5 Companies Using NVIDIA AI for Clean Energy

Clean energy adoption has traditionally been slow due to outdated infrastructure, lengthy research and development timelines, and high upfront costs. At New York Climate Week, NVIDIA is showcasing five companies utilizing AI to expedite clean energy projects and contribute to a low carbon grid.

ThinkLabs AI is leveraging the NVIDIA CUDA platform to create digital twins and agents that accelerate interconnection timelines and optimize grid management. This allows for more dynamic and risk-informed utility actions, ultimately improving reliability and affordability. A ThinkLabs agent can now evaluate grid interconnection applications in just two minutes instead of the previous 30-45 days.

Atomic Canyon's AI-powered platforms, Neutron and NIVA, are being used to streamline nuclear power plant operations. Neutron serves as an AI workbench, gathering procedures, regulatory guidance, operating experience, and other relevant data into a unified knowledge layer. NIVA, an NVIDIA accelerated compute-powered platform, acts as a virtual assistant for nuclear industry professionals.

Trey Lauderdale, founder and CEO of Atomic Canyon, believes AI can reinvigorate the nuclear sector, which has remained largely unchanged for decades.

Redwood Materials is addressing the bottleneck in AI electricity demand by repurposing discarded EV batteries into onsite energy storage solutions. These 100% recycled electric vehicle batteries are integrated into existing clean energy infrastructure with an AI intelligence layer running on the NVIDIA Blackwell platform. This system is highly responsive to real-time energy needs of data centers, lowering power costs and providing a flexible energy system for AI factories and the national grid.

TerraPower's Natrium reactor aims to make nuclear power safer, sustainable, and quickly harnessable. Its unique design includes liquid metal sodium cooling and atmospheric pressure operation, allowing plants to transition from years to months in terms of siting and delivery. NVIDIA Omniverse-powered digital twin software supports TerraPower's efforts in accelerating the deployment of future plants.

Lastly, Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) is making significant strides in fusion energy, with the help of NVIDIA Omniverse libraries and OpenUSD. CFS is compressing years of fusion experimentation into weeks by developing its SPARC tokamak demonstration fusion machine. This fusion reactor uses high-temperature superconductors to create stronger magnetic fields, enabling passively safe and carbon-free energy generation in the 2030s.