UK’s wasted wind power laid bare by new Octopus tracking tool
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UK’s wasted wind power laid bare by new Octopus tracking tool
UK sees 22 percent increase in domestic solar panel systems installations in first six months of 2025
https://www.europesays.com/3273926/ DTE Energy (DTE) Pullback Puts Its Data Center Growth Story And Valuation In Focus #Energy
It's odd to me that people talk about data centers in terms of megawatts, a measure of electric power. For one example among many, a Bloomberg article from March about Microsoft cancelling data center plans began:
#dev #tech #AI #energy #power #DataCenters
Microsoft Corp. has walked away from new data center projects in the US and Europe that would have amounted to a capacity of about 2 gigawatts of electricity, according to TD Cowen analysts, who attributed the pullback to an oversupply of the clusters of computers that power artificial intelligence."Data center projects that...amounted to a capacity of about 2 gigawatts of electricity" is a nonsensical statement. The (technical) capacities of a data center have to do with storage, compute, transmission, and latency. I understand there's probably some Fermi calculation along the lines of converting electric power to compute capacity using the TDP of NVIDIA's latest GPUs or something like that. Nevertheless, it's misleading to speak this way, not to mention lazy. It is oversimplifying in a bad way, treating data centers as utilities that supply a commodity when that is just not the case (at least not with AI, where prices for services still fluctuate fairly wildly).
#dev #tech #AI #energy #power #DataCenters
Integrating critical infrastructure systems more and more tightly by making them all digital and dependent on digital infrastructure increases the risk of catastrophic failure cascades. The risk profile has a phase transition with respect to increasing interconnectivity that, once crossed, makes such failure cascades comparatively highly likely.
The effect is not unlike nuclear fission reactions, which require a certain density of fissile material before they'll be self-sustaining. An event that'd just sputter out at one density might become an out-of-control explosion at a slightly higher density. Likewise, what might be a small and isolated component fault at one level of connectivity could be a catastrophic cascading critical infrastructure failure at a slightly higher level of connectivity.
The possibility of cascading failures in the nuclear power system seems like something we should be putting considerable resources into avoiding, rather than actively courting.
In response to ‘Atoms for Algorithms:’ The Trump Administration’s Top Nuclear Scientists Think AI Can Replace Humans in Power Plants at 404 Media.
#IAEA #NuclearEnergy #AtomicEnergy #USEnergy #USDOE #nuclear #energy #AI #CriticalInfrastructure #FailureCascade
The effect is not unlike nuclear fission reactions, which require a certain density of fissile material before they'll be self-sustaining. An event that'd just sputter out at one density might become an out-of-control explosion at a slightly higher density. Likewise, what might be a small and isolated component fault at one level of connectivity could be a catastrophic cascading critical infrastructure failure at a slightly higher level of connectivity.
The possibility of cascading failures in the nuclear power system seems like something we should be putting considerable resources into avoiding, rather than actively courting.
In response to ‘Atoms for Algorithms:’ The Trump Administration’s Top Nuclear Scientists Think AI Can Replace Humans in Power Plants at 404 Media.
#IAEA #NuclearEnergy #AtomicEnergy #USEnergy #USDOE #nuclear #energy #AI #CriticalInfrastructure #FailureCascade
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Looking for some #positivity to end the week? I have recapped 42 notable #positive #environmental and #ClimateChange articles from past month including: the benefits of the #Ulez in #London, #Texas setting a new record for #Renewable #Energy generation and #NewDelhi creating seven new biodiversity parks on previously degraded land.
https://primonatura.co.uk/positive-environmental-stories-012/
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"New servers are less energy-intensive." Really? 🤔
This is said so often that it could almost be taken as an absolute truth.
By extension, it is often said that each new generation of hardware consumes less energy than the previous one.
Manufacturers communicate pretty often about this, including HPE (1), Nvidia (2), etc..
A 🧵
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I’m a big fan of #sandbattery thermal #renewable #energy storage technology. One of the first players in this market is the Finnish startup Polar Night Energy: https://polarnightenergy.com If you do not know what sand batteries are, this article explains them quite well: https://natnavi.com/science-behind-sand-batteries/ #Renewables
“You Feel Like You’re Being Cheated”: Oil Companies Unfairly Take Millions, North Dakota Mineral Owners Say
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Oil companies are holding back a large portion of revenue payments to the people they lease drilling rights from, often with little explanation. But the industry has an outsize influence in the state, and public officials have refused to take action.
https://www.propublica.org/article/north-dakota-mineral-owner-royalty-deductions?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
Utah Leaders Are Hindering Efforts to Develop Solar Despite a Goal to Double the State’s Energy Supply
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Solar power accounts for two-thirds of the new projects waiting to connect to the state’s power grid. Utah Republicans’ hard turn against solar mirrors President Donald Trump’s hostile approach to the industry.
https://www.propublica.org/article/utah-solar-energy-operation-gigawatt-spencer-cox?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
Frustrated by oil companies mysteriously withholding large amounts of royalties, North Dakota mineral owners lobbied for change.
Instead, lawmakers provided an oversight program that, owners say, fails to address the issue it was created to solve.
https://www.propublica.org/article/north-dakota-oil-gas-oversight-mineral-rights?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
“I hope that the people in North Dakota wake up and realize how much money should be in their pockets instead of industry’s pockets,” said Tom Huber, leader of West Virginia’s royalty owner association.
https://www.propublica.org/article/north-dakota-oil-mineral-rights-comparison?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
Oregon liberals, opposed to nuclear power in the 1970s, created a complex process for getting new energy projects approved.
It’s now being used to stall developments in wind and solar — with a 76-year-old activist leading the charge.
Béton, métal, chaleur, vapeur 🎵
Ce n'est pas un nouveau titre de Daft Punk, mais le titre de ma prochaine conférence sur l'IA générative. On peut se le dire, ça passe beaucoup moins bien en français 😁
Le contenu devrait toujours être d'intérêt:
- des vues aériennes de Datacenters, explications à la clef
- une visite (virtuelle) de l'intérieur
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Zelenskiy warns of painful winter for Russia if energy truce talks fail https://www.byteseu.com/2392255/ #Energy
Stories by Oregon Public Broadcasting and ProPublica identified bottlenecks that have stalled green energy projects in Oregon.
The governor aims to accelerate efforts through a series of mandates. Here's where they stand.
https://www.propublica.org/article/oregon-renewable-energy-legislative-progress?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Oregon #Green #Energy #Climate #Environment #ClimateChange #Wind #Solar
An Oklahoma family was forced to abandon their home after it filled with slick, black goo, reaching gas concentrations at explosive levels.
Despite ample evidence of oil and gas pollution, state regulators say they cannot help.
https://www.propublica.org/article/oklahoma-oil-regulators-fort-gibson-meredith-family?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Oklahoma #Oil #Gas #Energy #Environment #Pollution #Family #House
Oregon Accelerates Green Energy Projects Before Trump Phase-Out of Tax Credits
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Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek told state agencies to take “any and all steps necessary” to expedite solar and wind permits before federal green energy tax credits expire next year. The order prioritizes high-priority projects to begin by July 2026.
https://www.propublica.org/article/oregon-renewable-energy-trump-tax-credits?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Oregon #Green #Energy #Solar #Wind #RenewableEnergy #Trump
ARE WE NEARLY THERE YET?
Soon, soon we will be in 2026!
Here are some of our home energy stats and story for the year so far!
N. Korea drums up renewable energy use amid sanctions-caused electricity shortage
Britain Awards Wind Farm Contracts That Will Power 12 Million Homes
New Mexico’s lawsuit accuses three Texas oil executives of pocketing revenue from oil and gas wells and offloading cleanup costs to the public.
A 2024 ProPublica and Capital & Main investigation uncovered some of their companies’ business dealings.
https://www.propublica.org/article/new-mexico-oil-orphan-wells-cleanup?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
Iraq beats Kuwait 3-2 in Gulf Cup thriller with dramatic late winner
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) – Iraq claimed their first victory of the 27th Arabian Gulf Cup with a thrilling 3-2…
#EuropeSays #Headlines #News #Europe #Europa #EU #Iraq #Basra #energy #Kuwait #Oman #SaudiArabia
https://www.europesays.com/iran/308076/
Enphase Energy (ENPH) Registers a Bigger Fall Than the Market: Important Facts to Note https://www.byteseu.com/2392574/ #Energy #EnphaseEnergy #S&P500 #StockPricePerformance #ZacksRank
