Trump’s EPA wants to let data centers hide their air pollution
Just as new data centers face growing backlash from neighboring communities, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is about to make it harder…
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Tesla sunsets its Solar Roof tiles
Tesla has discontinued Solar Roof, its solar panels designed to look like regular roofing tiles, Electrek reports. Sources "close to the program" to…
Space mirrors could ruin astronomy — and your eyes
Solar energy, at any time of day or night - that's the dream of space mirror projects. Futurists have been imagining satellite mirrors that could re…
Nitecore’s latest power bank is the lightest and most compact yet
There's two things you should know about me, your intrepid reviewer: I hate the feature creep associated with modern power banks, and I love shaving…
Trump is losing his war on wind power
A court rules that a hold on all wind projects clearly violates the law.
IEEE Course Teaches How to Use AI to Modernize Power Grids
Today’s U.S. electrical grid, among the largest, most complex systems ever built, is operating at its limit. The combination of rapid industrial gro…
Texas says data centers must pass an audit before connecting to the grid
Texas announced new a audit on data centers that could slow approval for new facilities seeking to connect to the state energy grid. Governor Greg A…
Utility companies are promising to spare us from AI’s energy bill
In the face of backlash to concerns the AI boom will increase consumer electricity bills, the largest utility companies and data center developers i…
Who’s afraid of the big, bad GPU?
How does AI make you feel? Are you excited to “vibe-code” your smart home? Or anxious about all the added pollution and billions of gallons of water…
US renewable boom passes key milestone in April
Small-scale solar helped renewables nearly triple coal generation on the US grid.
Jackery announces ‘world’s slimmest’ fridge battery
Jackery is jumping on the fridge-battery trend with what it says is the "world's slimmest." FridgeGuard also looks nice; a break from power stations…
GM thinks EVs can help offset AI’s energy suck with vehicle-to-grid tech
At an event in San Francisco today, General Motors made a series of announcements around EV batteries, energy storage, and grid resiliency in the fa…
Commonwealth Fusion makes the physics case for its 400 MW reactor
Five peer-reviewed papers update the design and model its expected output.
Donut Lab’s solid-state battery claim debunked by Ziroth
Donut Lab's solid-state battery claims have been thoroughly debunked by Ryan Inis Hughes on his popular Ziroth YouTube channel. According to Hughes,…
Small modular nuclear reactor reaches criticality in first test
The reactor, from a startup called Antares, isn't ready to generate power yet.
Trump admin tries again to revive dying coal industry
Money would keep coal plants open, build the first new plants in over a decade.
Why Sardinians Are Fighting the Renewable Energy Transition
“Not in my backyard” is the rallying cry of citizens everywhere resisting projects proposed for their locality. Whether it’s affordable housing, a w…
Soaring solar and a surge in hydro push more coal off the US grid
The first data from 2026 seem to indicate that last year was an oddity.
Anker fixes the two worst things about power stations
Anker's Solix S2000 solves two major pain points with power stations: idle power draw that can leave a battery unexpectedly dead, and the large foot…
Solar power production undercut by coal pollution
Each year, some of the power solar could have produced is blocked by aerosols.
All the latest updates on AI data centers
Massive new data centers are the physical foundation for tech companies’ hopes and dreams for AI. But the rush to expand warehouses full of energy-h…
Everyone’s a loser in Strait of Hormuz game that simulates global crisis
The game asks players to find the least worst options for a shipping chokepoint.
IEEE Smart Village Is Helping to Electrify Rural Cameroon
More than 30 years ago, in the mountain village of Mbem in northwest Cameroon, the moon and stars in the night sky were the only light young Jude Nu…
Modeling and Simulation Approaches for Modern Power System Studies
This webinar covers power system modeling and simulation across multiple timescales, from quasi-static 8760 analysis through EMT studies, fault clas…