Kairos Power has begun construction on the Hermes reactor, one of the first advanced nuclear reactors in the United States, at the East Tennessee Technology Park in Oak Ridge. As reported by the U.S. Department of Energy, this low-power reactor, which received approval from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in December 2022, is projected to be operational by 2027 and will demonstrate affordable clean heat production using a TRISO fuel pebble bed design with molten fluoride salt coolant.

China has launched the world's largest sodium-ion battery energy storage system, capable of powering 12,000 homes daily. As reported by PV Magazine and Interesting Engineering, this innovative project in Qianjiang, Hubei Province, marks a significant milestone in the commercial deployment of sodium-ion technology for large-scale renewable energy storage.

Based on reports from The Salt Lake Tribune, Utah FORGE, the nation's most advanced geothermal energy experiment, has successfully demonstrated the potential of Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) by creating an artificial reservoir in hot, dry granite and circulating water through it to capture heat from deep underground.

According to a groundbreaking study by the U.S. Geological Survey, Arkansas may be sitting on a vast lithium reserve of up to 19 million tons in the Smackover Formation, potentially enough to meet projected 2030 global demand for electric vehicle batteries nine times over.