Energy companies are unsure how to navigate this geopolitical moment. Meanwhile, AI companies are forging ahead.

Silicon Valley’s AI buildout is quietly becoming a major driver of natural gas expansion, as Google, Microsoft, and Meta sign ...

What the past can tell us about how energy crises impact the way companies invest.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dianne Plummer is an Energy Consultant and Certified Energy Manager. In 2025, the technologies that mattered most were ones that ...

Artificial Intelligence and data centers have been blamed for rising electricity costs across the U.S. In December 2025, American consumers paid 42% more to power their homes than ten years ago. "When ...

Enhanced geothermal energy, a reliable, zero-carbon source, is attracting significant investment from Big Tech and high-powered investors to meet the massive energy demand spurred by the AI boom. By ...

Budget constraints and compliance considerations have presented hurdles for the agency as it aims to onboard technologists, a DOE IT leader said during a Thursday event.

The agency will make funding available to research teams looking to solve the scientific challenges underpinning next-generation energy technologies. Energy Research & Development The Department of ...

Texas startup Janta Power has secured $5.5 million in seed funding to expand its next-generation solar power towers, a vertical alternative to flat solar farms. The funding round was led by MaC ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Erik Sherman reports on business, economics, finance, tech, and law. The Trump administration reportedly has canceled $30 billion ...

Ocean waves could be an enormous source of power for the grid: In the U.S., the motion of waves along coastlines could generate as much as 1.4 trillion kilowatt-hours a year, or around a third of the ...