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Environment
fromFast Company
4 days ago

Where solar investments pack the biggest climate punch

Expanding solar generation by 15% nationwide could cut about 8.54 million metric tons of annual CO2 emissions, with impacts varying by region as electricity demand rises.
from24/7 Wall St.
2 weeks ago

5 Strong Buy Natural Gas Dividend Stocks to Play Massive AI Data Center Demand

AI boom is increasing electricity demand, leading to higher natural gas consumption in the U.S.
Natural gas stocks are well-positioned to benefit from rising demand due to their roles in production and infrastructure.
fromFast Company
2 weeks ago

Who's paying for big tech's energy binge? You might be

Altman declared that a 'significant fraction of the power on Earth' should be dedicated to running AI.
US politics
#nuclear-energy
fromThe American Conservative
3 months ago
Right-wing politics

The Secret Weapon for Energy Dominance: Nuclear Waste

The Trump administration champions nuclear energy as vital for America's economic and energy future.
fromTechCrunch
3 months ago
Startup companies

Exclusive: The Nuclear Company raises $46M to develop massive reactor sites | TechCrunch

The Nuclear Company focuses on developing existing reactor designs and securing sites with permits to meet rising electricity demand.
NYC startup
fromwww.mercurynews.com
2 months ago

Meta to buy nuclear power from Constellation as AI demand soars

Meta Platforms Inc. signs a 20-year contract to purchase power from Constellation's Clinton nuclear plant, highlighting the rising electricity demand driven by AI.
Startup companies
fromTechCrunch
3 months ago

Exclusive: The Nuclear Company raises $46M to develop massive reactor sites | TechCrunch

The Nuclear Company focuses on developing existing reactor designs and securing sites with permits to meet rising electricity demand.
more#nuclear-energy
fromFortune
3 weeks ago

Conservatives in my party killed clean energy: It's time to resurrect it

Dramatically rising electricity demand, driven by AI and electrification, may accomplish what politics hasn't: make clean energy indispensable. Traditional sources can't scale fast enough: new nuclear and coal plants take decades, and even natural gas can't ramp up quickly enough to meet near-term demand.
US politics
E-Commerce
fromArs Technica
4 weeks ago

Vast majority of new US power plants generate solar or wind power

Demand for electricity continues to rise, benefiting solar, batteries, and gas energy technologies.
#data-centers
Tech industry
fromstateline.org
4 months ago

Lawmakers fear AI data centers will drive up residents' power bills

America's demand for electricity is increasing sharply, particularly due to data centers and AI.
Concerns arise over the impact of new data centers on utility bills for residents.
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fromThe Mercury News
3 weeks ago

As AI power needs surge, a Bay Area data center bets on hydrogen as a sustainable alternative

"We can scale this technology to very large scale," Yuval Bachar, ECL founder and CEO, said. "We do multiple gigawatts of this technology based on hydrogen with zero emission."
Tech industry
Artificial intelligence
fromFortune
1 month ago

Ex-Google CEO: 'AI's natural limit is electricity, not chips'

The next major step for artificial intelligence is superintelligence, which requires massive amounts of electricity for development and implementation.
US politics
fromThe Atlantic
1 month ago

Congress Is Raising Electricity Bills to Pay for Tax Cuts

Removing clean energy tax credits undermines climate efforts and risks an energy affordability crisis.
Environment
fromsubscriber.politicopro.com
4 months ago

The U.S. Will Continue Shifting Toward Clean Energy despite Trump Policies, New Analyses Say

America's energy transition will continue despite regulatory rollbacks, with renewable energy projected to rise and electricity demand increasing overall.
fromTheregister
4 months ago

Datacenter energy usage to more than double in next 5 years

"In the United States, datacenters are on course to account for almost half of the growth in electricity demand" over the next five years, said IEA executive director Fatih Birol.
Artificial intelligence
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