Collaborate Disseminate
The Washington Post reports that a former Etsy CEO remodeled their home into what’s known as a passive house. It’s “designed to be as energy efficient as possible, typically with top-notch insulation and a perfect seal that prevents outside air from pe… Continue reading The ‘Passive Housing’ Trend is Booming
While Amazon, Google, and other companies build new data centers — sometimes for their AI projects — parts of America “are facing higher electric bills,” reports the Washington Post:
The facilities’ extraordinary demand for electricity to … Continue reading As Data Centers for AI Strain the Power Grid, Bills Rise for Everyday Customers
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: The cost of cleaning up Sellafield is expected to spiral to 136 billion pounds ($175 billion USD) and Europe’s biggest nuclear waste dump cannot show how it offers taxpayers value for money, the pu… Continue reading Sellafield Cleanup Cost Rises To $175 Billion Amid Tensions With Treasury
“The world’s largest renewable energy and transmission project has received key approval from government officials,” reports New Atlas.
Solar power from Australia will be carried 2,672 miles (4,300 kilometers) to Singapore over undersea cables in wha… Continue reading Singapore Approves 2,600-Mile Undersea Cable to Import Solar Energy from Australia
PV Magazine reports:
Researchers in Australia and China have developed an innovative technology enabling direct lithium extraction from difficult-to-process sources like saltwater, which they say represents a substantial portion of the world’s lithiu… Continue reading Researchers Develop New Lithium Extraction Method With ‘Nearly Double the Performance’
Researchers at the United States Geological Survey and the Arkansas government announced on Monday that they had found a trove of lithium, a critical raw material for electric vehicle batteries, in an underground brine reservoir in Arkansas. From a rep… Continue reading Arkansas May Have Vast Lithium Reserves, Researchers Say
“Millions of Cubans remained without power for a third day in a row Sunday,” reports CNN, “after fresh attempts to restore electricity failed overnight and the power grid collapsed for the fourth time — all before the arrival of Hurricane Oscar.”… Continue reading Cuba’s Power Grid Collapses Again. And Then a Hurricane Hit
“A technology pioneered by Benjamin Franklin is being revived to build more efficient electric motors,” reports the Wall Street Journal, “an effort in its nascent stage that has the potential to be massive.”
A handful of scientists and engineers &mdas… Continue reading Electric Motors Are About to Get a Major Upgrade – Thanks to Benjamin Franklin
A California oil refinery that produces 8% of the state’s gasoline is shutting down late next year — a decision the Los Angeles Times says is “driven by climate change, the transition to electric vehicles and demands for cleaner air.”
“There’s … Continue reading What Happens When a California Oil Refinery Shuts Down?
The Miami Herald reports:
Cuba’s electrical grid shut down again early Saturday, leaving the island without electricity after authorities tried but failed to restore power following an earlier nationwide blackout on Friday. The island’s Electric Union … Continue reading After Second Power Outage, 10 Million Cubans Endure Saturday Afternoon Blackout