The announcement comes as Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg maintains the company’s ambitious AI strategy, which will require hefty capital investments in data centers.
These tech giants recognize that the next generation of microprocessors to be used for AI calculations at data centers will require oodles of electricity to power and cool them. A single Nvidia Blackwell chip,
AI's voracious energy appetite is straining already outdated power grids. Here's how nuclear and solar energy could fix that.
The Abundant Resource Solar energy is the most plentiful energy resource available on our planet. Every hour, enough sunlight hits the Earth to power the entire world for a year. Imagine a source so abundant that it practically dwarfs any other renewable option in scope and promise.
A U.S. solar industry group on Wednesday unveiled an aggressive goal to deploy vast amounts of energy storage capacity by 2030 to help renewables serve power-hungry customers.
However, this doesn’t really address the basic issues with Maryland’s energy mess. Over the next decade if we fail to change our policies we could see blackouts. I don’t claim to be an expert in energy,
With wind energy facing a deep freeze from Washington, Gov. Hochul’s call for advancing nuclear power may prove crucial for the state to hit climate targets while courting energy-hungry high tech, experts said.
By the 1970s and 1980s, nuclear power plants became integral to the country’s electricity supply, providing a stable and substantial portion of the nation’s energy.
But nuclear’s recent history has been beset by cost overruns and delays. The fresh crop of nuclear startups were largely founded to overcome those hurdles by modularizing and mass-producing reactor components. If all goes as planned, the approach could speed approvals and construction of new nuclear plants.
After seeming out of step with Biden, Knoxville's big utility could find stronger footing in Trump's fossil-fueled energy agenda.
Dr. Robert B.M. Sogbadji, Deputy Director, Nuclear and Alternative Energy of the Ministry of Energy has allayed the fears of the public that nuclear power is a safe and reliable source of energy.He said nuclear energy had bad childbirth as this energy was first harnessed in World War II and in 1980’s,
Solar generation for the first 11 months of 2024 increased by over 26%, according to the US EIA's latest monthly report.