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Energy
This brings us to a recent Tweet by Energy Secretary Chris Wright. “Even if you wrapped the entire planet in a solar panel, you would only be producing 20% of global energy. One of the biggest mistakes politicians can make is equating the ELECTRICITY with ENERGY!”
Tech
Clean tech startup XGS Energy and Meta have announced a new partnership to develop a 150-megawatt (MW) advanced geothermal facility in New Mexico. The next-generation project will supply clean power to support Meta’s carbon-free data center operations in the state.
Tech
Founded in 2021, the Berkeley-based company repurposes water treatment waste to deliver clean water while simultaneously removing carbon from the atmosphere–effectively killing two birds with one stone.
Energy
Just look at the numbers. U.S. data centers used 176 terawatt-hours (TWh) of electricity in 2023, triple what they consumed less than a decade earlier. By 2030, we’re talking about 400–500 TWh every year, enough to power 20 to 30 million homes. That’s not a blip on the chart. That’s a new industrial revolution. So what fuels this surge? Natural gas.
Tech
Google recently announced its power purchase agreement with Kairos and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to help meet America’s growing demand for dependable, clean energy. Under a new power purchase agreement between Kairos and TVA, the companies will deploy an advanced nuclear reactor, Hermes 2, in Oak Ridge, TN.
Energy
Implementing artificial intelligence may help make nuclear permitting faster, even with existing bureaucratic hurdles.
Infrastructure
To meet the escalating energy demands within AI, some are investing in high-tech liquid technologies for improved efficiency.
Energy
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…
Tech
Daily activities such as making coffee, brushing your teeth, doing laundry, and running the dishwasher all have one thing in common: they require water. Unfortunately, this also means they most likely involve significant water waste.
Tech
Only the U.S. and China have the resources and the researchers to build effective artificial intelligence. That makes this a race for the future that we simply must win.
