First (and perhaps only) time at Osaka Expo 2025 Ofc they have a massive Gundam at site 🤖

🗾Japanese manufacturer Mitsubishi Heavy Industries aims to double its gas turbine production capacity in the next 2 yrs as demand for the equipment rises globally due to replacement and data center needs. With Nick Takahashi and Tsuyoshi Inajima www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Trying to wrap my head around the fact that it is already 30C here in Tokyo and it’s only 7am 🥵 🫠

🫨 A mag-8.8 quake struck off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula on Wednesday, triggering tsunami alerts from Japan to Canada, California, Hawaii and as far away as Indonesia and New Zealand. With @maryhui.bsky.social and @annaedge4.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Japan reporters today 😵😵😵

🇯🇵☢️A Japanese utility is looking into a plan to build the nation's first nuclear reactor since the 2011 Fukushima disaster. Kansai Electric said it will resume surveys for a potential new reactor at the Mihama Nuclear Power Plant. Gift link, valid for 7 days: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

🚨☢️Friday night hot news☢️🚨 Japanese regional utility Kansai Electric Power Co. will start geological surveys at the Mihama Nuclear Power Plant to study plans for a new nuclear reactor, Nikkei reports, without saying where it got the information. www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZ...

⬇️ A timely explainer from my colleague Lauren about FEMA and its current state, as we head into hurricane season.

⚛️ Meta’s deal this week to procure nuclear power yet again shows tech industry’s need for more energy. But it also shows a mismatch with the energy industry that often takes years to plan and build new plants. With @willwwade.bsky.social. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Addition of high-speed EV chargers across the US fell by more than 21% in the first quarter compared to last year. The slowdown may just be beginning as Trump steps up attacks on EVs, and Republicans push to end subsidies. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

If there was any lingering doubt about whether gas-fired generation plants are the hottest targets in the US power system, the recent flurry of deals likely extinguished it. My column here: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

Each time you ask an AI chatbot a question, it sends a request to a data center and strains an increasingly scarce resource: water. A 🧵on our investigation into how the data centers that power AI are increasingly being built in highly water-stressed places: www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

Buffett runs a renewables heavyweight and has written that climate change is “highly likely” a “problem for the planet.” Yet Berkshire is a major investor in oil, gas and coal — a position poised to endure well after the 94-year-old retires. My analysis here: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

⚛️A new Danish fund is aiming to raise €350 million ($397 million) to exclusively back the atomic industry and its supply chain. 92 Capital aims to invest in nuclear power vendors, companies that support the rollout of atomic energy and supply chain like fuel. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Great, colorful story by @naurtorious.bsky.social about Texas A&M's program churning out some of the energy industry's most coveted first-year analysts... just reading the competitiveness of it makes me nervous and anxious. 😵 www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

Join me at 7:30 am Pacific / 10:30 am Eastern today for a live Q&A on climate tech under Trump 👇

The rise of solar has spawned a niche market in used panels on sites like eBay and Craigslist. Homesteaders and tinkerers — like Todd Dabney, who MacGyvered a solar cooler for his Burning Man tent — love them. Story by @shokooda.bsky.social [gift link]

🌞 Some folks are opting to buy solar panels used on classified ad sites, like Facebook Marketplace, Craigslist, eBay One guy decided to make a swamp cooler for Burning Man using a secondhand panel. Edited by @amandakhurley.bsky.social, gift link valid for 7 days: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

🇺🇸🇯🇵 A brief stay in DC, to cover the start of US-Japan tariff negotiations. Japan’s top negotiator Ryosei Akazawa met with Trump and other members of his cabinet on Wed. The two sides plan to meet for 2nd talks later this month. With my colleague Sakura Murakami www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

A great informative data viz (and thread!) on carbon capture tech by @michellema.bsky.social 👇

🚨Renewables + storage is expected to make up 50+% of power capacity needed by 2035 to meet data center demand. But almost 2/3 of additional electricity generation will come from fossil fuels, BNEF said in its latest report. With @mchediak.bsky.social and Josh Saul www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

A fire on a bucolic stretch of California coast has threatened the rapid growth of an industry considered key to greening the power grid — and keeping the lights on. My latest for Bloomberg → Blaze Triggers Alarm Over Rapid Growth of Big Batteries www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

👀Been looking into US coal a lot since I got to NY this March. For our Energy Daily newsletter today, I took a look at how coal power is making some gains in the US, thanks to high gas prices. Analysts think we could see more of it this year, too. www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

Scoop: Mainspring Energy has raised a $258 million Series F to scale its linear generator business, fueled by the tailwinds of the AI data center boom. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

⚛️An exclusive with my colleague Lizette Chapman: Peter Thiel is joining the board of General Matter, a startup led by Founders Fund partner Scott Nolan. The firm plans to produce enriched uranium fuel needed for next-gen nuclear reactors. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

🐺From my colleague Josh Saul: Dallas-based biotech firm Colossal Biosciences announced on Monday it's created three dire wolves, a species popularized by the fantasy series Game of Thrones but not seen on Earth in more than 12,000 years. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Missing the cherry blossoms back home in Japan this year, but enjoying spring blossoms in NYC! @ Central Park.

☀️My colleagues Josh Saul, @jendlouhy.bsky.social and I took a look at the impacts of Trump tariffs on America's solar industry. Stockpile of panels in America may dull the immediate impacts of high tariff rates hitting countries in Southeast Asia, analysts say. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

The National Weather Service will stop issuing forecasts + storm warnings in Spanish after a translation software contract lapsed at midnight Tuesday. Unclear when/if service will return. Scoop with @weathersullivan.bsky.social (free link): www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

🌞Have you ever bought used solar panels on classified sites like eBay, Craigslist, etc? We'd love to speak to you for an article. Please DM me if you're keen/available to share your experiences!

My first story from the US 🇺🇸: looking into the plausibility of Trump admin’s plans to revive coal power Despite support from the White House, economic challenges will make it difficult for the fossil fuel to make a comeback, analysts say. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Interim update: I’m a Tokyo-based energy reporter for @bloomberg.com but working until mid-June in NYC as part of an internal job swap program. Everyone here seems to be using Bluesky, so giving it a go! 💪