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Nuclear projects are getting a boost of investment as countries try to tackle an energy crisis sparked by the war in Ukraine, while also pursuing emissions targets. WSJ looks at how startups say their alternative designs can help solve past issues. Photo illustration: Eve HartleyNuclear power in the West is having a long-awaited revival, with new reactors opening in the U.S. and Europe and fresh momentum toward building more soon. A gaping hole in the plan: The West doesn’t have enough nuclear fuel—and lacks the capacity to swiftly ramp up production. Even more vexing, the biggest source of critical ingredients is Russia and its state monopoly, Rosatom , which is implicated in supporting the war in Ukraine.

☆ Microsoft Bets That Fusion Power Is Closer Than Many Think
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-10 | by ( Jennifer Hiller | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

An electrical engineer at Helion Energy’s facility in Everett, Wash. Photo: Helion EnergyMany experts believe fusion power remains decades away. Microsoft thinks it could be just around the corner. In a deal that is believed to be the first commercial agreement for fusion power, the tech giant has agreed to purchase electricity from startup Helion Energy within about five years.

☆ ‘Over Our Dead Bodies’: Backlash Builds Against $3 Trillion Clean-Energy Push
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-08 | by ( Jennifer Hiller | Photographs Dominick Williams For The Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

LAWRENCE, Kan.—The federal government has ignited a green-energy investment spree that’s expected to reach as high as $3 trillion over the next decade. The road to spending that money, though, is increasingly hitting speed bumps from the likes of Gerry Coffman. About an hour southwest of Kansas City, she turned down a wind lease last year on a farm that has been in her family since 1866. Someone knocked on her door a few months later, paperwork in hand, and offered $6,000 to hang a wind-power transmission line across her land. If she agreed to store construction equipment, she stood to make an additional $4,000.

☆ ‘Over My Dead Body’: Backlash Builds Against $3 Trillion Clean-Energy Push
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-08 | by ( Jennifer Hiller | Photographs Dominick Williams For The Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

☆ Tech Billionaires Bet on Fusion as Holy Grail for Business
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-23 | by ( Jennifer Hiller | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Sam Altman became a tech sensation this year as the CEO of OpenAI, the artificial-intelligence startup that seems pulled from science fiction. But Mr. Altman, who has been among Silicon Valley’s most prominent investors for more than a decade, has placed one of the biggest bets of his career on a company that might be even more futuristic: a nuclear-fusion startup called Helion Energy Inc.

☆ How Spotify Knows What You Want to Hear Next
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-17 | by ( Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

How Trains Derail, Explained by an NTSB Investigator The train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, was just one of over 1,000 that happen every year. NTSB’s Michael Hiller explains the most common reasons trains come off the tracks and what can be done to prevent them. Photo illustration: Xingpei Shen

☆ Italian Company Plans 10,000 Fast Chargers Across U.S. to Meet EV Demand
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-13 | by ( Jennifer Hiller | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Fast EV Chargers to Nearly Double on U.S. Highways Under Expansion Plan
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-13 | by ( Jennifer Hiller | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Italian energy giant Enel SpA said it would nearly double the amount of electric-vehicle fast chargers in the U.S. by 2030, potentially giving a critical boost to Biden administration efforts to switch more drivers to greener cars. If Enel follows through on the plan, which it announced on Thursday, it would add 10,000 public fast chargers, considered one of the key pieces necessary for wider adoption of electric vehicles. Enel said it expects to apply for U.S. government subsidies that have been offered to companies willing to build the necessary infrastructure.

☆ Beethoven's hair has been a big ticket item for years, auctioned for thousands — turns out it didn't all belong to him
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-26 | by ( Aaron Mcdade | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

It also revealed some locks considered to Beethoven's that sold for thousands, are not actually his. It was last sold for $7,300 in 1994 and has been displayed for decades as authentic Beethoven hair. -- The Stumpff lock sold for about $14,700 in 2016, and the researchers determined it most likely was authentic. In 2000, a lot that combined Beethoven's hair and hair from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart sold for more than $55,700. The book, "Beethoven's Hair: An Extraordinary Historical Odyssey and A Scientific Mystery Solved," was published in 2001 and later turned into a documentary.

☆ Terrorism experts say Trump's 'dangerous' rhetoric offers his extreme followers 'an excuse' for violence if he's indicted
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-24 | by ( John Haltiwanger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Experts on political violence are alarmed by Trump's latest rhetoric as he faces a possible indictment. They warn that Trump's words could trigger riots or assassinations. He has viciously attacked figures like Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and mocked calls for peaceful protests — leading extremism experts to warn of the potential for political violence. In one of his latest posts to Truth Social, Trump's social media platform, the former president threatened "death and destruction" if he's indicted. A number of those arrested over the insurrection have said that Trump's words drove their behavior.

☆ How Tesla Opening Its Supercharger Network Alters the EV Charging Map
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-10 | by ( Andrew Mollica | Jennifer Hiller | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

American car buyers are increasingly choosing electric vehicles, but the country’s map of public highway chargers has a lot of gaps. Those blank spots are seen as a big hurdle to wider EV adoption, and EV market leader Tesla Inc. has started to fill a few of them in.

☆ World-first ideas unveiled at MWC 2023 by UK telecoms innovators
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-20 | by ( Sponsor Post | Created Insider Studios With The Uk'S Department For Business | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

At the upcoming Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona, collaboration and convergence will be priorities. MWC is a 'Digital World Congress' that will see more worldwide digital innovation from the UK and across the world." Attocore, recently awarded a grant for accelerating Radio Access Network (RAN) intelligence, sits alongside mobile giants Ericsson and Samsung in advancing the security of UK mobile networks. With 5G networks, an estimated £173 billion of incremental UK GDP will be added to the UK economy by 2030. MWC and scaling UK technologyMobile World Congress is also a great opportunity for big ideas to reach an even bigger audience.

☆ Tesla to Open Some Superchargers to Other Vehicles, White House Says
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-15 | by ( Jennifer Hiller | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Tesla already has a U.S. network of more than 17,700 fast chargers at over 1,650 locations. Tesla Inc. will open part of its proprietary Supercharger network to other kinds of vehicles for the first time, the White House said Wednesday. The move qualifies the company for a share of billions of federal dollars on offer to build a national network of electric-vehicle chargers. Tesla plans to open at least 3,500 new and existing 250 kilowatt chargers to drivers of all kinds of EVs by the end of next year, the White House said. Fast chargers can repower cars in about 30 minutes, but those available to any kind of EV are in short supply across U.S. highways, where their presence is considered key to boosting EV adoption as auto makers convert fleets to electric.

☆ Tesla to Open Some of Its Charging Network to Other EVs, White House Says
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-15 | by ( Jennifer Hiller | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Tesla Inc. will open part of its proprietary Supercharger network to other kinds of vehicles for the first time, the White House said Wednesday. The move qualifies the company for a share of billions of federal dollars on offer to build a national network of electric-vehicle chargers. Tesla plans to open at least 3,500 new and existing 250-kilowatt chargers to drivers of all kinds of EVs by the end of next year, the White House said. Fast chargers can repower cars in about 30 minutes, but those available to any kind of EV are in short supply across U.S. highways, where their presence is considered crucial to boosting EV adoption as auto makers convert fleets to electric.

☆ TravelCenters of America to Add EV Fast-Charger Stations
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-30 | by ( Jennifer Hiller | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

While most EV charging takes several hours at home, fast chargers can repower a car battery in about 30 minutes. TravelCenters of America Inc. and Electrify America LLC plan to build around 1,000 electric-vehicle fast chargers across the U.S. starting this year, the latest matchup that would boost the amount of equipment available to American EV drivers who need a jolt of power on road trips. The partnership aims to add fast-charging stalls to around 200 of TravelCenters’ TA and Petro Stopping Centers. Fast chargers available to drivers of any kind of EV are in short supply across U.S. highways, where their presence is considered key to greater EV adoption as auto makers convert fleets to electric.

☆ Investors Plow Into Renewables, but Projects Aren’t Getting Built
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-22 | by ( Jennifer Hiller | Photographs Sergio Flores For The Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Even as developers plan an unprecedented number of grid-scale wind and solar installations, project construction is plummeting across the U.S. Despite billions of dollars in federal tax credits up for grabs and investors eager to fund clean energy projects, the pace of development has ground to a crawl and many renewables plans face an uncertain path to completion. Supply-chain snags, long waits to connect to the grid and challenging regulatory and political environments across the country are contributing to the slowdown, analysts and companies say.

☆ California Storm Floods Streets, Commuter Station Amid Persistent Rain
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-11 | by ( ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

To Boost EVs, New York Has to Decide Where to Put the ChargersOne of the biggest challenges to getting more electric vehicles on the road is giving drivers a place to charge them. New funding from the federal government, states and private entities is being put toward building charging infrastructure. But in urban areas like New York City, where do you put the chargers? WSJ energy reporter Jennifer Hiller joins host Zoe Thomas to talk about how the city is trying to solve the problem.

☆ New York City Wants More EVs but Needs to Find Space for Chargers
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-09 | by ( Jennifer Hiller | Photographs Gabriela Bhaskar For The Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The Big Apple wants to go green. First it needs to figure out where to put thousands of chargers needed for electric vehicles as the state phases out the sale of new gasoline-powered cars and trucks by 2035. Drivers in New York largely rely on street parking and lack homes with driveways or garages where they could install private chargers. As a result, it will need thousands of additional public charging locations to spur wider EV adoption. So far, fewer than 1% of vehicles registered in the city are electric, according to state data.

☆ Soaring Costs Threaten U.S. Offshore-Wind Buildout
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-01 | by ( Katherine Blunt | Jennifer Hiller | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

A vessel helps construct a large wind farm off the coast of New York, one of several being built along the East Coast. Offshore wind developers are facing financial challenges that threaten to derail several East Coast projects critical to reaching the Biden administration’s near-term clean-energy targets. Supply-chain snarls, rising interest rates and inflationary pressures are making projects far more expensive to build. Now, some developers are looking to renegotiate financing agreements to keep their projects under way.

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☆ Fusion Industry Suddenly White-Hot After U.S. Lab Breakthrough
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-14 | by ( Jennifer Hiller | William Boston | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The target chamber of the facility where 192 laser beams delivered the energy to create fusion ignition. Michl Binderbauer is chief executive of a southern California firm that aims to create almost limitless energy through nuclear fusion, a starry goal that at times struck some prospective investors as futuristic. That all changed this week.

☆ Nuclear-Fusion Breakthrough Accelerates Quest to Unlock Limitless Energy Source
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-13 | by ( Aylin Woodward | Jennifer Hiller | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The Energy Department said Tuesday that scientists at a federal research facility had achieved a breakthrough in research on nuclear fusion, long seen as a potential source of clean, virtually limitless energy. A controlled fusion reaction at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, Calif., produced more energy than it consumed, Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm and other government officials said during a press conference from DOE headquarters in Washington, D.C.

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