’t quite enough to lessen...

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ElectronX is building a stock market for electricity trading | TechCrunch

adminFebruary 19, 2025

by adminFebruary 19, 2025037

Renewable electricity is cheap and clean, but also less predictable than firing up a gas turbine. Turns out that’s both a problem and an opportunity....

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Trump admin reverses hydropower layoffs that sparked grid stability fears | TechCrunch

adminFebruary 18, 2025

by adminFebruary 18, 2025036

This month, the Trump administration instituted sweeping cuts within the federal agencies in charge of power from hydroelectric dams, raising fears of grid instabilities in...

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Exclusive: Amperesand targets data centers as the next big customer for its solid-state transformers | TechCrunch

adminJanuary 21, 2025

by adminJanuary 21, 2025045

With data centers expected to consume as much as 12% of electricity in the U.S. by 2028, it’s no surprise that tech companies are looking...

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