After a long and divisive election year, it’s tempting to view every policy issue as deeply polarized. Republicans see the world one way, Democrats see it another way, and never the twain shall meet. That may be true for some issues, but it doesn’t have to be true for the complex set of issues that...
As a leader in the tech industry, I’ve witnessed firsthand how sustainable technology is reshaping industries. What began as a passion for innovation has evolved into a mission to leverage cutting-edge solutions for data center management and AI computing, with a strong emphasis on minimizing wasted energy. My entrepreneurial journey has been deeply rooted in...
The town of Carrboro filed a lawsuit against Duke Energy on Wednesday, accusing the energy and utility giant of harmfully contributing to climate change and deceiving customers. Mayor Barbara Foushee and city council members from the town of 21,000 located immediately west of Chapel Hill and the University of North Carolina’s flagship campus pointed fingers...
Denmark received no bids in its largest-ever wind power tender, a major blow to European efforts to boost renewable energy and slash fossil-fuel demand. Denmark, the birthplace of offshore wind, is seeking to triple its capacity by the end of the decade. It already boasts the world’s largest share of wind in its power grid....
An innovative method for recovering rare earth elements (REEs) from mine waste promises to address pressing environmental challenges while meeting the growing demand for materials critical to the electronics industry. Researchers at Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU) have unveiled a process that extracts lanthanum, a high-demand REE, from contaminated mine tailings. The method utilizes industrial adsorbents to purify...
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management recently expanded Nevada’s electricity grid by giving NV Energy the greenlight to build the 472-mile long Greenlink West Transmission Project that stretches from Reno to Las Vegas. Greenlink West will connect dozens of solar projects to the grid, making it pivotal to Nevada’s clean-energy plan. BLM received more than 200 public comments on...
For some farmers in England, it makes more sense not to farm. By parking up their tractors and turning their land over to nature, some English landowners are now able to make more money than if they sowed their fields with crops or put cattle out to graze. “The business case for small-scale farming is...
U.S. LNG exports to Europe surged in November as the world’s largest producer of the superchilled gas sent more cargoes to the continent and fewer to Asia and Latin America, according to preliminary data from financial firm LSEG. European natural gas prices climbed in November to their highest levels in two years on fears remaining...
Energy solutions company, Sperra, Los Angeles, Calif., was recently awarded a $4 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Water Power Technologies Office to advance innovation in pumped storage hydropower technologies. In the project, Sperra will design, fabricate, and test a 33’ diameter, 500 kW / 600 kWh energy storage unit off the coast...
Meta (META.O), said on Tuesday it is seeking proposals from nuclear power developers to help meet its artificial intelligence and environment goals, becoming the latest big tech company to take interest in atomic power amid an expected boom in electricity demand. The company wants to add 1 to 4 gigawatts of new U.S. nuclear generation capacity...
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