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U.S. Dept. of Energy Releases Finalized Fusion Science and Technology Roadmap
Earlier this week, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) released the finalized Fusion Science and Technology (FS&T) Roadmap, a national strategy to accelerate the development and commercialization of fusion energy on the most rapid, responsible timeline in history....
NLR Announces New Partnership with Colorado School of Mines and University of Utah
Earlier this week, the National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR) signed memorandums of understanding (MOUs) with the Colorado School of Mines and the University of Utah that will help strengthen America’s energy and material supply chains through critical minerals...
Zap Energy Integrating its Nuclear Future
Zap Energy’s FuZE-Q fusion device. (Zap Photo) Last week, Zap Energy announced their new, integrated nuclear future as the first company to simultaneously pursue two tracks for nuclear power: fusion, an unproven but promising technology that smashes light atoms...
Volvo Construction Equipment’s Oldest and Newest Articulated Dump Trucks
Volvo's Newest Articulated Hauler, Volvo Construction Equipment photo. Volvo's First Articulated Hauler, Gravel Charlie, Equipment World photo. On display at the 2022 Volvo Days event in Sweden was the first articulated dump truck ever created (pictured right). Dubbed...
Department of Energy to Resume Negotiations for $430 Million in Hydropower Funding
Grand Coulee Dam, Washington. Courtesy of Bureau of Reclamation. The Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Hydropower and Hydrokinetic Office (H2O) announced earlier this week that it will soon resume negotiations to issue nearly $430 million in payments to American...
Kairos Power Breaks Ground on New Demonstration Reactor
Kairos Power photo Earlier this month, Kairos Power broke ground on the company's second demonstration plant in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. This will be the company's first commercial-scale reactor and the first-ever power-producing Gen IV reactor to receive a construction...
Clean Energy Clips, Spring 2026
Check out our Spring 2026 edition of Clean Energy Clips!This edition features the Directors Update, an event for the CoE Advisory Board and Educators: Energizing Pathways Between Industry & Education Partners, and highlights from the blog and website. There is...
A Second Life for Plastics
“There are tremendous societal benefits to plastic, but thinking about what happens to those plastics once they get to the end of their life is a huge problem,” says Professor Matthew Golder. (Photo: Juan Rodriguez) April 1, 2026 | By Nancy Joseph, UW...
Avalanche Energy Awarded Contract with DARPA to Develop New Radiovoltaics
Avalanche Energy employee prepares fusion plasma test on one of the company’s compact devices. (Avalanche Photo) Earlier this week, Avalanche Energy was awarded a $5.2 million contract from DARPA's Rads to Watts program to develop new radiovoltaics. The Pentagon...
Iranian-Affiliated Cyber Actors Exploit Programmable Logic Controllers Across U.S. Critical Infrastructure
Iran-affiliated advanced persistent threat (APT) actors are conducting exploitation activity targeting internet-facing operational technology (OT) devices, including programmable logic controllers (PLCs) manufactured by Rockwell Automation/Allen-Bradley. This...