The U.S. Department of Energy announced $159 million for 12 new Genesis Mission research projects Thursday, including efforts to improve domestic rare earth extraction, advance fusion technology and develop geothermal resources.

DOE awards $7.5 million to University of Utah-led regional coalition to identify unconventional sources of critical minerals and rare earth elements.

Rapid growth in artificial intelligence and other digital services is pushing utilities to consider a different way to manage electricity demand: asking data centers to adjust their power use when the grid is under the greatest strain.

What has consistently gone up without coming back down? The cost to power our homes and businesses.

India’s power sector is facing a growing squeeze as near-record electricity demand pushes spot power prices sharply higher, even as coal stocks at thermal power plants fall to critically low levels.

Global seaborne coal flows fell 6.7% year on year in September 2026 to 115 Mt. Thermal coal drove the decline, and a rise in met coal flows was not enough to offset it.