How #utilities choose which power source to invest in depends in large part on two key aspects: price and reliability. Scholars explain: https://buff.ly/1ZoGEJK #energy #greenenergy
Solving The Green Hydrogen Water Problem With Seawater
When there are cheaper sources of power that the government actively looks to avoid harnessing and distributing to the people at large, you know that that government is not putting public interests first but private ones.
One for your Channel 7 and Sky News watching mates' [1].
https://michaelwest.com.au/forget-nuclear-australia-is-on-fast-lane-to-100pc-renewables-solar/
It doesn't matter how vehemently or often or long something is said, if it aint so it is not so.
Here somebody with an actual brain and the career path to use that capability, lays it out : AGAIN.
It will not make one Nostalgic Nationalistic Nutjob of Nope2Woke difference, but at least it validates the truth _one_ _more_ _time_.
[1] For increasingly generous interpretations of "friend" or even "fellow traveller". Heaven help you if your using the biological interpretation.
#Energy #Climate #Technology #Enginering #Economy #GreenTransition #CircularEconomy
NOstalgia, It just aint wot it used to be. :)
Climate & national security, Earth Day eve.
Oh, and the (free) RSVP comes with dinner https://www.eventbrite.com/e/climate-national-security-finding-common-ground-in-energy-policy-tickets-1311917593839
"Lego says new factory in Vietnam will make toys without without adding emissions to the atmosphere"
"Solar power sees 29% increase in 2024, marking new record"
"New aerial surveillance footage obtained by the Southern Environmental Law Center has found that Musk's artificial intelligence company, xAI, is using 35 methane gas generators to power its "Colossus" supercomputer facility, the backbone of its flagship Grok. That's 20 more generators than the 15 xAI filed permits for, and 35 more than it was approved to use.
The data center, nestled in historic south Memphis, came online last September, despite protests from community leaders. AI data centers are notoriously loud, and hog water and electricity like a mid-sized American city. Case in point, the local utility company, Memphis Light, Gas and Water (MLGW) estimates the Memphis facility will soon be sucking up one million gallons of water per day, as well as 150 megawatts of power, once it reaches its full power.
Though the MLGW says it's "executed four standard electric service agreements, one water service, and one gas service agreement" with xAI — totaling 50 megawatts of power — Musk says the facility needs much more due to rapid power fluctuations in his system of 10 to 20 megawatts at a time.
But getting approval for that kind of power is a slow and cautious process, according to Bloomberg, as rapid data center construction runs up against the limits of what civilian power grids can provide. Never one to wait for approval, Musk has chosen instead to exploit a loophole in local regulations, which seemingly allow him to park a fleet of toxic methane generators outside his facility as long as they don't sit in the same location for 364 days."
Big news:
“Nations have agreed to introduce a worldwide carbon-pricing system for international shipping to drive the sector towards net-zero emissions by 2050.”
It’s a compromise, but sounds like major progress, in a…challenging geopolitical context.
Data centres AI to add 20% to energy demand in 5 years.
In Spain's Aragon region, they'll use more than the population.
Inteligencia artificial | La demanda energética de los centros de datos de IA se cuadruplicará para 2030, según un informe - El Salto - Edición General
https://www.elsaltodiario.com/inteligencia-artificial/demanda-energetica-centros-datos-ia-se-cuadruplicara-2030-segun-un-informe
#Energy #EnergyDescent
Day 14 cont 
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“The Coalition’s pledge to scrap fines for carmakers that exceed emissions caps imposed by #Labor has raised concerns about new barriers to the influx of cheap #EV models and entrenching #petrol #guzzlers that cost more to run.”
“We want cleaner, cheaper cars on Australian roads as we head towards net zero by 2050, but forcing unfair penalties on carmakers and consumers is not the answer,” — #PeterDutton
Remember tradie Utes under threat? (cf BYD electric Ute 4WD) Also note the target date, 2050.
#AusPol / #Liberal / #energy / #emissions / #ClimateEmergency <https://smh.com.au/politics/federal/copied-from-america-dutton-launches-election-fight-over-evs-20250402-p5loib.html>
#solar #energy #perovskite #sustainability
'The Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER) announced it achieved a power conversion efficiency of 23.64% for a tandem solar cell based on a top perovskite device and a bottom cell based on copper, indium, gallium and diselenide (CIGS) technology.'
(It is not clear if this has been confirmed by a third party.)
**AI is set to drive surging electricity demand from data centres while offering the potential to transform how the energy sector works**
_“Global electricity demand from data centres is set to more than double over the next five years, consuming as much electricity by 2030 as the whole of Japan does today. The effects will be particularly strong in some countries. For example, in the United States, data centres are on course to account for almost half of the growth in electricity demand; in Japan, more than half; and in Malaysia, as much as one-fifth.”
#News #Data #ArtificialIntelligence #AI #Technology #Tech #Electricity #Energy @ai
Electricity consumption by data centers will more than double by 2030, driven by AI applications that will create new challenges for energy security and CO2 emission goals, according to a new report. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/04/10/ai-data-center-electricity/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #ai #energy #emissions #tech
This is what is disqualifying under the #Trump #autocracy:
Trump’s pick to lead #Interior’s Bureau of #Land Management abruptly withdrew her nomination Thurs morning
Kathleen Sgamma, who heads a Denver-based #oil & #gas industry trade group called the Western #Energy Alliance, [withdrew]…after the investigative group Documented…released a 2021 letter in which Sgamma wrote that she was “disgusted” by Trump “spreading misinformation” about the #Jan6 …[#insurrection].
Ah, probably nothing. Needs more research, and in any case, did you hear that lithium-ion batteries contain lithium. Probably a wash.
https://www.texasstandard.org/stories/oil-gas-development-childhood-leukemia-study/
Excellent!
A Norwegian court has determined that crypto mining is not "industry", and therefore can be excluded in local zoning plans for industry.
Municipalities in Norway want to exclude them because of the huge energy demands and very few jobs created.
This is a good decision. These data centres are a massive waste of energy and resources.
#Crypto #Miming #Energy #Law #Norway
https://rett24.no/articles/staten-vant-ankesak-om-reguleringsplan--kryptoutvinning-er-ikke-industri
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