Cost model finds photovoltaic reverse osmosis the cheapest solar route for Texas desalination brine
Researchers modelling costs found photovoltaic-powered reverse osmosis is the cheapest solar option for brine from a Texas desalination plant. Whether that beats deep-well injection depends on disposal costs at each site.
Reality
- Evidence40
- Adoption
- Not scored
- Hype gap+10
- Incentives
- Not scored
- Confidence45
Four-year grid connection waits make the power date the first question in US site selection
JLL says speed to power now drives US site selection, with grid connection waits in major markets topping four years. Parcels on old transmission corridors can now take tenants that identical land next door cannot, AI or otherwise.
Reality
- Evidence52
- Adoption
- Not scored
- Hype gap+22
- Incentives58
- Confidence45
Chevron says Gov. Greg Abbott's moratorium on new data center permits could delay the investment decision on its nearly 3-gigawatt Kilby project until 2027. For one of the largest new US data center projects, the date now depends mainly on a state permit.
Reality
- Evidence55
- Adoption35
- Hype gap+5
- Incentives65
- Confidence55
Sapphire pitches modular data centers running on the pressure drop at a gas pipeline valve
Sapphire Technologies and Anax Power say a modular data center parked at a pipeline regulating station can take both electricity and cold fluid from the pressure drop, and the size of both depends on numbers the operator does not set.
Reality
- Evidence34
- Adoption8
- Hype gap+33
- Incentives80
- Confidence62
A University of California report ranks an Energy Transfer facility as the top methane super-emitter
Tanager-1 logged 1,097 methane plumes across the Permian, Appalachian and Haynesville basins between January 2025 and June 2026, and researchers matched about a third of them to a named operator using public Carbon Mapper data.
Reality
- Evidence52
- Adoption
- Not scored
- Hype gap+25
- Incentives45
- Confidence50
Midstream giants pay billions to expand Permian gas footprint as pipeline buildouts aim to ease bottleneck
ONEOK's $4.42 billion for Brazos values Permian gas processing near $3.68 billion per Bcf/d, resting on a Department of Energy demand curve that compounds at only about 1.3% a year out to 2050.
Reality
- Evidence55
- Adoption78
- Hype gap+27
- Incentives74
- Confidence57