Alexander C. Kaufman
@alexckaufman.bsky.social
Reporter. I write about energy, climate, and geopolitics. I'm especially into nuclear power, minerals, geothermal, the grid, and Puerto Rico. Contact: www.alexanderckaufman.com | kaufman.nyc | Signal: Kaufman.11
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Today in Heatmap AM:
🪒 Canceled data centers shave 6 GW off Georgia demand
☀️ Solar supplies more California power as gas decreases: EIA study
🇨🇳 China connects new nuclear reactor to grid
Read all about it from @alexckaufman.bsky.social:
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🪒 Canceled data centers shave 6 GW off Georgia demand
☀️ Solar supplies more California power as gas decreases: EIA study
🇨🇳 China connects new nuclear reactor to grid
Read all about it from @alexckaufman.bsky.social:
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Canceled Data Centers Curb Georgia’s Projected Power Surge
On California solar eating gas, China’s newest reactor, and GOP vs. CCS
heatmap.news
November 25, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Today in Heatmap AM:
🪒 Canceled data centers shave 6 GW off Georgia demand
☀️ Solar supplies more California power as gas decreases: EIA study
🇨🇳 China connects new nuclear reactor to grid
Read all about it from @alexckaufman.bsky.social:
heatmap.news/am/georgia-d...
🪒 Canceled data centers shave 6 GW off Georgia demand
☀️ Solar supplies more California power as gas decreases: EIA study
🇨🇳 China connects new nuclear reactor to grid
Read all about it from @alexckaufman.bsky.social:
heatmap.news/am/georgia-d...
Congress is not going along with the Trump administration's vision of focus the Energy Department's Loan Programs Office almost entirely on nuclear power.
Here's an update on what's in the FY26 Energy & Water Bill:
Here's an update on what's in the FY26 Energy & Water Bill:
November 25, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Congress is not going along with the Trump administration's vision of focus the Energy Department's Loan Programs Office almost entirely on nuclear power.
Here's an update on what's in the FY26 Energy & Water Bill:
Here's an update on what's in the FY26 Energy & Water Bill:
Even Westinghouse co-owner Cameco, which only bought its 49% stake in 2022, didn't believe the company would ever build another AP1000 until now.
November 24, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Even Westinghouse co-owner Cameco, which only bought its 49% stake in 2022, didn't believe the company would ever build another AP1000 until now.
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US clean energy manufacturing investments slowed again last month.
We are now tracking 64 projects, $66.8B in investment, and 66,488 jobs at The Big Green Machine that have been delayed, shrunk, paused, or cancelled since Trump took office.
www.the-big-green-machine.com/post-trump-s...
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We are now tracking 64 projects, $66.8B in investment, and 66,488 jobs at The Big Green Machine that have been delayed, shrunk, paused, or cancelled since Trump took office.
www.the-big-green-machine.com/post-trump-s...
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November 24, 2025 at 6:47 PM
US clean energy manufacturing investments slowed again last month.
We are now tracking 64 projects, $66.8B in investment, and 66,488 jobs at The Big Green Machine that have been delayed, shrunk, paused, or cancelled since Trump took office.
www.the-big-green-machine.com/post-trump-s...
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We are now tracking 64 projects, $66.8B in investment, and 66,488 jobs at The Big Green Machine that have been delayed, shrunk, paused, or cancelled since Trump took office.
www.the-big-green-machine.com/post-trump-s...
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Must-read on geoengineering by @alexckaufman.bsky.social
Who’s Ready to Think About Blocking Out the Sun?
The idea of artificially lowering the planet’s temperature is gaining supporters and hitting political opposition.
www.theatlantic.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Must-read on geoengineering by @alexckaufman.bsky.social
It's been like six years but sometimes I still think about Little Tong in the East Village and mourn its closure.
November 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
It's been like six years but sometimes I still think about Little Tong in the East Village and mourn its closure.
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Start your week with the latest climate news:
😶 COP30’s final resolution is mum on fossil fuels
🏦 U.S. Export-Import Bank to invest $100B in energy dominance
🪨 Wyoming may build first new US coal plant since 2013
Read more in Heatmap AM from @alexckaufman.bsky.social:
heatmap.news/am/cop30-ends
😶 COP30’s final resolution is mum on fossil fuels
🏦 U.S. Export-Import Bank to invest $100B in energy dominance
🪨 Wyoming may build first new US coal plant since 2013
Read more in Heatmap AM from @alexckaufman.bsky.social:
heatmap.news/am/cop30-ends
COP30 Ends With a Fossil Fuel Win
On Ex-Im’s energy spree, a new American coal plant, and Oregon abundance
heatmap.news
November 24, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Start your week with the latest climate news:
😶 COP30’s final resolution is mum on fossil fuels
🏦 U.S. Export-Import Bank to invest $100B in energy dominance
🪨 Wyoming may build first new US coal plant since 2013
Read more in Heatmap AM from @alexckaufman.bsky.social:
heatmap.news/am/cop30-ends
😶 COP30’s final resolution is mum on fossil fuels
🏦 U.S. Export-Import Bank to invest $100B in energy dominance
🪨 Wyoming may build first new US coal plant since 2013
Read more in Heatmap AM from @alexckaufman.bsky.social:
heatmap.news/am/cop30-ends
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Ontario Power Generation outlines preliminary plans for up to *10 gigawatts* of new nuclear capacity at Wesleyville site on Lake Ontario 🤯
🔌💡 northumberlanddaily.ca/rss/opg-outl...
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OPG outlines massive new nuclear potential at Wesleyville site during Northumberland County council update
Ontario Power Generation has laid out the scale of what could become one of the largest energy developments in...
northumberlanddaily.ca
November 24, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Ontario Power Generation outlines preliminary plans for up to *10 gigawatts* of new nuclear capacity at Wesleyville site on Lake Ontario 🤯
🔌💡 northumberlanddaily.ca/rss/opg-outl...
🔌💡 northumberlanddaily.ca/rss/opg-outl...
What a totally misleading partisan statement from The Wall Street Journal editorial board.
Biden oversaw record oil and gas production and pumping billions into renewables and nuclear.
Trump's crusade against offshore wind, meanwhile, is so aggressive even Big Oil is balking.
Biden oversaw record oil and gas production and pumping billions into renewables and nuclear.
Trump's crusade against offshore wind, meanwhile, is so aggressive even Big Oil is balking.
November 23, 2025 at 8:55 PM
What a totally misleading partisan statement from The Wall Street Journal editorial board.
Biden oversaw record oil and gas production and pumping billions into renewables and nuclear.
Trump's crusade against offshore wind, meanwhile, is so aggressive even Big Oil is balking.
Biden oversaw record oil and gas production and pumping billions into renewables and nuclear.
Trump's crusade against offshore wind, meanwhile, is so aggressive even Big Oil is balking.
oh noooo my seven-month-old loves when I do RFK Jr. voice
November 23, 2025 at 8:04 PM
oh noooo my seven-month-old loves when I do RFK Jr. voice
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"What’s going to be more telling is when they have a new, updated mission of the Office of Electricity or a new, updated mission of the Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation.” - a source told @alexckaufman.bsky.social about DOE's new reorganization: heatmap.news/energy/depar... 🔌💡
11 Takeaways from the DOE’s Big Reorganization
Here’s what stood out to former agency staffers.
heatmap.news
November 22, 2025 at 12:56 AM
"What’s going to be more telling is when they have a new, updated mission of the Office of Electricity or a new, updated mission of the Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation.” - a source told @alexckaufman.bsky.social about DOE's new reorganization: heatmap.news/energy/depar... 🔌💡
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The Trump admin announced a deal to spend at least $80B to build at least 10 new large-scale Westinghouse reactors. The details are unusual.
@alexckaufman.bsky.social unpacks it all in his latest feature ➡️ www.latitudemedia.com/news/trumps-...
@alexckaufman.bsky.social unpacks it all in his latest feature ➡️ www.latitudemedia.com/news/trumps-...
Trump's Westinghouse nuclear deal comes with unresolved questions
Unpacking the unusual details of the administration's $80 billion deal with the nuclear giant.
www.latitudemedia.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:55 PM
The Trump admin announced a deal to spend at least $80B to build at least 10 new large-scale Westinghouse reactors. The details are unusual.
@alexckaufman.bsky.social unpacks it all in his latest feature ➡️ www.latitudemedia.com/news/trumps-...
@alexckaufman.bsky.social unpacks it all in his latest feature ➡️ www.latitudemedia.com/news/trumps-...
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Scoop: Rep. Scott Peters (D-Calif.) tells me in an interview this afternoon the major sticking point holding up permitting reform right now is Dems need language to halt Trump’s extra layers of extra screening on renewable energy.
I broke the news of the screening.
Thanks for reading, Congress.
I broke the news of the screening.
Thanks for reading, Congress.
Internal Agency Memo Calls for Political Reviews of Solar, Wind Projects
The widely circulating document lists more than 68 activities newly subject to upper-level review.
heatmap.news
November 20, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Scoop: Rep. Scott Peters (D-Calif.) tells me in an interview this afternoon the major sticking point holding up permitting reform right now is Dems need language to halt Trump’s extra layers of extra screening on renewable energy.
I broke the news of the screening.
Thanks for reading, Congress.
I broke the news of the screening.
Thanks for reading, Congress.
New story up on @canarymedia.com:
Nearly four months after inking the biggest-ever hydro deal to power Google's data centers with existing dams in Pennsylvania, Brookfield has signed yet another deal with Microsoft.
www.canarymedia.com/articles/hyd...
Nearly four months after inking the biggest-ever hydro deal to power Google's data centers with existing dams in Pennsylvania, Brookfield has signed yet another deal with Microsoft.
www.canarymedia.com/articles/hyd...
Brookfield inks hydro contract with Microsoft in latest Big Tech deal
The announcement follows Brookfield’s record-setting hydro deal with Google — and could help fund upgrades to certain hydroelectric facilities facing…
www.canarymedia.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:49 PM
New story up on @canarymedia.com:
Nearly four months after inking the biggest-ever hydro deal to power Google's data centers with existing dams in Pennsylvania, Brookfield has signed yet another deal with Microsoft.
www.canarymedia.com/articles/hyd...
Nearly four months after inking the biggest-ever hydro deal to power Google's data centers with existing dams in Pennsylvania, Brookfield has signed yet another deal with Microsoft.
www.canarymedia.com/articles/hyd...
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This morning in Heatmap AM:
🦅 Trump moves to roll back parts of the Endangered Species Act
🇹🇷 Turkey chosen to host next year’s COP
🌨️ Many data center-heavy states could face outages this winter
Read more from @alexckaufman.bsky.social:
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🦅 Trump moves to roll back parts of the Endangered Species Act
🇹🇷 Turkey chosen to host next year’s COP
🌨️ Many data center-heavy states could face outages this winter
Read more from @alexckaufman.bsky.social:
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Trump Goes After the Endangered Species Act
On Turkey’s COP31 win, data center dangers, and Michigan’s anti-nuclear hail mary
heatmap.news
November 20, 2025 at 3:39 PM
This morning in Heatmap AM:
🦅 Trump moves to roll back parts of the Endangered Species Act
🇹🇷 Turkey chosen to host next year’s COP
🌨️ Many data center-heavy states could face outages this winter
Read more from @alexckaufman.bsky.social:
heatmap.news/am/trump-end...
🦅 Trump moves to roll back parts of the Endangered Species Act
🇹🇷 Turkey chosen to host next year’s COP
🌨️ Many data center-heavy states could face outages this winter
Read more from @alexckaufman.bsky.social:
heatmap.news/am/trump-end...
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Heatmap AM’s top stories:
⚛️ LPO closes loan to restart Three Mile Island reactor
🇸🇦 Al Gore criticizes Saudi Arabia as Trump hosts prince
🗑️ EU to limit exports of “strategic commodity” aluminum
Here's @alexckaufman.bsky.social with the latest in clean energy news:
heatmap.news/am/trump-thr...
⚛️ LPO closes loan to restart Three Mile Island reactor
🇸🇦 Al Gore criticizes Saudi Arabia as Trump hosts prince
🗑️ EU to limit exports of “strategic commodity” aluminum
Here's @alexckaufman.bsky.social with the latest in clean energy news:
heatmap.news/am/trump-thr...
Trump Backs Three Mile Island Revival
On ravenous data centers, treasured aluminum trash, and the drilling slump
heatmap.news
November 19, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Heatmap AM’s top stories:
⚛️ LPO closes loan to restart Three Mile Island reactor
🇸🇦 Al Gore criticizes Saudi Arabia as Trump hosts prince
🗑️ EU to limit exports of “strategic commodity” aluminum
Here's @alexckaufman.bsky.social with the latest in clean energy news:
heatmap.news/am/trump-thr...
⚛️ LPO closes loan to restart Three Mile Island reactor
🇸🇦 Al Gore criticizes Saudi Arabia as Trump hosts prince
🗑️ EU to limit exports of “strategic commodity” aluminum
Here's @alexckaufman.bsky.social with the latest in clean energy news:
heatmap.news/am/trump-thr...
Big story: the Energy Department's Loan Programs Office just finalized a $1 bill ion loan to finance Microsoft's restart of the functional Unit 1 reactor at the Three Mile Island nuclear plant.
November 18, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Big story: the Energy Department's Loan Programs Office just finalized a $1 bill ion loan to finance Microsoft's restart of the functional Unit 1 reactor at the Three Mile Island nuclear plant.
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In today’s Heatmap AM:
⛏️ COP covers critical minerals for the first time
😓 Nearly one-fifth of EPA employees take resignation deal
🛢️ Trump opens 11 million acres of Alaska reserve for oil and gas
Read more from @alexckaufman.bsky.social:
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⛏️ COP covers critical minerals for the first time
😓 Nearly one-fifth of EPA employees take resignation deal
🛢️ Trump opens 11 million acres of Alaska reserve for oil and gas
Read more from @alexckaufman.bsky.social:
heatmap.news/am/cop30-cri...
In a First, UN Climate Talks Address Critical Minerals
On Alaskan drilling, EPA cuts, and Eavor’s progress
heatmap.news
November 17, 2025 at 3:52 PM
In today’s Heatmap AM:
⛏️ COP covers critical minerals for the first time
😓 Nearly one-fifth of EPA employees take resignation deal
🛢️ Trump opens 11 million acres of Alaska reserve for oil and gas
Read more from @alexckaufman.bsky.social:
heatmap.news/am/cop30-cri...
⛏️ COP covers critical minerals for the first time
😓 Nearly one-fifth of EPA employees take resignation deal
🛢️ Trump opens 11 million acres of Alaska reserve for oil and gas
Read more from @alexckaufman.bsky.social:
heatmap.news/am/cop30-cri...
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Just noticed that Sage Geosystems has taken down this press release from August 2024, in which they stated "The first phase of this innovative project will aim to be online and operating in 2027." I still can't find any announcement of a site for the project. 🔌💡
www.sagegeosystems.com/newsroom
www.sagegeosystems.com/newsroom
Big if true: the first US geothermal electricity east of the Rockies (they're not yet saying where). Phase 1 running by 2027, eventually reaching "up to 150 MW". www.sagegeosystems.com/sage-geosyst... 🔌💡
More background here: www.canarymedia.com/articles/geo...
More background here: www.canarymedia.com/articles/geo...
Sage Geosystems and Meta Announce Agreement for Next-Generation Geothermal Power Generation - Sage Geosystems™
WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, at the U.S. Department Energy’s (DOE) Catalyzing Next Generation Geothermal Development Workshop, Sage Geosystems (Sage) and Meta Platforms, Inc (Meta) announced a ...
www.sagegeosystems.com
November 16, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Just noticed that Sage Geosystems has taken down this press release from August 2024, in which they stated "The first phase of this innovative project will aim to be online and operating in 2027." I still can't find any announcement of a site for the project. 🔌💡
www.sagegeosystems.com/newsroom
www.sagegeosystems.com/newsroom
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We’re shoveling money to the coal industry while its plants keep on shutting down heatmap.news/energy/coal-...
Trump Wants to Prop Up Coal Plants. They Keep Breaking Down.
According to a new analysis shared exclusively with Heatmap, coal’s equipment-related outage rate is about twice as high as wind’s.
heatmap.news
November 14, 2025 at 9:05 PM
We’re shoveling money to the coal industry while its plants keep on shutting down heatmap.news/energy/coal-...
If you'll permit me to kvell, one of my best and oldest friends was just profiled in Vogue?? www.vogue.com/article/rabb...
Meet the Rabbi With a Freaky Shoe for Every Occasion
From egg-heeled Gray Matters bris shoes to pierced Tory Burch mules for wedding ceremonies, Rabbi Arielle Stein mixes fashion with Jewish tradition.
www.vogue.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:31 PM
If you'll permit me to kvell, one of my best and oldest friends was just profiled in Vogue?? www.vogue.com/article/rabb...
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In Puerto Rico, residential solar and storage growth outpaces utility-scale developments: Puerto Rico has reached 1.3 GW of residential solar and 185,000 residential batteries, while utility-scale solar and storage projects are gearing up. My latest for PV Magazine USA.
#EnergySky
#EnergySky
In Puerto Rico, residential solar and storage growth outpaces utility-scale developments
Puerto Rico has reached 1.3 GW of residential solar and 185,000 residential batteries, with Wood Mackenzie expecting three more GWh of residential storage by 2029. Utility-scale solar and storage proj...
pv-magazine-usa.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:53 PM
In Puerto Rico, residential solar and storage growth outpaces utility-scale developments: Puerto Rico has reached 1.3 GW of residential solar and 185,000 residential batteries, while utility-scale solar and storage projects are gearing up. My latest for PV Magazine USA.
#EnergySky
#EnergySky
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Today in Heatmap AM:
👋 Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro approves bill to exit RGGI alliance
📈 U.S. power prices are expected to climb up to 8.5% in 2026
🧂 Scientists release promising new sodium-ion battery design
Read it all from @alexckaufman.bsky.social:
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👋 Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro approves bill to exit RGGI alliance
📈 U.S. power prices are expected to climb up to 8.5% in 2026
🧂 Scientists release promising new sodium-ion battery design
Read it all from @alexckaufman.bsky.social:
heatmap.news/am/pennsylva...
Pennsylvania Abandons its Leading Climate Policy
On power prices keep climbing, TVA’s ‘historic’ gas buildout, and mounting climate woes
heatmap.news
November 14, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Today in Heatmap AM:
👋 Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro approves bill to exit RGGI alliance
📈 U.S. power prices are expected to climb up to 8.5% in 2026
🧂 Scientists release promising new sodium-ion battery design
Read it all from @alexckaufman.bsky.social:
heatmap.news/am/pennsylva...
👋 Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro approves bill to exit RGGI alliance
📈 U.S. power prices are expected to climb up to 8.5% in 2026
🧂 Scientists release promising new sodium-ion battery design
Read it all from @alexckaufman.bsky.social:
heatmap.news/am/pennsylva...
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Australia eyes solar independence with first domestic ingot and wafer production #energysky -- via pv-tech:
Australia eyes solar independence with first domestic ingot and wafer production
Stellar PV CEO Louise Hurll discusses how government-backed plans are helping Australia think big on upstream solar manufacturing.
www.pv-tech.org
November 13, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Australia eyes solar independence with first domestic ingot and wafer production #energysky -- via pv-tech:
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NEW in Heatmap AM:
🏛️ Furloughed federal workers are heading back to the office
🥅 Gov. Gavin Newsom calls Trump’s climate policies an “own goal” at COP
⏸️ Plug Power pauses its plan to build 6 hydrogen factories
Read more from @alexckaufman.bsky.social:
heatmap.news/am/governmen...
🏛️ Furloughed federal workers are heading back to the office
🥅 Gov. Gavin Newsom calls Trump’s climate policies an “own goal” at COP
⏸️ Plug Power pauses its plan to build 6 hydrogen factories
Read more from @alexckaufman.bsky.social:
heatmap.news/am/governmen...
America’s Longest-Ever Government Shutdown Ends
On America’s climate ‘own goal,’ New York’s pullback, and Constellation’s demand response embrace
heatmap.news
November 13, 2025 at 3:05 PM
NEW in Heatmap AM:
🏛️ Furloughed federal workers are heading back to the office
🥅 Gov. Gavin Newsom calls Trump’s climate policies an “own goal” at COP
⏸️ Plug Power pauses its plan to build 6 hydrogen factories
Read more from @alexckaufman.bsky.social:
heatmap.news/am/governmen...
🏛️ Furloughed federal workers are heading back to the office
🥅 Gov. Gavin Newsom calls Trump’s climate policies an “own goal” at COP
⏸️ Plug Power pauses its plan to build 6 hydrogen factories
Read more from @alexckaufman.bsky.social:
heatmap.news/am/governmen...