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Electric utilities have spent billions over the past decade on wildfire prevention — vegetation management, covered conductors, weather forecasting, grid hardening, public safety power shutoffs. Those investments have improved things substantially. They still can't eliminate every ignition. Join former Hawaii Public Utilities Commission Chairman Jay Griffin (The Ad Hoc Group), Pacific Gas and Electric Company VP of Wildfire Mitigation Andrew Abranches, and Seneca Founder & CEO Stuart Landesberg on August 26 for a discussion on the next frontier: not whether utilities should replace fire agencies, but how they can support and strengthen the broader wildfire response ecosystem as conditions grow more extreme. Moderated by The Ad Hoc Group's Jim Kapsis. Register now: https://lnkd.in/g7Nnn4Di

Corpus Christi, Texas was on track to become the first American city to run out of water this year. Recent floods bought it another year but with industrial users responsible for more than half of regional demand, nobody there is calling it solved. That's the backdrop every new data center announcement lands against now. A single hyperscale campus can use up to 5 million gallons a day, comparable to a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people. In places like South Texas, that water often comes from the same system residents are already being asked to ration. From liquid cooling to reclaimed wastewater systems, solutions are already being deployed at scale. Novel power systems that generate water instead of consuming it go a step further. Read the full article to learn how Arbor Energy’s modular turbines help solve one of the hardest community issues for data centers: https://lnkd.in/gMwdv3kg Partner content, brought to you by Arbor Energy.

For decades, new nuclear in the West has been stalled by the "construction problem." Multi-billion dollar megaprojects with schedule creep and labor shortages have made nuclear a financial non-starter for commercial project finance. On the latest episode of The Green Blueprint, Blue Energy CEO Jake Jurewicz talks with host Lara Pierpoint about a different approach: building nuclear plants less like bespoke civil engineering projects and more like manufactured products. Borrowing techniques from offshore oil, gas, and LNG, Blue Energy prefabricates massive modular blocks in shipyards and barges them to the final site. Jurewicz likens it to assembling Duplos rather than complex LEGO sets. The other half of the strategy: a "gas-to-nuclear" pivot, where a plant starts life as a natural gas facility before transitioning to nuclear. That sequencing generates early revenue and gives lenders a more attractive risk profile, potentially the "missing middle" that finally makes commercial project debt viable for nuclear. Listen to the full conversation: https://lnkd.in/g_cDg2QB

Loved this episode! When I was building Third Derivative, we identified the need for financial innovation throughout the capital stack, and Enduring Planet is one of the few organizations actually doing it. I'm proud to have partnered with them multiple times now - they are the genuine article and Dimitry Gershenson is a true mensch!

For data center development, the binding constraint has moved from chips to grid access. Interconnection now involves three decisions instead of one: how to connect, what to build behind that connection, and how to run it once it's live. Join GridBeyond's Alden Phinney and Ben Sigrin on September 15 for a practical, numbers-first look at how data center power gets planned, built, and operated on a constrained grid. They'll cover how flexible and interruptible interconnection regimes are taking shape across U.S. markets and how to size a portfolio against a data center load. Drawing on insights for real case studies, they’ll explain how the same around-the-meter assets can earn from energy markets, ancillary services, and demand response between curtailment events. Moderated by Latitude Media's Jenna Herzog. Register here: https://lnkd.in/gEpVn3wp

Solar and storage companies are navigating shifting policy, changing market dynamics, and rising demand for energy resilience all at once, and how they communicate through that shift is becoming its own strategic challenge. On August 12, Latitude Media's Jenna Herzog moderates a conversation with Amy Heart (Sunrun), Andy Newbold (Enphase Energy), and Keith Zakheim (Antenna Group) on how residential solar and storage leaders are approaching advocacy, messaging, and market education during a period of policy uncertainty. The conversation covers building trust with customers and policymakers, and communicating the value of distributed energy as the landscape keeps changing. 📅 Wednesday, August 12, 12:00–1:00 PM ET 🎥 Can't attend live? Register anyway for the recording. Register for free: https://lnkd.in/g4krayay 

Sen. Thom Tillis announced last year that he won't seek re-election. He's been direct about where he thinks U.S. energy policy is failing, and he doesn't spare either party. On the latest episode of Critical Capital, Tillis talks with Crux CEO Alfred Johnson about why he sees the country's real energy problem as a failure to build policy durable enough to survive a change in administration, not a disagreement over which energy sources are right. Full conversation out now: https://lnkd.in/g-tWNhTw 

BlocPower, a former darling of the climate tech world that electrified low-income homes, is saddled with debt and now faces restructuring. Latitude Media obtained a July 13 letter sent to investors in a BlocPower crowdfunding campaign, who now risk losing their money. The company raised more than $3 million from these campaigns. BlocPower management said they received an offer for some of its software and IP, but the sale wouldn't be enough to cover all its debt. “Given the gap between the initial offer and the total obligations owed to BlocPower’s creditors, management is simultaneously exploring a restructuring path,” it said. “This would involve working directly with debt holders — including our crowdfunding investors — to develop a viable go-forward plan for the company independent of, or in addition to, a partial asset sale.” It's the latest setback after former cofounders Keith Kinch and Donnel Baird resigned in 2024 amid fallout from partnerships with Ithaca, NY, Menlo Park, CA, and other cities. If you invested in BlocPower and want to chat, email me at catherine@latitudemedia.com or on Signal cboudreau.37 Story here: https://lnkd.in/ga9dzMat

Proud to share that Latitude Media received an Honorable Mention for Best B2B Website at this year's TABPI Tabbie Awards. This one belongs to the whole team for the work that goes into building a site that actually serves our readers. Congratulations to DatacenterDynamics on Gold, well-earned recognition for their work! 🔗 Full list of winners: https://lnkd.in/eBZ-D8q2

Electrification is driving load growth across the entire C&I sector, and competition is intensifying over everything from power equipment to interconnection to labor. Energy-intensive businesses without a deliberate power strategy aren't just facing higher costs — they're risking stalled projects, delayed timelines, and slimmer margins. The mainstays of a successful energy strategy are shifting too. Cost and decarbonization pathways still matter, but community sentiment and local resistance are becoming decision-making factors as well. For data center developers, that's already reality. For retail, healthcare, higher education, and manufacturing, it's the early edge of the same shift. Join Bloom Energy Chief Commercial Officer Aman Joshi and Latitude Media's Stephen Lacey for a Frontier Forum on why a multipronged energy strategy has become a business imperative across power-intensive industries — and how businesses can evaluate on-site power solutions within that broader strategy. 📅 Monday, August 17, 12:00–1:00 PM ET 🎥 Can't attend live? Register anyway for the recording. Register for free: https://lnkd.in/gAxx7MrN