Tech chiefs warn that power-hungry data centres are a bottleneck in developing artificial intelligence

AUSTIN — The operator of Texas' power grid is projecting record-breaking electricity demand this week as temperatures soar to near 100 degrees or above across...

"This is a radically new way of generating electricity from solar energy. It means that we can use solar energy to produce electricity regardless of weather, time of day, season, or geographical location. It is a closed system that can operate without causing carbon dioxide emissions," says research

A new energy system that makes it possible to capture solar energy, store it for up to eighteen years and release it when and where it is needed has now taken the system a step further. After previously demonstrating how the energy can be extracted as heat, they have now succeeded in getting the system to produce electricity, by connecting it to a thermoelectric generator.

Two weeks after announcing a new public messaging system, ERCOT issued its first Weather Watch Tuesday says they expect record demand for electricity in Texas…

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Around the world, energy systems are increasingly impacted by the effects of a changing climate. Energy systems, especially the electric-power system, are vulnerable to natural stressors such as wildfires, severe storms, extreme temperatures and long-term disruptions of the hydrological cycle.

Three things to know about electricity in 2025.

There's a growing movement to power buildings, vehicles and manufacturing operations with clean electricity, to 'electrify everything'—which uses more copper.

Hundreds of people have taken to the streets in recent days in the city of Santiago.

How many tons of steel, copper, silver, rare earth metals, and other materials are needed to build power generation facilities over the next 30 years? This study estimated future global material needs for electricity-producing infrastructure across a wide range of scenarios. While wind and solar energy require materials in high quantities, we find these technologies will not be limited by the availability of key…

The shale oil drilling techniques which led to a boom in oil and gas production could be used to develop geothermal energy, and meet up to 15% of global electricity demand growth by 2050, the International Energy Agency said. "With continued technology improvements and reductions in project costs, geothermal could meet up to 15% of […]

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The Electric Reliability Council of Texas issued an operating condition notice ahead of...

Artificial intelligence's power demand looks to complicate companies' clean energy goals.

Electricity supply will have to catch up with demand for AI's rapid development to continue, an executive with the British tech company said

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At 5:20 p.m. Sunday, ERCOT saw a demand of over 75,000 megawatts, the highest ever. The previous record was set in August 2019.

Construction is underway on transmission lines from Canada to power millions of homes in northeastern states in the U.S. — but delivering renewable energy to the U.S. comes at a cost for Canada.

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