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Chicago’s “Quantum Prairie” Promises New Era of Great Lakes Technology and Water Use

Circle of Blue

If plans proceed as anticipated, as early as 2027 this 440-acre property on Lake Shore Drive will be transformed into the first industrial park in the country to focus on developing quantum computing, a much more powerful technology than conventional computing. C), said Danyel Cavazos , manager of the University of Chicago’s Quantum Lab.

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Analysis: IEA warns that the world is struggling to wean itself off coal

A Greener Life

IEA analysts expect this amount to remain relatively stable until around 2027, when consumption levels will start to level off as renewable energy sources start to play a more significant role, particularly in China – the worlds largest coal consumer and producer. billion tonnes in 2024.

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Beyond the Cloud: What’s AI’s True Environmental Cost? Part 2

Enviromental Defense

To prevent equipment failure, they employ extensive cooling systems that often rely on water – and the volumes they use are staggering. billion cubic metres of water withdrawal by 2027 – more than the total annual water withdrawal from half of the United Kingdom. #2 1 Water Data centres generate enormous heat.

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Data Center Permitting: A Roadmap     

Legal Planet

A nuclear plant would require permitting from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and would also require a Clean Water Act permit for taking cooling water from a stream or lake, and separate permitting for discharging used cooling water due to impurities in the used water. That would be a big step.

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PJM Electric Auction Impacts: 1 In 5 PA Households Report Problems Now Paying Energy Bills; Electric Utility Shutoffs Up 38.1% So Far This Year

PA Environment Daily

Electricity Costs "You can see from 2006 to 2025, bills have almost doubled going from $55 to $98 [for baseload customers, meaning people who heat with some source other than electricity, so they could be heating with natural gas or kerosene or fuel oil]. Obviously to use more than this. MW-Day For 2025/26 Delivery Compared To $28.92/MW-Day

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High-quality muon beam holds promise for future collider

Physics World

Although scientists can produce high-intensity muon beams from the decay of other sub-atomic particles known as pions, these beams must then be cooled to make the velocities of their constituent particles more uniform before they can be accelerated to collider speeds.

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2022 updates to the temperature records

Real Climate

impart a slight cooling. Consequently, a line drawn from an El Niño year to a subsequent La Niña year will almost always show a cooling – a fact well known to the climate disinformers (though they are not so quick to show the uncertainties in such cherry picks!). El Niño events enhance global warming (as in 1998, 2010, 2016 etc.)