The U.S. on Monday proposed adding copper and potash among others to the draft critical minerals list for 2025, for their importance to the economy and national security. The Geological Survey, a branch of the U.S. Department of the Interior, released the draft list in the Federal Register and it will be open for public...
The world’s first commercial service offering carbon storage off Norway’s coast has carried out its inaugural CO2 injection into the North Sea seabed, the Northern Lights consortium operating the site said Monday. The project by Northern Lights, which is led by oil giants Equinor, Shell and TotalEnergies, involves transporting and burying CO2 captured at smokestacks...
A new analysis from Aurora Energy Research suggests that deploying 4 gigawatts (GW) of battery storage across the Central U.S. could deliver more than $7 billion in energy cost savings over the next two decades, while also strengthening grid reliability in a region facing some of the nation’s fastest-growing power demand. The study, commissioned by...
Alphabet’s Google and Kairos Power will deploy an advanced nuclear plant connected to the Tennessee Valley Authority’s electric grid by 2030, the companies announced Monday. TVA has agreed to purchase up to 50 megawatts of power from Kairos’ Hermes 2 reactor. It is the first utility in the U.S. to sign a power purchase agreement with...
Implementing artificial intelligence may help make nuclear permitting faster, even with existing bureaucratic hurdles.
To meet the escalating energy demands within AI, some are investing in high-tech liquid technologies for improved efficiency.
Angela Harmon and her grandson Leo headed out on a hot day in Dallas, Texas, to a neighborhood store that is run by their church. It’s where they keep cool because running Harmon’s air conditioner at home is more than she can afford. “It’s costly, it’s expensive, and I have to juggle to pay it,” Harmon...
Earlier this week, two low-carbon cement startups unveiled new partnerships with data-center developers and operators, which are looking at ways to curb the tech sector’s ballooning climate impact. The separate announcements from Sublime Systems and Brimstone are a striking example of how businesses are pressing ahead with efforts to decarbonize essential polluting industries like cement making...
Conventional lithium–ion batteries are used in cell phones, laptops, and electric vehicles. With rising energy needs and critical minerals mining being highly resource-intensive, innovative companies are looking for environmentally friendly ways to meet our future battery needs.. Aqueous batteries, which use water-based electrolytes instead of organic solvents, offer an innovative and sustainable alternative to traditional...
The UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) has renewed its four-year Embedded Engineering Resource Framework, valued at up to £9m ($12m), with seven companies. The renewal follows a four-year partnership in which engineers from seven specialised companies were supplied to UKAEA to support its mission to deliver fusion energy. Their collaborative effort not only facilitates the...
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