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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

Billionaire Gautam Adani got rich off coal. Now his company is building a green energy plant the size of Chicago.

Wed, 03/20/2024 - 14:37

image of clean energy plant sprawling as far as the eye can see — Adani Green Energy Limited's renewable power plant in Gujarat state of India.
PUNIT PARANJPE/Getty Images

energy, renewable-energy, power-plant, gautam-adani, adani-group, India, fossil-fuels

A Bill Gates company is about to start building a nuclear power plant in Wyoming

Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:05

TerraPower — A rendering of TerraPower's nuclear power plant design.
TerraPower

energy, Science, energy, Science, bill-gates, Tech, nuclear-power

A devastating fried chicken shop explosion in China has killed 7 people and injured 27 others, the authorities say

Thu, 03/14/2024 - 00:28

Firefighters work the scene of an explosion in Yanjiao, Sanhe city in northern China's Hebei province on Wednesday, March 13, 2024. — Firefighters work the scene of an explosion in Yanjiao, Sanhe city in northern China's Hebei province on Wednesday, March 13, 2024.
Ng Han Guan/AP Photo

energy, News, China, gas-explosion

America has descended into a new Red Scare

Sun, 03/10/2024 - 06:00

Tech Insider : Economy, Politics

Three farm water pump windmills. One of the windmills resembles a Communist hammer and sickle symbol. — The backlash in Green Charter represents something seldom seen since the Red Scare: a quasi-militant, homegrown resistance to the perceived threat of communism at home.
Matt Harrison Clough for BI

energy, Discourse, economy, politics, Transportation, Tech, Discourse

ChatGPT uses 17,000 times the amount of electricity than the average US household does daily: report

Sat, 03/09/2024 - 20:14

ChatGPT — ChatGPT is using up a lot more electricity than the average US household.
LIONEL BONAVENTURE

AI, Tech, energy, AI, Electricity, energy, google

Russia played a card that nearly doubled its energy revenues in February

Thu, 03/07/2024 - 00:48

Tech Insider : Economy, Economy

Vladimir Putin — Russian President Vladimir Putin attending the plenary session of the Valdai Discussion Club forum in Sochi, Russia, in October.
SERGEI GUNEYEV

economy, energy, News, Russia, economy, energy, Sanctions

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

A methane well that leaked for 6 months has released a year's worth of emissions for 791,000 cars: report

Fri, 02/16/2024 - 00:47

Methane well pumpjacks. — Methane well pumpjacks. A methane well leak occurred over 6 months in Kazakhstan in 2023.
Mario Tama/Getty Images

energy, Science, global-warming, Kazakhstan, Science

It might be the year to upgrade your home's heating and cooling system and get a big discount

Thu, 02/08/2024 - 05:26

Tech Insider : Economy

An electric heat home installed on the side of a brick house. — Electric heat pumps are energy efficient and don't burn fossil fuels.
Nancy Pauwels/Getty Images.

economy, Sustainability, Sustainability, tax-credits, energy-efficiency, Homeowner, Landlords

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