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Amazon invests in nuclear energy, hot on the heels of Google and Microsoft

Wed, 10/16/2024 - 12:10

An image of X Energy's XE-100 nuclear reactors — An image from X-energy's website showing the design of its XE-100 nuclear reactor plants.
X Energy

Tech, AI, amazon, AWS, AI, data-centers, nuclear-power

A new carbon removal plant will absorb carbon dioxide 99,000 times faster than Earth's oceans

Wed, 06/26/2024 - 11:54

Photo of a colorful coral reef underwater — The oceans absorb billions of tons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. The world would be a lot warmer without them.
mihtiander/Getty Images

Science, carbon-dioxide, carbon-dioxide-capture, Oceans, clean-energy, hydrogen-fuel

What it will take to modernize the American grid and usher in the clean-energy revolution

Mon, 05/13/2024 - 10:44

large transmission power lines — To reach a carbon-pollution-free grid by 2035, we'll need to build up to 10,100 miles of new transmission lines.
Anton Petrus

Science, grid, smart-grid, Climate, weather, Electricity, Power

AI execs who urgently need more energy to power their tech revolution are turning to fossil fuels

Sun, 03/24/2024 - 16:11

A row of computer servers in a data center — Demand for data centers is expected to grow as companies use AI, fueling a need for nonrenewable energy sources.
Jason Marz/Getty Images

energy, AI, Tech, AI, coal, natural-gas, data-centers

The Fed needs to cut rates to help the struggling clean energy sector, Elizabeth Warren says

Thu, 03/21/2024 - 11:27

Tech Insider : Economy

Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts at a hearing on Capitol Hill on January 11, 2024. — Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts.
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call via Getty Images

economy, Markets, fed-rate-cuts, climate-change, fed-rate-cuts-2024, elizabeth-warren, clean-energy

Vast reserves of clean hydrogen fuel could be hiding beneath our feet

Thu, 03/07/2024 - 16:55

four white gas tanks with blue H2 logos on a metal rack — Hydrogen could be a key fuel of the future.
Benoit Tessier/Reuters

Science, clean-energy, hydrogen, Gas

Researchers just discovered a massive 'jacuzzi bubbling with almost pure hydrogen' — a lucrative source of clean energy

Sun, 03/03/2024 - 14:33

Bulqizë chromite mine — The Bulqizë chromite mine just 25 miles east of Albania's capital Tirana contains a massive reservoir of hydrogen.
GENT SHKULLAKU/Getty Images

energy, Science, albania, hydrogen, clean-energy, joe-biden

Wind turbines are annoyingly loud. The secrets of owl flight could provide a solution.

Thu, 02/29/2024 - 11:59

Close-up of tooth-shaped edges made of clear material — Biome Renewables uses patented technology to make its wind turbines extra quiet compared to standard turbines.
Biome Renewables

Science, wind-energy, wind-turbines, noise, clean-energy, solutions, Innovation

Meet the female force who halted a major development project to preserve her working-class neighborhood and make it a leader in clean energy

Sat, 01/13/2024 - 05:07

Elizabeth Yeampierre is the executive director of UPROSE — a Sunset Park community organization focused on sustainability and resiliency.

UPROSE

Science, Voices of Color, clean-energy, wind-energy, NYC, Decarbonization, environmental-justice

2 nuclear reactors that can power 1 million US homes with clean, sustainable energy is $21 billion over budget and years behind schedule

Tue, 12/19/2023 - 13:59

two cooling towers for a nuclear reactor appear above their power plants with many transmission lines running from them — Units 3, left, and 4 and their cooling towers stand at Georgia Power Co.'s Plant Vogtle nuclear power plant in Waynesboro, Georgia.
AP Photo/John Bazemore

Science, energy, nuclear-power, nuclear-energy, nuclear-reactor, Georgia, clean-energy

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