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The nuclear fusion breakthrough heralded on Tuesday was a historic event, culminating decades of research. At the same time, fusion power will not be contributing electricity to any power grid for at least a decade, according to most industry watchers. To get there, there will have to be many more technical breakthroughs beyond what was

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried (2nd L) is led away handcuffed by officers of the Royal Bahamas Police Force in Nassau, Bahamas on December 13, 2022.  Mario Duncanson | AFP | Getty Images Days before FTX’s bankruptcy filing last month, co-CEO Ryan Salame told Bahamian authorities that founder Sam Bankman-Fried may have committed fraud by sending

The EU is nearing a deal over a cap on gas prices. Helder Faria | Moment | Getty Images The European Union is nearing an agreement over a cap on natural gas prices, with Brussels already starting preparations for the next winter as the global energy crisis shows no signs of going away. EU energy

The EU wants to cut greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% by the year 2030, compared to 1990. Justhavealook | E+ | Getty Images Plans for the European Union’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism took a significant step forward Tuesday morning after a provisional deal between the Council of the EU and members of the

The National Ignition Facility target chamber at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is where scientists shoot lasers and watch and measure what happens when those lasers collide on a fuel source. Temperatures of 100 million degrees and pressures extreme enough to compress a target up to 100 times the density of lead are created in

Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images Sam Bankman-Fried’s arrest in the Bahamas on Monday marks the beginning of a new chapter in the FTX saga, one that will pit the former crypto billionaire against the Southern District of New York. The indictment is expected to remain sealed until Tuesday morning. U.S. prosecutors

This image, from Sept, 2022, shows a liquefied natural gas tanker arriving at a port in the Netherlands. Siese Veenstra | AFP | Getty Images The power crisis gripping Europe has little to do with Vladimir Putin and it could be argued that the Russian leader’s actions have helped improve the situation, according to Per

The European Central Bank has raised concerns over an idea to impose a cap on gas prices in Europe. Haussmann Visuals | Moment | Getty Images The European Central Bank is worried about the potential risks to financial markets from an EU-wide cap on natural gas prices. The bloc has been in intense discussions for

As a bullet train speeds by in the background, a liquid hydrogen tank towers over solar panels and hydrogen fuel cells at Panasonic’s Kusatsu plant in Japan. Combined with a Tesla Megapack storage battery, the hydrogen and solar can deliver enough electricity to power the site’s Ene-Farm fuel cell factory. Tim Hornyak As bullet trains

BEVERLY, Mass. — It’s a gray November morning, and we’re on board a long, yellow school bus. The bus bounces over this Boston suburb’s patched streets in a way that would be familiar to anyone who ever rode a bus to class. But the bus is quiet – and not just because there are no

Heat pumps are becoming more popular for residential housing with energy prices increasing and the need to reduce use of fossil fuel heating systems. Andrew Aitchison | In Pictures | Getty Images Thinking about a home heat pump? New and expanded government incentives, coupled with sharply rising utility costs, make it more compelling. Especially when

Gas prices are displayed at an Exxon gas station on July 29, 2022 in Houston, Texas. Exxon and Chevron posted record high earnings during the second quarter of 2022 as energy stocks have faltered in recent months. Brandon Bell | Getty Images A pair of Democratic lawmakers on Friday accused the largest oil companies in

Sam Bankman-Fried, founder and chief executive officer of FTX Cryptocurrency Derivatives Exchange, during a Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022. Sarah Silbiger | Bloomberg | Getty Images FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried has agreed to testify before the House Financial Services Committee at a hearing about the

Cargo ships and vessels transit the Bosphorus Strait, a body of water connecting the Black Sea to the Marmara and Mediterranean Seas through Istanbul, Turkey. Above, the Russia-flagged vessel Volga River Taganrog oil tanker passes south through the Bosphorus Straits in October 2022. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Tankers full of Kazakh oil are

This image, taken in March 2021, shows the site where the new facility would be developed. Christopher Furlong | Getty Images News | Getty Images LONDON — Plans for a deep coal mine in the northwest of England were given the green light by the U.K. government, a decision that’s been welcomed by its backers

The Chinese government’s move Wednesday to further roll back strict Covid-19 measures should boost the prospects for a host of Club holdings with substantial operations in China, including Estee Lauder (EL), Wynn Resorts (WYNN) and Starbucks ( SBUX), all of which have been weighed down by nearly three years of lockdowns. The news China’s National