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There’s a pipeline of deals—for pipelines—that will help power the AI boom | Fortune (opens the original)
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Good morning loyal Term Sheet readers, this is energy editor, Jordan Blum, filling in for Allie. The Middle East remains in a state of chaotic conflict, and fuel and oil prices are still sky high. All these geopolitical variables put a partial freeze on energy dealmaking—potential sellers ask for more money on inflated valuations, while the buyers think longer term and conservatively. It’s hard to meet in the middle on a price tag. The main exception though is in the so-called midstream sector,
‘Groundhog Day’: Iran is unlikely to let the war end until after the midterms—and may even escalate soon | Fortune (opens the original)
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The seemingly endless morass of the Iran war with its rinse-and-repeat cycle of peace talks, collapsing negotiations, and modest escalations of violence is likely to continue at least through the congressional midterms in November and potentially beyond, geopolitical and energy analysts said. Why? Iranian officials—divided between public-facing politicians and the increasingly powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)—want to maximize their leverage and political harm to President Donald
Fervo brings the first, next-gen geothermal power to the grid to satiate the AI boom | Fortune (opens the original)
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Startup Fervo Energy flipped the switch on its Cape Station power plant in Utah, officially bringing the first next-generation geothermal power to the grid at a utility scale, the Houston-based startup announced Thursday. The U.S. faces an unprecedented demand surge for power from the AI boom and more, and next-gen geothermal power is now part of the mix. Geothermal offers both clean energy and reliable baseload power without the intermittency issues of wind and solar. Bill Gates-backed Fervo, w
Trump’s ‘largest deregulatory action ever’ in the power sector will keep old coal plants online longer to power the AI boom | Fortune (opens the original)
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The biggest immediate impact of the Trump administration rolling back Biden-era emissions standards on power plants is it will keep more old coal and gas-fired plants viable for longer to help provide additional energy for data centers and the AI boom, experts said. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said Monday it finalized the repeal of emission-reduction mandates for power plants that were intended to combat climate change. The announcement came shortly after the National Oceanic
$9.999 and maxed out: California diesel prices overwhelm pump displays as global supply crunch worsens | Fortune (opens the original)
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As U.S. prices for diesel fuel surge to all-time highs, some California pumps literally can’t price their diesel any higher—maxing out the display at $9.999 per gallon. Fuel-tracking firm GasBuddy reported Thursday that a small handful of California fueling stations hiked their retail diesel up to the maximum display pricing as the state’s overall diesel average hit $7.91 per gallon. GasBuddy said it had confirmed that the $9.999 price was on displays at pumps in the San Diego suburb of Serra Me
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