The U.S. Department of Energy has committed $107 million to a new round of fusion energy research collaboratives, marking one of the largest federal bets yet on a power source that, if it works at ...

Fusion energy is the process of forcing two hydrogen atoms to combine and form one helium atom, which releases huge amounts of energy. Type One Energy, a startup in Tennessee, claims to have proven ...

A concise roadmap to the global energy transition, highlighting rising demand and the essential roles of nuclear, geothermal, gas, wind, storage, and workforce.

The rising energy cost of data centers is a vital test case for how we deal with the broader electrification of the economy. With seemingly no limit to the demand for artificial intelligence, everyone ...

A recent test shows that Quidnet’s technology can store energy in pressurized water underground for months at a time. The Texas-based startup Quidnet Energy just completed a test showing it can store ...

Demand for power is climbing to unprecedented levels. U.S. Energy Information Administration data reveals that July set a new record for electricity peak demand, driven by nationwide heat waves and ...

The U.S. oil and gas industry sparked an energy revolution a few decades ago by thinking in a different direction—literally. Horizontal drilling, combined with hydraulic fracturing, unlocked new ...

At the 2022 Global Clean Energy Action Forum in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the Biden administration announced that a group of sixteen countries plus the European Commission had committed $94 billion to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Scott L. Montgomery is a geologist who writes about energy issues. Most experts would agree that the energy sector is currently ...