Data Center Alley, a 30-square-mile stretch outside Washington D.C. and home to more than 200 data centers, consumes roughly the same electricity as Boston. So power company officials were alarmed when a big chunk of those centers – 60 of them – suddenly dropped off the grid one day last summer and switched to on-site...
The U.S. Department of Energy said on Monday it has disbursed $57 million of an up to $1.52 billion loan guarantee for Holtec’s Palisades nuclear plant in Michigan, which the company hopes will be the first U.S. commercial reactor to restart after ceasing operations. The conditional loan guarantee was part of an effort by the administration of former President...
Beyond consumer electronics, these chips enhance economic efficiency and reduce environmental impact. They drive advancements in electric vehicles (EVs), smart grids, and energy expansion, making them an essential tool for sustained economic growth and technological progress.
Policymakers must recognize that wildfires are both an environmental and an economic problem and require common-sense solutions to address fire risk. A new tool may help them do just that.
Nearly four years ago, Google announced a partnership with enhanced geothermal company Fervo Energy. In 2023, the companies successfully put carbon-free energy on the grid that serves Google’s Nevada data centers. And by the end of 2024, Fervo had secured $255 million in new funding and capital availability, its second quarter-billion-dollar fundraiser in less than a year. Meanwhile,...
While the military adopted nuclear-powered maritime vessels decades ago, the technology is uncommon in the civilian maritime industry. Now, a company has set out to change that.
On February 18th, the EPA signed an approval, granting the state of West Virginia Class VI Primacy– the authority to regulate the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) injected into deep rock formations.
One of the biggest roadblocks to clean energy in the U.S. isn’t a lack of wind or solar power — it’s an outdated grid that can’t keep up. Gridraven, an Estonian startup, is tackling that problem with AI-powered weather modeling, and it just secured €4 million to bring its tech to the U.S., reported CleanTechnica. The U.S. grid...
The Senate Subcommittee on Conservation, Forestry, Natural Resources, and Biotechnology convened on Thursday for a hearing to discuss the Fix Our Forests Act (FOFA) and explore solutions to the wildfire crisis.
In a world increasingly driven by artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and high-performance chips, semiconductors have become the foundation of modern life. They power everything from smartphones and self-driving cars to the AI models transforming industries.
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