Investors: Kingsway Capital
River is a U.S. Bitcoin and Lightning technology and financial services startup that raised $35M in Series B funding to expand River Lightning Services for business onboarding.
OpenTug's BargeOS Goes Live Across First Full Operator
OpenTug deployed its AI-native platform across all operations at LeBoeuf Bros. Towing, marking the first full-stack adoption in inland barge logistics and validating the commercial model for digitizing an underserved $15B supply chain segment.
DOE picks five states for $50B nuclear fuel-cycle hubs
The Department of Energy selected Utah, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Idaho to host integrated nuclear fuel production, enrichment, and reactor sites, with three winning full partnerships by year-end.
DOE awards $75M to turn coal waste into rare earths
The Department of Energy selected five projects to extract rare earth elements and critical minerals from coal and coal byproducts, marking a domestic supply pivot away from Chinese refining.
Hudbay breaks ground on 750,000-tonne copper expansion in BC
Hudbay Minerals officially opened the New Ingerbelle pit at Copper Mountain, securing 800+ jobs and extending mine life to 2040+ with lower stripping ratios than current operations.
DOE funds first U.S. rare earth plant from industrial waste
Colorado School of Mines and ElementUSA receive $67M to process rare earth elements from alumina refinery tailings in Louisiana, targeting 150–1,000 MT/year of domestic supply.
14.7 GW of battery storage deployed in 12 months as grid race accelerates
North America added 14.7 GW of battery storage in one year, making batteries the second-largest source of new grid capacity after solar, fundamentally reshaping reserve margins.
Navy awards Fuse Integration $96M sole-source contract for KRAKEN tactical networks
Fuse Integration wins exclusive Navy production order for KRAKEN Beyond Line-of-Sight mesh networking systems, signaling lock-in on a contested-environment communications architecture.
Navy locks $196M into maritime ISR backbone as Indo-Pacific demand surges
Navy sustainment contract extends MQ-4C Triton operations through 2027, securing persistent surveillance infrastructure for distributed Indo-Pacific sensor network at operational scale.
DOE's coal order expires May 24, 4.4 GW hangs in the balance
The Department of Energy's emergency order keeping Pennsylvania's Eddystone coal plant online expires in three weeks, exposing the grid's true capacity crisis.
Bitcoin Lens Claims the Block Is Physics Long-Sought Smallest Unit of Time
Bitcoin Lens, a formal research institution, argues Bitcoin's block is the first empirical instantiation of the chronon, physics' theoretical smallest unit of time proposed in 1927, reframing quantum mechanics and quantum computing in the process.
NRC clears path for TVA's first U.S. SMR construction permit
The NRC recommended approval of TVA's construction permit for a 300-MWe BWRX-300 SMR at Clinch River, positioning the utility as first in the U.S. to build a commercial small reactor and establishing the licensing template other utilities have been waiting for.
SunZia's 3.5 GW Bet: Western Hemisphere's Largest Wind Project Hits a Court Gate
Pattern Energy's 3.5-gigawatt SunZia Wind project in New Mexico—largest onshore wind farm in the Western Hemisphere—is construction-complete and set for 2026 commercial operations, but a live federal court motion in Arizona could block the paired 550-mile transmission line before grid delivery begins.
Michigan MPSC approves 1,332 MW battery storage, ties grid to AI data center
Michigan's utility regulator approved 1,332 MW of battery storage for DTE Electric on March 27, 2026—the largest state-level battery approval in Michigan history. One-quarter of it is contractually locked to serve an Oracle-OpenAI data center. The move signals how grid infrastructure now follows computational demand.
Carbon Robotics Crosses $100M Revenue on AI Laser-Weeding Platform
Carbon Robotics surpassed $100 million in annual revenue for its fiscal year ending January 31, 2026, making it the first commercial field-robotics agtech company built around herbicide elimination to reach nine-figure revenue.
Aquatech Eyes 9 MGD Deal as Corpus Christi Reservoirs Hit 8.4%
With reservoirs at 8.4% capacity and a run-dry date of June 2027, Corpus Christi voted 7-1 to pursue a private desalination agreement with Aquatech, signaling that municipal water procurement is entering a new era of crisis-driven privatization.
Corpus Christi Votes 7–1 to Buy Water From Private Desalination Plant
With reservoirs at 8.4% capacity, Corpus Christi voted 7–1 on March 24 to negotiate a deal with Aquatech for 9 million gallons of drinking water per day from a privately owned desalination plant.