5 h. ago Three Mile Island nuclear plant makes comeback with $1B in federal backing to meet increasing energy demands

Fox News’ "The Faulkner Focus" gets exclusive access inside Three Mile Island as plans move forward to restart the once-shuttered nuclear power plant.

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48 h. ago New interface engineering strategy developed for efficient and stable back

As the demand for renewable energy grows, scientists are developing new types of solar cells that are both highly efficient and scalable. The back-contact perovskite solar cell (BC-PSC) is one such innovative architecture, emerging as a promising alternative to traditional front-contact designs.

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54 h. ago Rising electricity prices and an aging grid challenge the nation as data centers demand more power

Everyone—politicians and the public—is talking about energy costs. In particular, they're talking about data centers that drive artificial intelligence systems and their increasing energy demand, electricity costs and strain on the nation's already overloaded energy grid.

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4 d. ago Trump admin launches ‘MerryChristmas.gov’ to roll out 12 days of federal gifts as Christmas comeback ramps up

Trump administration creates MerryChristmas.gov website fulfilling campaign promise to bring back Christmas while highlighting federal government achievements and design.

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4 d. ago Gavin Newsom saved California’s last nuclear plant. But do we really need it?

Gavin Newsom saved California’s last nuclear plant. But do we really need it?  San Francisco Chronicle

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5 d. ago US envoys arrive in Berlin for latest round of Ukraine peace talks with Zelenskyy

U.S. President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner will meet Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday, as Trump grows increasingly exasperated by delays.

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6 d. ago Google Data Centers Are Returning Nuclear Power to Tornado Country

A destructive storm in 2020 prematurely shut down Iowa’s only nuclear plant. With Google’s plans to reopen it to power nearby data centers, will extreme weather threaten the reactor’s safety?

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7 d. ago California Coastal Commission approves land deal to extend last nuclear plant through 2030

California Coastal Commission approves land deal to extend last nuclear plant through 2030  Los Angeles Times

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7 d. ago California’s last nuclear plant clears major hurdle to power on

California’s last nuclear plant clears major hurdle to power on  Los Angeles Times

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1 week ago Star Wars: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Wants to Buy a Rocket Company to Take on Elon Musk's SpaceX

AI may soon reach beyond Earth as OpenAI CEO Sam Altman looks to the stars for a solution to the growing energy demands of data centers. Altman is reportedly considering an investment in a rocket company to take on bitter rival Elon Musk's SpaceX. The post Star Wars: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Wants to Buy a Rocket Company to Take on Elon Musk’s SpaceX appeared first on Breitbart.

Technology

2 w. ago What's the best way to expand the US electricity grid? Study illuminates choices about reliability, cost and emissions

Growing energy demand means the U.S. will almost certainly have to expand its electricity grid in coming years. What's the best way to do this? A new study by MIT researchers examines legislation introduced in Congress and identifies relative tradeoffs involving reliability, cost, and emissions, depending on the proposed approach.

Science

2 w. ago What are small modular reactors, a new type of nuclear power plant sought to feed AI's energy demand?

As U.S. electricity demand rises and technology companies seek to build more and larger data centers to drive artificial intelligence systems, the main question arising is how to generate all that power.

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2 w. ago Engineers develop thin film to make AI chips faster and more energy efficient

Addressing the staggering power and energy demands of artificial intelligence, engineers at the University of Houston have developed a revolutionary new thin-film material that promises to make AI devices significantly faster while dramatically cutting energy consumption.

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2 w. ago Google plans to power a new data center with fossil fuels, yet release almost no emissions

As AI data centers spring up across the country, their energy demand and resulting greenhouse gas emissions are raising concerns. With servers and energy-intensive cooling systems constantly running, these buildings can use anywhere from a few megawatts of power for a small data center to more than 100 megawatts for a hyperscale data center. To put that in perspective, the average large natural gas power plant built in the U.S. generates less than 1,000 megawatts.

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2 w. ago Data center energy demand forecasted to soar nearly 300% through 2035

New planned data centers promise to consume even more energy than expected. Meanwhile, a grid monitor is blaming such growth for high electricity prices.

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4 w. ago Data centers' insatiable demand for electricity is changing the entire energy sector, say researchers

When the first large language models were unleashed, it triggered a headache for authorities around the world as they tried to figure out how to satisfy data centers' endless demand for electricity.

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4 w. ago Cutting energy demand could be the cheapest, most efficient route to net zero, UK research says

Reducing the U.K.'s energy demand could help the country reach its net zero target faster and at half the cost compared to relying mainly on supply-side technologies, according to new research by energy experts.

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