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ERCOT load continues to reach record highs
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ERCOT load continues to reach record highs

Hourly load in Electric Reliability Council of Texas territory averaged a record 74.5 GW the week of Aug. 22, the Energy Information Administration said in a Sept. 3 report, shortly after ERCOT reached a new peak demand record of 91 GW on July 22. “Sustained high temperatures have contributed to persistently high electricity demand in...

Long-term enhanced geothermal test begins in Utah
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Long-term enhanced geothermal test begins in Utah

A four-month test of enhanced geothermal systems performance, aimed at derisking the technology to ensure its commercial viability, began in Utah earlier this month, according to the Frontier Observatory for Research in Geothermal Energy. The test is an “extended circulation” which will allow the FORGE team to “evaluate reservoir performance under continuous flow” over the...

US nuclear fuel facility set for 50% expansion with 24 new centrifuge cascades
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US nuclear fuel facility set for 50% expansion with 24 new centrifuge cascades

Urenco plans to expand uranium enrichment capacity at its U.S. facility in New Mexico by nearly 50 percent, adding 2.1 million separative work units (SWU) to support rising domestic demand for nuclear fuel. The multi-billion-dollar project will install 24 cascades of gas centrifuges at the National Enrichment Facility in Eunice. The first cascades are scheduled...

AI Mapping Links Drones and LiDAR for Smarter Orchard Robots
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AI Mapping Links Drones and LiDAR for Smarter Orchard Robots

Researchers at Chonnam National University in South Korea have developed an artificial intelligence mapping method that combines drone imagery with ground-based LiDAR data to improve how agricultural robots locate themselves and navigate commercial orchards. The work targets a familiar problem in agricultural automation. Orchard canopies can interfere with satellite positioning, while repeated rows and similar-looking...

How EarthOptics Is Digging Deeper Into Soil Health
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How EarthOptics Is Digging Deeper Into Soil Health

Soil is arguably the most critical factor involved in any plant’s life cycle. It serves many roles, including anchoring a plant in place, storing and supplying nutrients, breaking down organic matter, and insulating the plant. These are just a few of the many functions soil performs for a single plant.

The U.S. Army Just Took a Historic Step to Break China’s Rare Earth Dominance
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The U.S. Army Just Took a Historic Step to Break China’s Rare Earth Dominance

The U.S. Army has placed REalloys at the center of America’s drive to rebuild its heavy rare earth supply chain, selecting the company to build and operate the first-ever commercial critical mineral processing operation on a U.S. military installation. REalloys plans to build a heavy rare earth processing complex at the Tooele Army Depot in Utah capable...

Oklahoma Leads the Way on Geothermal
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Oklahoma Leads the Way on Geothermal

It’s always difficult to make predictions, as Yogi Berra said, especially about the future. However, looking back across the history of humanity, it is safe to say that the world will need more energy in the years and decades ahead, as it has steadily used more energy year after year in the past.

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