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Finance

Americans are cutting back on groceries to pay for AC

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Environment

Uber is betting on a startup hoping to solve the biggest roadblock facing electric vehicles

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Environment

Why you should care about—and fear—America’s aging energy grid

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Environment

AI’s massive appetite for energy will make or break climate-change goals

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May 6, 2024
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OpenAI’s Sam Altman is funding a green-energy moonshot as AI’s power demands grow to ‘insatiable’ levels

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Tech

Taiwan’s surging energy prices are a warning for power-hungry American AI companies—and a boon for the biggest chip manufacturer

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April 18, 2024
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Environment

The U.S. could need the equivalent of 40 new nuclear plants in the next 5 years—blame power hogs AI and cannabis

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March 22, 2024
A worker installs a transformer.
Tech

Electrical transformers could be a giant bottleneck waiting for the AI industry—unless AI itself solves the problem first

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February 27, 2024
Biden administration announces $3.5 billion for projects to strengthen nationwide electric grid stressed by extreme weather
Finance

Biden administration announces $3.5 billion for projects to strengthen nationwide electric grid stressed by extreme weather

By Matthew Daly and The Associated Press
October 19, 2023
Texas’ deregulated power grid keeps failing, first during 2021’s historic blizzard and now during 2023’s historic heat wave
Environment

Texas’ deregulated power grid keeps failing, first during 2021’s historic blizzard and now during 2023’s historic heat wave

By Juan Lozano and The Associated Press
September 7, 2023
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Environment

America’s electrical grid barely escaped a calamity as massive storm exposes a vulnerable natural-gas infrastructure

By Gerson Freitas Jr., Naureen S. Malik, Mark Chediak and Bloomberg
December 27, 2022
How Riot Blockchain capitalized on a hot Texas summer to make more money selling power than mining crypto
Finance

How Riot Blockchain capitalized on a hot Texas summer to make more money selling power than mining crypto

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August 13, 2022
High winds and blowing sand drop the visibility to near zero during a fierce storm in California's southern desert.
Finance

The American West should brace for a blackout summer, electricity regulator warns

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May 19, 2022
Ukraine did a year’s worth of work in 2 weeks to get on Europe’s energy grid in record time, but major challenges are ahead

Ukraine did a year’s worth of work in 2 weeks to get on Europe’s energy grid in record time, but major challenges are ahead

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April 2, 2022
Wind turbines in Texas.

Texas has enough wind and solar power to phase out coal entirely. There’s just one huge catch

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