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Electricity through osmosis: Japan opens landmark osmotic power plant

Energy Electricity through osmosis: Japan opens landmark osmotic power plant By Chelsea Haney September 16, 2025 A desalination plant in Fukuoka has been connected to a new kind of osmotic electricity generator. Fukuoka Area Waterworks Imagine generating power not from sunlight … Continue reading

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New Atlas: Norway and World’s Largest Sand Battery

Energy The world’s largest sand battery just went live in Finland By Abhimanyu Ghoshal August 27, 2025 With its 100-MWh capacity, Pornainen’s sand battery is the largest in the world Polar Night Energy View 3 Images View gallery – 3 images … Continue reading

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The Deep Think: The environmental cost of AI

The environmental cost of AI Since OpenAI released its ChatGPT chatbot to the world, AI companies have been working on developing bigger Large Language Models (LLMs) to deliver more powerful AI products. In the pursuit of more advanced AI capabilities, the environmental … Continue reading

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The Deep View: Google goes nuclear (again)

Google goes nuclear (again) Source: ChatGPT 4o Image Generation Google announced that it’s bankrolling Elementl Power, a two-year old company with LinkedIn listing under 20 staff, to identify and permit three U.S. reactor sites, each slated for ≥ 600 MW. One block that … Continue reading

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Deep View: How AI will shape the future of energy

Report: How AI will shape the future of energy Source: Unsplash The International Energy Agency (IEA) today published an extensive (300-page!) report on the complex relationship between artificial intelligence and energy.  The work aims to inject data-based projections into a landscape that … Continue reading

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Infrastructure startup has a plan to keep the data center lights on “…natural gas turbines, a multi-billion-dollar deal intended to provide power to data centers.”. Ireland we need to start thinking about energy and the implications of being the serfs in Techno Feudalism 

Infrastructure startup Crusoe has a plan to keep the data center lights onSource: UnsplashSpoiler alert: it involves natural gas.  AI infrastructure startup Crusoe — which is already working with OpenAI on a Stargate data center in Texas — said it … Continue reading

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New Atlas: Europe plays catch-up to China with gargantuan wind turbine

Energy Europe plays catch-up to China with gargantuan wind turbine By Abhimanyu Ghoshal February 08, 2025 Siemens Gamesa could claim the title of the world’s largest wind turbine – but China’s Dongfang is hot on its heels Siemens Gamesa View 4 … Continue reading

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New Atlas: Ireland and surfing; now here is an option for renewables

Energy First onshore wave energy project in the US gets official nod By Paul Ridden November 19, 2024 EWP is looking to complete installation of its wave energy system at the Port of LA site but Q1 2025, which should look … Continue reading

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The Guardian: Concerned about your data use? Here is the carbon footprint of an average day of emails, WhatsApps and more. What about a “Data Diet”? UK is open to data centres from the major technology companies. However, “In fact, Ireland, the Netherlands and Singapore are so worried about the energy impact of datacentres that they have imposed moratoria on new developments.”

Support the Guardian Fund independent journalism with €12 per monthSupport us The Guardian – Back to home What is the carbon footprint of normal online activity? Composite: Guardian Design; Getty Images Environment Concerned about your data use? Here is the … Continue reading

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JSTOR: Bye-Bye, Russian Gas! Comment: It is mentioned in the media today that German Chancellor Scholz may be going to try and re-negotiate the Gas deal with Russia.

Unearthing Justice Bye-Bye, Russian Gas! Russia’s invasion of Ukraine sparked an energy revolution, forcing European states to reconsider their dependence on Russian oil imports. A compressor station of the Jagal natural gas pipeline stands as wind turbines spin behind on … Continue reading

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