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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In Wednesday’s Heatmap AM:
👋 Chris Wright threatens to leave International Energy Agency
📉 Trump may lower tariffs on metals
🇬🇧 Gavin Newsom inks clean energy partnership with the U.K.
Have a cuppa and enjoy the news from @alexckaufman.bsky.social:
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👋 Chris Wright threatens to leave International Energy Agency
📉 Trump may lower tariffs on metals
🇬🇧 Gavin Newsom inks clean energy partnership with the U.K.
Have a cuppa and enjoy the news from @alexckaufman.bsky.social:
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Chris Wright Threatens to Withdraw from Global Energy Watchdog
On Georgia’s utility regulator, copper prices, and greening Mardi Gras
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February 18, 2026 at 2:41 PM
In Wednesday’s Heatmap AM:
👋 Chris Wright threatens to leave International Energy Agency
📉 Trump may lower tariffs on metals
🇬🇧 Gavin Newsom inks clean energy partnership with the U.K.
Have a cuppa and enjoy the news from @alexckaufman.bsky.social:
heatmap.news/am/chris-wri...
👋 Chris Wright threatens to leave International Energy Agency
📉 Trump may lower tariffs on metals
🇬🇧 Gavin Newsom inks clean energy partnership with the U.K.
Have a cuppa and enjoy the news from @alexckaufman.bsky.social:
heatmap.news/am/chris-wri...
Ramadan mubarak to everyone celebrating. I wish you peaceful, reflective, and easy fasts.
And I thank you for filling the stores in my neighborhood with delicious chocolate-covered dates that I promise to try not to eat in front of any of you during the day.
And I thank you for filling the stores in my neighborhood with delicious chocolate-covered dates that I promise to try not to eat in front of any of you during the day.
February 18, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Ramadan mubarak to everyone celebrating. I wish you peaceful, reflective, and easy fasts.
And I thank you for filling the stores in my neighborhood with delicious chocolate-covered dates that I promise to try not to eat in front of any of you during the day.
And I thank you for filling the stores in my neighborhood with delicious chocolate-covered dates that I promise to try not to eat in front of any of you during the day.
Real heads know this is a Busta Rhymes reference.
February 17, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Real heads know this is a Busta Rhymes reference.
“You work with this incredible little insect that lives where there are no trees, barely any plants, and you still find plastic in its gut. That really brings home how widespread the problem is.”
e360.yale.edu/digest/antar...
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Even in Antarctica, Insects Are Eating Microplastics
e360.yale.edu
February 17, 2026 at 6:08 PM
“You work with this incredible little insect that lives where there are no trees, barely any plants, and you still find plastic in its gut. That really brings home how widespread the problem is.”
e360.yale.edu/digest/antar...
e360.yale.edu/digest/antar...
Now THAT'S an Anglo word if I've ever seen one.
February 13, 2026 at 12:42 PM
Now THAT'S an Anglo word if I've ever seen one.
Another sunny perspective on the direction of the U.S. solar market:
great piece by @ceboudreau.bsky.social
www.latitudemedia.com/news/solv-en...
great piece by @ceboudreau.bsky.social
www.latitudemedia.com/news/solv-en...
February 12, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Another sunny perspective on the direction of the U.S. solar market:
great piece by @ceboudreau.bsky.social
www.latitudemedia.com/news/solv-en...
great piece by @ceboudreau.bsky.social
www.latitudemedia.com/news/solv-en...
✔️wrote books
✔️was there at past wars that proved historically pivotal
Radosław Sikorski, Europe yearns
✔️was there at past wars that proved historically pivotal
Radosław Sikorski, Europe yearns
Europe needs its own Churchill, someone who will say clearly and without indecision and ambiguity: we must unite, we must have our own armed forces, because the security of Europe is, in fact, Europe’s responsibility.
February 12, 2026 at 6:16 PM
✔️wrote books
✔️was there at past wars that proved historically pivotal
Radosław Sikorski, Europe yearns
✔️was there at past wars that proved historically pivotal
Radosław Sikorski, Europe yearns
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Québec is going to skip the fossil fuel industry part and go straight to the CCS->CDR part.
Quebec has introduced Bill 17, a framework for geological carbon storage. This is an important step for advancing permanent carbon dioxide removal (CDR) in Canada. 👏
Building strong policy foundations is key to #NetZero progress.
Learn more ⬇️
www.quebec.ca/nouvelles/ac...
Building strong policy foundations is key to #NetZero progress.
Learn more ⬇️
www.quebec.ca/nouvelles/ac...
Québec investit dans le développement économique des régions - Québec dépose un projet de loi pour encadrer le stockage de carbone et encourager l'économie et l'innovation d'ici
QUÉBEC, le 5 févr. 2026 /CNW/ - Le ministre délégué à l'Économie et aux Petites et Moyennes Entreprises, ministre responsable de la Jeunesse et ministre responsable de la région de la…
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February 12, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Québec is going to skip the fossil fuel industry part and go straight to the CCS->CDR part.
Erik Prince has a new mercenary company that’s essentially serving as an American Wagner Group in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
www.reuters.com/world/africa...
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February 11, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Erik Prince has a new mercenary company that’s essentially serving as an American Wagner Group in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
www.reuters.com/world/africa...
www.reuters.com/world/africa...
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Heatmap AM’s top stories:
☢️ Bipartisan bill proposes nuclear reactor backstop
🚙 Demand accelerates for hybrid vehicles as EVs stall
🇦🇺 Orsted pushes to build Australian offshore wind farm
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☢️ Bipartisan bill proposes nuclear reactor backstop
🚙 Demand accelerates for hybrid vehicles as EVs stall
🇦🇺 Orsted pushes to build Australian offshore wind farm
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New Bipartisan Bill Takes Aim at Nuclear’s Biggest Bottleneck
On Equinor’s CCS squeamishness, Indian solar, and Orsted in Oz
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February 11, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Heatmap AM’s top stories:
☢️ Bipartisan bill proposes nuclear reactor backstop
🚙 Demand accelerates for hybrid vehicles as EVs stall
🇦🇺 Orsted pushes to build Australian offshore wind farm
Jump into the latest from @alexckaufman.bsky.social:
heatmap.news/am/trump-nuc...
☢️ Bipartisan bill proposes nuclear reactor backstop
🚙 Demand accelerates for hybrid vehicles as EVs stall
🇦🇺 Orsted pushes to build Australian offshore wind farm
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India's solar manufacturers are very bullish on the seven percentage points the new trade deal with Trump will shave off U.S. tariffs.
February 10, 2026 at 11:09 PM
India's solar manufacturers are very bullish on the seven percentage points the new trade deal with Trump will shave off U.S. tariffs.
For the rest of this decade, China will bring new nuclear power plants online at a pace more than double that of the global average.
By 2030, its share of global nuclear generation will rise from 17% to 20%, while the U.S. and Europe decline.
By 2030, its share of global nuclear generation will rise from 17% to 20%, while the U.S. and Europe decline.
February 10, 2026 at 10:33 PM
For the rest of this decade, China will bring new nuclear power plants online at a pace more than double that of the global average.
By 2030, its share of global nuclear generation will rise from 17% to 20%, while the U.S. and Europe decline.
By 2030, its share of global nuclear generation will rise from 17% to 20%, while the U.S. and Europe decline.
China is on track to make up almost half of all new nuclear power in the world over the next four years.
February 10, 2026 at 10:25 PM
China is on track to make up almost half of all new nuclear power in the world over the next four years.
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NEW in Heatmap AM:
↩️ EPA to repeal “endangerment finding” this week
🇨🇳 BYD sues Trump admin over 100% tariffs on EVs
♨️ Fervo drills its hottest well to date
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↩️ EPA to repeal “endangerment finding” this week
🇨🇳 BYD sues Trump admin over 100% tariffs on EVs
♨️ Fervo drills its hottest well to date
Stay informed with @alexckaufman.bsky.social:
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Trump Goes for the Climate Killshot
On BYD’s lawsuit, Fervo’s hottest well, and China’s geologic hydrogen
heatmap.news
February 10, 2026 at 4:29 PM
NEW in Heatmap AM:
↩️ EPA to repeal “endangerment finding” this week
🇨🇳 BYD sues Trump admin over 100% tariffs on EVs
♨️ Fervo drills its hottest well to date
Stay informed with @alexckaufman.bsky.social:
heatmap.news/am/trump-end...
↩️ EPA to repeal “endangerment finding” this week
🇨🇳 BYD sues Trump admin over 100% tariffs on EVs
♨️ Fervo drills its hottest well to date
Stay informed with @alexckaufman.bsky.social:
heatmap.news/am/trump-end...
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Good morning with good news: Solar PV prices fall to a record low for Turkey at 2.79 cents/kWh and 2.37 cents/kWh!
Prices are for 25-year power purchase agreements for 2 GW at Sivas and Karaman solar projects.
The solar projects will cost $2 billion.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article... #energysky
Prices are for 25-year power purchase agreements for 2 GW at Sivas and Karaman solar projects.
The solar projects will cost $2 billion.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article... #energysky
Saudi Arabia to Invest $2 Billion in Turkish Solar Projects
Saudi Arabia will invest around $2 billion to build solar power plants in Turkey, in the first stage of a broader renewable-energy deal between the countries. Turkish energy stocks rose on the news.
www.bloomberg.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:10 PM
Good morning with good news: Solar PV prices fall to a record low for Turkey at 2.79 cents/kWh and 2.37 cents/kWh!
Prices are for 25-year power purchase agreements for 2 GW at Sivas and Karaman solar projects.
The solar projects will cost $2 billion.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article... #energysky
Prices are for 25-year power purchase agreements for 2 GW at Sivas and Karaman solar projects.
The solar projects will cost $2 billion.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article... #energysky
Scoop in the Substack this a.m.:
An Irish startup that says its technology is the Penicillin of cooling data centers just inked a deal to start mass manufacturing.
kaufman.substack.com/p/is-this-th...
An Irish startup that says its technology is the Penicillin of cooling data centers just inked a deal to start mass manufacturing.
kaufman.substack.com/p/is-this-th...
Is this the ‘Penicillin’ of keeping data centers cool?
EXCLUSIVE: The liquid cooling startup Nexalus takes a big step toward primetime.
kaufman.substack.com
February 10, 2026 at 12:56 PM
Scoop in the Substack this a.m.:
An Irish startup that says its technology is the Penicillin of cooling data centers just inked a deal to start mass manufacturing.
kaufman.substack.com/p/is-this-th...
An Irish startup that says its technology is the Penicillin of cooling data centers just inked a deal to start mass manufacturing.
kaufman.substack.com/p/is-this-th...
We hear a lot about data centers, cooling systems, and how much water it takes to keep servers from overheating.
Until finding this chart, I hadn't seen anything that spelled out how different data centers cool themselves.
AI specialists, for example, are using different tech than hyperscalers.
Until finding this chart, I hadn't seen anything that spelled out how different data centers cool themselves.
AI specialists, for example, are using different tech than hyperscalers.
February 10, 2026 at 12:50 AM
We hear a lot about data centers, cooling systems, and how much water it takes to keep servers from overheating.
Until finding this chart, I hadn't seen anything that spelled out how different data centers cool themselves.
AI specialists, for example, are using different tech than hyperscalers.
Until finding this chart, I hadn't seen anything that spelled out how different data centers cool themselves.
AI specialists, for example, are using different tech than hyperscalers.
Wrote a long Substack about how I got into reporting so much about Puerto Rico, and rounded up the 9 books in my library that really helped me better understand America's relationship to its most populous colonial prize from 128 years ago.
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kaufman.substack.com/p/9-books-yo...
9 books you should read on Puerto Rico
If you like Bad Bunny, learn the colonial history that animates his music.
kaufman.substack.com
February 10, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Wrote a long Substack about how I got into reporting so much about Puerto Rico, and rounded up the 9 books in my library that really helped me better understand America's relationship to its most populous colonial prize from 128 years ago.
kaufman.substack.com/p/9-books-yo...
kaufman.substack.com/p/9-books-yo...
Puerto Rico isn't the only U.S. territory experiencing energy problems.
The U.S. Virgin Islands, the third-most populous of the five inhabited territories, had "a major power outage" just last week.
The other three in the Pacific are also heavily reliant on costly imported diesel and oil.
The U.S. Virgin Islands, the third-most populous of the five inhabited territories, had "a major power outage" just last week.
The other three in the Pacific are also heavily reliant on costly imported diesel and oil.
February 9, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Puerto Rico isn't the only U.S. territory experiencing energy problems.
The U.S. Virgin Islands, the third-most populous of the five inhabited territories, had "a major power outage" just last week.
The other three in the Pacific are also heavily reliant on costly imported diesel and oil.
The U.S. Virgin Islands, the third-most populous of the five inhabited territories, had "a major power outage" just last week.
The other three in the Pacific are also heavily reliant on costly imported diesel and oil.
Cleveland-Cliffs abandoned its plans to build a green steel plant and instead doubled down on coal. Things are probably going great for th--
February 9, 2026 at 7:16 PM
Cleveland-Cliffs abandoned its plans to build a green steel plant and instead doubled down on coal. Things are probably going great for th--
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In Heatmap AM today:
🌬️ Orsted’s offshore wind projects back on schedule
🌞 Tesla launches recruitment for solar manufacturing push
🇵🇷 Bad Bunny’s halftime show referenced Puerto Rico’s grid woes
Kick off your week with the latest from @alexckaufman.bsky.social:
heatmap.news/am/trump-rev...
🌬️ Orsted’s offshore wind projects back on schedule
🌞 Tesla launches recruitment for solar manufacturing push
🇵🇷 Bad Bunny’s halftime show referenced Puerto Rico’s grid woes
Kick off your week with the latest from @alexckaufman.bsky.social:
heatmap.news/am/trump-rev...
Orsted’s Offshore Wind Projects Are Back on Track
On Tesla’s sunny picture, Chinese nuclear, and Bad Bunny’s electric halftime show
heatmap.news
February 9, 2026 at 4:58 PM
In Heatmap AM today:
🌬️ Orsted’s offshore wind projects back on schedule
🌞 Tesla launches recruitment for solar manufacturing push
🇵🇷 Bad Bunny’s halftime show referenced Puerto Rico’s grid woes
Kick off your week with the latest from @alexckaufman.bsky.social:
heatmap.news/am/trump-rev...
🌬️ Orsted’s offshore wind projects back on schedule
🌞 Tesla launches recruitment for solar manufacturing push
🇵🇷 Bad Bunny’s halftime show referenced Puerto Rico’s grid woes
Kick off your week with the latest from @alexckaufman.bsky.social:
heatmap.news/am/trump-rev...
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Just a few weeks ago, the administration cancelled all remaining department of energy grid resilience projects in Puerto Rico. All of them. www.latitudemedia.com/news/the-end...
The end of DOE’s grid work in Puerto Rico
The Trump administration has canceled all eight of the remaining awards devoted to distributed energy on the island.
www.latitudemedia.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Just a few weeks ago, the administration cancelled all remaining department of energy grid resilience projects in Puerto Rico. All of them. www.latitudemedia.com/news/the-end...
For once, Puerto Ricans mostly all had electricity access to watch the Super Bowl halftime show.
Live data from the grid operator LUMA shows just 746 households without a grid connection.
Live data from the grid operator LUMA shows just 746 households without a grid connection.
February 9, 2026 at 3:08 AM
For once, Puerto Ricans mostly all had electricity access to watch the Super Bowl halftime show.
Live data from the grid operator LUMA shows just 746 households without a grid connection.
Live data from the grid operator LUMA shows just 746 households without a grid connection.
Puerto Rico hasn't had reliable power in a decade.
The grid sends occasional surges through the wires that fry appliances.
Electricity rates are among the highest in the entire U.S.
Heat waves are getting intense in the summer, and outages mean A/C is no guarantee for an aging population.
The grid sends occasional surges through the wires that fry appliances.
Electricity rates are among the highest in the entire U.S.
Heat waves are getting intense in the summer, and outages mean A/C is no guarantee for an aging population.
February 9, 2026 at 1:49 AM
Puerto Rico hasn't had reliable power in a decade.
The grid sends occasional surges through the wires that fry appliances.
Electricity rates are among the highest in the entire U.S.
Heat waves are getting intense in the summer, and outages mean A/C is no guarantee for an aging population.
The grid sends occasional surges through the wires that fry appliances.
Electricity rates are among the highest in the entire U.S.
Heat waves are getting intense in the summer, and outages mean A/C is no guarantee for an aging population.
This is a good moment to note that Daniel Immerwahr's "How to Hide an Empire" is fast read and does a good job of contextualizing the last 128 years of U.S. rule over Puerto Rico.
February 9, 2026 at 1:35 AM
This is a good moment to note that Daniel Immerwahr's "How to Hide an Empire" is fast read and does a good job of contextualizing the last 128 years of U.S. rule over Puerto Rico.