A new AI-powered recycling solution is streamlining waste operations and improving material recovery at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Developed by alumni-founded startup rStream, the mobile system uses computer vision and artificial intelligence to automate sorting, helping institutions address common inefficiencies in traditional recycling programs. Automated Waste Sorting Using AI and Computer Vision The rStream trailer...
Senator McCain called for the United States to build forty-five new nuclear reactors by 2030. The plan was ambitious, but as one of his top economic advisors commented at the time, “not so large as to be infeasible given permitting and construction times.”
With less than five years to go, only two reactors have been built since the late senator’s campaign pledge.
US President Donald Trump has issued an executive order to enhance the reliability and security of the country’s electric grid amid rising electricity demand. The surge in demand is driven by rapid technological advancements, which include the expansion of AI data centers and increased domestic manufacturing. The swift advancements, combined with ongoing supply difficulties, have...
The UK government has shortlisted 27 hydrogen-powered projects in its second Hydrogen Allocation Round (HAR2). The selected projects will boost low-carbon hydrogen production within the UK. The initiative is part of the government’s Plan for Change and aims to cut carbon emissions while creating thousands of jobs. The UK’s hydrogen sector has the potential to...
Collisions with wildlife are a massive problem for human welfare and the animals that roam our country’s wild spaces. And while solutions like wildlife crossings are undoubtedly effective at redirecting animals off roads, they come with very high price tags to build. Now, an automaker is trying a new tactic: developing an alarm that can startle animals off the road before a car drives through.
Red tape has slowed down grid improvements for years, leaving us with a T&D network that needs to be modernized and expanded. Until we see widespread grid improvements, we must ask a necessary question: Can we get aging infrastructure to work harder?
The Trump administration identified 16 sites for the development of artificial intelligence (AI) data centers Thursday on land owned by the Department of Energy. The centers comprise rows of servers providing processing capacity for machine learning, cloud storage and AI systems that require massive amounts of electricity and computing power. “The global race for AI...
The former Homer City generating station in the US state of Pennsylvania, once the state’s largest coal-burning power plant, is to be redeveloped into a 4.5GW natural gas-powered power plant named Homer City Energy Campus. Developed by Homer City Redevelopment, the project will support the rising power demand from AI and high-performance computing sectors. With...
Artificial intelligence is changing the world at an incredible pace. From automating tasks to generating human-like conversations, AI is becoming an essential tool in nearly every industry. However, many people don’t realize that AI consumes a massive amount of electricity.
Gov. Jared Polis signed a bill Monday designed to crack open the door to a new nuclear energy era in Colorado, disregarding a coalition of environmental groups asking for a veto. The legislation, HB25-1040, redefines nuclear as a “clean energy resource” since it doesn’t release large amounts of climate-warming emissions. The category was previously reserved for...
