Isaac Windes

🌵 📰 Nomad, Journo. Covering Low Carbon Technology for @energyintel • Prev: @SAreport, @statepress, @ThePublicSquare, @startelegram, @bmtenterprise etc.

[Isaac Windes @isaacdwindes]

✨Personal news: my role @energyintel is expanding. I’m now a Low Carbon Technology Reporter, adding nuclear to a beat covering hydrogen, CCS, DAC, geothermal, biofuels etc. I’ll be relocating to NYC later this year to focus more on low-carbon finance and policy.

[Taylor Goldenstein @taygoldenstein]

So many good tidbits in here, but this is particularly illuminating:

@TexasTribune found that nearly half of the planned data centers in Texas are set to be built in unincorporated areas — up from 12% now.

That's important bc TX counties lack the broad zoning power cities have.

[Isaac Windes @isaacdwindes]

h/t @alneuhauser / @AxiosPro who reported on the incident yesterday.

[Isaac Windes @isaacdwindes]

NEWS: Utah officials say the Fervo Cape Station well blowout is now over and under control. The incident began Monday after drill rods failed, leading to a limited hot water release. No injuries, environmental damage, or expected impact to schedule. https://t.co/Pq8pJAq8JE

[First American Nuclear @fanuclear]

This partnership is about more than reactor deployment. It’s a long-term step toward building a commercial closed-fuel-cycle system in the United States.

Read the breakdown from @IsaacDWindes at @energyintel:
🔗 https://t.co/zoQ4PTVcig

#AdvancedNuclear #NuclearEnergy #SMR #EnergySecurity #CleanEnergy

[Isaac Windes @isaacdwindes]

Fervo IPO Roars Out of the Gate as Data Center Hype Builds https://t.co/ljM2FuMfn2 via @energyintel

[Isaac Windes @isaacdwindes]

AtkinsRealis expands US presence with 20-year EPCM alliance for First American Nuclear Company as @energyintel was first to learn at Reuters SMR conference in Austin. Read why it matters: https://t.co/OSPn6p1yUw

[Isaac Windes @isaacdwindes]

NEWS: Direct Air Capture company @SpiritusCDR Nears Launch of Scaled-Back Commercial Pilot. While telling me and @energyintel in ‘24 it would be 1,000 tons a year, they are now targeting 100 as they pivot to a more diverse business model. https://t.co/7wRqLY6Woq

[Andrea Drusch @AndreaDrusch]

News: Air Force chose San Antonio for a pilot program testing nuclear microreactors on military installations

It doesn't come w/ a promise of new jobs, but local leaders hope a reactor on base will protect against future losses at JBSA https://t.co/XvDaEdi3nM w/ @sbiediger1

[Isaac Windes @isaacdwindes]

@Lina_Ruiz48 @energyintel Thank you!

[Isaac Windes @isaacdwindes]

✨Personal news: my role @energyintel is expanding. I’m now a Low Carbon Technology Reporter, adding nuclear to a beat covering hydrogen, CCS, DAC, geothermal, biofuels etc. I’ll be relocating to NYC later this year to focus more on low-carbon finance and policy.

[Isaac Windes @isaacdwindes]

That means we are hiring for a role covering the nuclear fuel space and low carbon tech out of the Houston Bureau. Happy to answer questions and I urge you to apply. Fascinating time to be covering energy! https://t.co/ZMA1hs3hrI

[Isaac Windes @isaacdwindes]

Can @FermiAmerica cool four AP1000 reactors with virtually no water?

One industry veteran who studied the concept in the 2000s calls air-cooling at that scale “pissing in the wind.”

Fermi says new tech + engineering makes it possible.
https://t.co/O4nnwUjBES via @energyintel

[Isaac Windes @isaacdwindes]

@small_asher @nytimes Congratulations!!

[Sonia A. Rao @bysoniarao]

Only a few states require public schools to develop plans for evacuating students with disabilities in an emergency, even as schools across the country face increasing risks from climate-related disasters and school shootings.

Read my latest story:

https://t.co/zHAOx35cNl

[Wayne Schutsky @WayneSchutsky]

I’m just going to say this. @maryjpitzl is the type of journalist I’ve always strived to be. Fearless, diligent and kind in pursuit of the truth. She’s not the type you buy out if producing quality journalism is your top priority.

[raquel torres @raquelltorrres]

Texas lawmakers approved the creation of a new dementia research fund for innovative research.
But it makes no promises for the poorest seniors in the medically underserved Rio Grande Valley — the epicenter of America’s Alzheimer’s spike. https://t.co/nJchOUtcm7

[angel @angelmendoza___]

heating up some macking cheese in the michael wave

[Isaac Windes @isaacdwindes]

@TaliRichman @dallasnews End of an era 🫡

[Sam Stein @samstein]

Corporation for Public Broadcasting is shutting down

https://t.co/7KNpBagEFo

[Abby Church⭐️ @abbschurch]

Life is a highway but a Houston highway where no one really knows what they’re doing and you have to go fast to survive and also sometimes you hit a surprise pothole and go flying