Notices tagged with energy

https://www.europesays.com/2125273/ Energy Department scuttles $3.7B in clean-energy projects. It’s among the biggest and most specific cases yet of Trump pulling the plug on the Biden awards for low-carbon energy. “The abrupt termination of $3.7 billion in clean energy investment is shortsighted and malicious.” #Energy

Aww hell no

A #pipeline company is reviving plans to build TWO #NaturalGas pipelines into #NewYork, in a bet that the #Trump admin will be able to strong-arm #states into signing off on #energy projects.

#NY had blocked both pipelines over #environmental concerns. But Trump has made clear that he wants more #oil & #gas infrastructure, including in the Northeast, where pipelines had become so hard to build that companies had all but given up on them.

#law #deregulation
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/business/energy-environment/constitution-pipeline-hochul-trump.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=0695753C-28A8-4964-A482-DBD6A38266AB

💻 **AI could account for nearly half of datacentre power usage ‘by end of year’**

“_The IEA estimates that all data centres – excluding mining for cryptocurrencies – consumed 415 terawatt hours (TWh) of electricity last year. De Vries-Gao argues in his research that AI could already account for 20% of that total._”

🔗 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/may/22/ai-data-centre-power-consumption.

#AI #Artificialintelligence #Computing #Energy #Technology #Tech @ai

Long duration flow batteries will cure data center energy woes with wind and solar power.

https://cleantechnica.com/2025/05/18/a-new-flow-battery-takes-on-the-data-center-energy-crisis/

#datacenters #datacenterenergy #energycrisis #flowbattery #flowbatteries #energystorage #energy #renewableenergy #renewables #windenergy #solarenergy #battery #batteries

A question: if there was a cataclysm like in "Station Eleven" where 99% of humanity was wiped out, what would happen to #nuclear reactors and weapons? Are there doomsday scenarios for power plants in the event of something happening to the humans? Could such a site be decommissioned manually? How long would such a site last before it is dangerous?

The first person I thought to ask is @bojacobs but would love boosts for more thoughts!

#Science #Energy #ScienceFiction #SSF #Technology #Fiction

https://www.europesays.com/2082436/ Bifacial Solar Cells Guide: Benefits, Challenges & Performance
Discover how bifacial solar cells boost energy by capturing sunlight from both sides. Learn benefits, challenges, and key performance factors. #Energy

“The people have been left out of this thing since day one. There has been no consideration or concern for human beings at all. It’s just wrong.”

Top story: Cryptomining in #Texas is devouring our natural resources, polluting the land, and filling the air with unbearable #noise. https://www.texasobserver.org/the-crypto-racket/

#pollution #politics #USpol #news #crypto #bitcoin #energy #OilAndGas #environment #ClimateChange

There is no #logic here. #Texas #Republicans have jumped the shark with three breathtakingly #stupid #bills targeting #RenewableEnergy in their state which, I remind you, has the worst, most vulnerable power grid in the #US.

Texas Senate passes bill requiring solar plants to provide power at night
https://thehill.com/policy/equilibrium-sustainability/5292792-texas-senate-bill-power-cost/

#USpol #Energy #Renewables #Law #IAmDB

Top story: While #Bitcoin is designed as a decentralized payment system, its consumption of Texans’ true wealth—natural resources—is centralized in the hands of a few companies, sucking up massive amounts of water and #energy to keep hardware running 24/7.
https://www.texasobserver.org/the-crypto-racket/

#water #environment #ClimateChange #pollution #politics #USpol #news #Texas #crypto

The European Union is looking to free itself from reliance on Russian energy, and they’re looking to oil and gas executives for help. Read more from @politico
https://flip.it/WqLiQo
#EU #EuropeanUnion #Russia #Energy #Europe

#Trump’s proposal aims to cut the Dept of #Energy’s annual budget by $4.7B, mainly by cutting programs related to #RenewableEnergy & #ClimateChange. But even more significantly, the proposal aims to cancel roughly $15 billion in #CleanEnergy funding that the agency was given as part of the 2021 bipartisan infrastructure bill. That would mean rescinding funds for, among other things, battery manufacturing, technologies that can remove carbon dioxide from the air & electric-vehicle charging.

Since #Congress ultimately decides & approves #spending levels, it is significant that Senator #SusanCollins, #Republican of Maine & the chair of the #Appropriations Cmte says she has “serious objections” to #Trump’s proposed #defense spending levels & cuts to programs like the #LowIncome Home #Energy Assistance Program & those that support #biomedical #research.

“Ultimately, it is Congress that holds the #power of the purse,” Collins said.

#law #funding #budget #USpol

#Trump’s budget proposes to eliminate entirely a $4.1 billion program that helps #LowIncome Americans pay their #heating & #cooling #bills. The proposal says that the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program [#LIHEAP] is “unnecessary” because Trump is planning to increase domestic #oil & #gas production & reduce #energy prices. Last month, the admin fired everyone working in the program’s office, which currently helps 6.2 million Americans nationwide offset high #UtilityBills.

#economy

Today, Thursday, Germany will get 99% of its power from solar and wind.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-30/green-power-set-to-meet-99-of-germany-s-demand-on-thursday?utm_source=cbnewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=2025-05-01&utm_campaign=Daily+Briefing+01+05+2025

#germany #renewables #energy

https://www.europesays.com/2031587/ Energy company announces $22.5M expansion in Virginia #Energy #SouthwestVirginia

#TheConversation #Energy #Environment #auspol Sniping koalas from helicopters: here’s what’s wrong with Victoria’s unprecedented cull Read more…https://theconversation.com/sniping-koalas-from-helicopters-heres-whats-wrong-with-victorias-unprecedented-cull-254996

Solar Rights Group:

"

Governor Newsom’s CPUC has proposed to break the state’s contract with nearly two million solar customers, slash their solar credit, and slap them with a solar tax.

A former SoCal Edison lobbyist, Assemblymember Lisa Calderon, has filed a bill to make this proposal law (AB 942).

These changes would apply to ALL solar customers who signed up for solar before April 2023 (NEM1 and NEM2).

AB 942 is scheduled for a hearing on April 30th. There is talk of tweaking the bill so lawmakers can break solar contracts while selling it as a “compromise.” Don’t let them get away with it."

https://solarrights.org/blog/2025/04/15/dont-break-the-solar-contract/

#California #solar #laws #power #energy

Trump Makes Crack That Maybe His 'Friend' Deserves To Be Dead In Weird Fox News Exchange

#RachelCamposDuffy #Mediaite #UnidentifiedFriend #Energy #DarkHumor

https://www.mediaite.com/news/trump-makes-crack-that-maybe-his-friend-deserves-to-be-dead-in-weird-fox-news-exchange/

https://www.europesays.com/1995845/ Trump’s coal revival could lead “tens of billions of dollars” in renewables stranded #Energy