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How a new battery will help New York renters keep AC bills down this summer

A renter-friendly pilot program in New York City is aiming to reduce strain on the power grid while helping customers with power bills

The Independent UK

Powerful US utilities secretly fund ‘grassroots’ groups to sway cities away from switch to public power

As communities push for publicly owned electricity, private utilities may be deploying dark money and local front groups to stop them

The Guardian - US

Gas power leapfrogs wind for first time in 10 years in Texas’ grid connection queue

Data centers are largely driving the sudden rise in natural gas power projects on the waiting list to connect to Texas' grid.

The Texas Tribune

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Energy Insider (May 7): China Launches First Green Electricity Project for Computing

Qinghai and Fujian provinces launch first cross-provincial green power trade, Geely’s core profit rises on export boom

Caixin Global

'Disregard for safety': Ausgrid facing two lawsuits

A major electricity distributor has been hit with a dual-pronged legal attack by the electrical union over allegedly unlawful workforce outsourcing decisions.

AAP

‘Significantly lower energy bills’: How do solar batteries work and are they worth the investment?

As Europeans scramble to install rooftop solar panels or even plug-in alternatives, the need for battery storage systems continues to grow.

Euronews

The War on Data Centers Is Here—and It Doesn't Add Up

So far, electricity prices haven't risen. If and when they do, the solution is more power generation.

Reason

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High speed trains spin wind turbines to generate power in first UK trial

Generating electricity from passing trains could help make rail travel 'even greener choice'

The Independent UK

Using diesel generators to power the AI revolution would kill hundreds of Americans a year

With U.S. electricity demand starting to rise quickly and expected to continue rising, largely because of the power needed for data centers that process artificial intelligence, people are looking for almost any potential solution.

The Conversation

Buying an AC? Read This Before You Waste Money

Buying an air conditioner seems simple until your electricity bill arrives. You expect cool air, comfort, and instant relief from the heat. But instead, you face uneven cooling, rising costs, and daily frustration. Sound familiar? That’s because most people don’t actually buy the wrong AC they buy the wrong AC…

MyLifeXP

Sweden generates 99% of electricity from clean sources. So why is wind power under attack?

Thousands of anti-wind social media posts have been analysed, as researchers warn that Europe’s energy security could be threatened.

Euronews

'Electricity with zero emission' — Chinese scientists aim to transform “dirty” coal with a new fuel cell that doesn't burn anything and produces clean power well beyond the Carnot cycle limit

Chinese researchers developed a coal fuel cell that generates electricity without combustion while capturing carbon dioxide and potentially achieving significantly higher efficiency levels.

TechRadar

Palantir co-founder Peter Thiel backs $140M wave-powered AI data center startup — Panthalassa aims to run offshore compute nodes using ocean energy

Panthalassa raises $140M to build wave-powered offshore nodes that generate electricity and run AI workloads at sea, tackling data center energy and cooling challenges.

Tom’s Hardware

Clean energy's winning argument is the one it refuses to make

Why don't clean energy advocates talk about how it's cheaper than fossil fuels? Affordability, not morality, is the argument that can actually win.

Fortune

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Euronews

Electricity prices are dropping below zero in Europe. Here’s why that isn’t a good thing

Negative energy prices may seem like a welcome relief amid the cost-of-living crisis but the phenomenon can actually discourage renewables investment.

Euronews

Europe is hungry for AI data centres — but its energy grid cannot feed them

From decade-long grid queues to facilities running at half capacity, a new study exposes the energy crisis at the heart of Europe's push to boost its AI capabilities.

Fortune

Goldman: AI will save the economy someday. First, it has to stop inflating it

The AI productivity boom hasn't quite arrived yet, but the inflation from building it has. Maybe Gen Z is onto something with their AI rebellion.

TechRadar

The equatorial Luna Ring is the brainchild of a billion-dollar Japanese engineering conglomerate whose visionary team dreams of billions of megawatts of electricity generated by solar panel clusters the size of Texas and California put together

Shimizu’s Luma Ring proposes covering the moon’s equator with solar panels and transmitting energy to Earth via wireless microwave and laser systems.

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The Times of India

Built for future: Florida town that runs entirely on sunlight and produces more power than it uses

Babcock Ranch, a Florida town, is redefining modern living by integrating clean energy into its core design. Planned from scratch with extensive solar power and a focus on sustainability, the community generates more electricity than it consumes. This innovative approach, proven resilient during Hurricane Ian, offers a working model for…

The Conversation

How balcony solar can help renters and homeowners save money

Somewhere between 5% and 7% of U.S. households have rooftop solar panels. Many more Americans want them, but high costs, building locations and landlord restrictions are key obstacles.

Euronews

A new Haber–Bosch moment: Europe must rethink its fertiliser production

Europe must reinvent fertiliser production to cut agriculture's reliance on fossil fuels and protect jobs in industrial regions, writes Magnolia Tovar, a chemical engineer and expert at a climate innovation think tank, in an opinion piece for Euronews.

The Guardian - AU

The next step after solar: understanding modular home batteries

Many Australians with rooftop solar are looking into adding battery storage. A modular solution can be scaled up, or down, as needed.

Euronews

From fridges to slow cookers: Can plug-in solar panels actually power our everyday appliances?

Plug-in solar is having its moment in the spotlight. But how much power can these mini devices actually generate?

TechRadar

'We’re not selling and we’re not giving way': Lone farmer defeats Tennessee's TVA as US electricity giant grapples with exploding demand from AI-fuelled data centers from Google and Elon Musk's xAI, encouraged by slow legislature

A Revolutionary War era farm in Tennessee blocked TVA's power line using social media, petitions, and help from country star John Rich.

The Guardian - US

Solar booms in industrial US midwest as energy crisis persists

Electricity has become one of the most important commodities in the region thanks to demand from datacenters, Iran war and rising utility charges

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