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California bets on iron-salt battery power to protect against wildfire

New Scientist

The battery project could deliver up to two weeks of emergency backup power once it becomes operational in 2027. “And that led us to very large cells with a very cheap and abundant active material, iron and salt.”

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

Enviromental Defense

billion cubic metres of water withdrawal by 2027 – more than the total annual water withdrawal from half of the United Kingdom. #2 2 Energy The electricity required to power and cool date centres represents another significant environmental concern. Researchers estimate global AI demand may account for 4.2–6.6

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Top 10 Stories: Harrisburg/PA Politics Reported By Local News Media Last Week

PA Environment Daily

-- Inquirer: Ex-Philly Proud Boy Leader Released From Prison -- Miscellaneous State/Harrisburg Politics -- Post-Gazette: Pennsylvanias Political Violence Problem Has Local Leaders Amping Up Efforts To Mitigate Tensions -- PA Energy Politics Of Russian Invasion -- Senate Environmental Committee Meets Jan. Ohio- $3.01

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Analysis: After Trump cut funding for energy transitions overseas, could China step in?

A Greener Life

And South Africa is just one example of China’s cooperation with Africa in green sectors: by 2027, China plans to have set up 30 clean-energy and green-development projects on the continent. Thanks to Chinese investments, both Malaysia and Vietnam manufacture solar power components for the global market. Almost USD 1.2

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What’s another $4 billion amongst friends?

Enviromental Defense

If we assume the same price, but that these plants operate for 13 years (from 2027 to 2040), that’s another $3.2 Meanwhile, solar power is the cheapest form of new electricity generation anywhere in the world, Ontario included. Let’s do the math $1093.22 billion for a total of $4.3 The most scandalous part?

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Meta signs quartet of solar purchase agreements with Invenergy

Environmental News Bits

Meta signed four new power purchase agreements with Chicago-based Invenergy to contract 760 MW of solar power through four solar energy projects, the companies announced last week.

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Analysis: Is hydrogen the new oil?

A Greener Life

The Tokyo Olympics will be powered by a fuel with ambition – hydrogen. The Olympic village will be powered by hydrogen made at a solar power plant in the exclusion zone created after the Fukushima nuclear accident a decade ago. The Olympic flame is already burning it. Iceland also has geothermal energy.