Alexander C. Kaufman
Alexander C. Kaufman is an award-winning journalist who has covered energy and climate change for more than a decade. His work has appeared in The Atlantic, Heatmap, Canary Media, Sherwood News, HuffPost, and elsewhere, and he writes the Substack newsletter Field Notes. His reporting has traversed four continents, with dispatches from the Brazilian Amazon to Greenland’s ice sheet, Mongolia’s frigid steppe to the Philippines’ mothballed nuclear plant.
A fourth-generation New Yorker, he lives in southern Brooklyn with his wife and daughter.
Reach him via his website, and subscribe to his newsletter at kaufman.substack.com.
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Why the Electric Hydrogen-Ambient merger is a sign of things to come
The industry has started consolidating.
Alexander C. KaufmanSep 15, 2025 -
Atomic Canyon, Idaho National Labs to set AI standards for nuclear
Exclusive: The startup is partnering with INL to establish benchmarks for testing large language models for the nuclear industry
Alexander C. KaufmanSep 8, 2025 -
Geothermal giant Ormat inks major deal with upstart Sage Geosystems
Under the strategic partnership, the two will build a next-generation plant at an existing site.
Alexander C. KaufmanAug 28, 2025 -
Poll: Most US voters are still in the dark about geothermal
Exclusive: A new survey shows most likely voters are still unfamiliar with geothermal — but back expanding nuclear power.
Alexander C. KaufmanAug 27, 2025 -
Grid-tech startup Splight raises $12.4 million to fund US expansion
Exclusive: The company’s dynamic congestion management software promises to double capacity on the existing grid.
Alexander C. KaufmanAug 26, 2025 -
Hitachi Energy invests $106 million in its US transformer supply chain
The industrial giant is building what will be the biggest bushings plant in North America.
Alexander C. KaufmanAug 20, 2025 -
Google, Kairos, and TVA ink historic next-generation nuclear deal
The PPA is the first of its kind in the U.S. between a utility and a fourth-generation nuclear company.
Alexander C. KaufmanAug 18, 2025 -
Leaked Treasury guidance gives some optimism for renewables
Exclusive: The Trump administration proposal preserves wind and solar access to tax credits.
Alexander C. KaufmanAug 15, 2025 -
Are we entering a ‘golden age of utilities’?
Electric utilities had a booming last quarter, but big challenges remain.
Alexander C. KaufmanAug 11, 2025 -
Why New York’s first storage bulk order could boost LDES
The Empire State is — finally — getting serious about energy storage.
Alexander C. KaufmanJul 31, 2025
