Tag: green energy
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There has been a major pick-up in solar panel imports into Africa over the last 12 months – a shift that is likely to impact almost every country on the… more ›
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In the past two years, without much notice, solar power has begun to truly transform the world’s energy system, Bill McKibben writes. https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-a-warming-planet/46-billion-years-on-the-sun-is-having-a-moment#:~:text=Globally%2C%20roughly%20a%20third%20more,in%20a%20very%20different%20world more ›
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The United Arab Emirates has become the largest backer of new business projects in Africa, raising hopes of a rush of much-needed money for green energy, but also concerns that… more ›
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Roughly a quarter of Americans have used ChatGPT since the chatbot’s 2022 release, according to the Pew Research Center — and every query exacts a cost. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/09/18/energy-ai-use-electricity-water-data-centers/ more ›
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Staying with China as a ‘manufacturing superpower’, thinking through what it means for energy and consumption. A few more to go, thanks for your patience. Previous notes in the series:… more ›
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Increasingly affordable and more sophisticated, batteries are the key to generating a paradigm shift in global energy and economics Thomas Alva Edison took all the credit in 1879, but the… more ›
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“Every one of the stars in the sky uses fusion to generate enormous amounts of energy. Why shouldn’t we?” – The Future of Fusion Energy Today all nuclear power reactors… more ›
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https://www.wsj.com/business/energy-oil/tech-industry-wants-to-lock-up-nuclear-power-for-ai-6cb75316?st=4veonavgxgld02p&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink more ›
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You’ve heard of Exxon Mobil Corp., Chevron Corp., Shell Plc, BP Plc, TotalEnergies Se, ConocoPhillips and Eni SpA? How about Tongwei Co., GCL Technology Holdings Ltd., Xinte Energy Co., Longi… more ›
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By a quirk of geography, the Orkney islands, located off the northern tip of Scotland, are unusually well positioned to bear witness to the ocean’s might. On the archipelago’s western… more ›