Tag: transmission lines
Data Center Opponents Push Back Against “Superhuman” AI
The rush to build more and bigger data centers to power the AI revolution is getting pushback from an array of opponents in the US.
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Electricity Scarcity Meets Aluminum Tariffs, and American Citizens Pick Up the Bill
A collision between AI data centers being built—in the current AI bubble and with full throated support by the Trump Administration—and aluminum smelters for electricity is no longer theoretical. Utilities across the United States are facing binding constraints on generation and transmission. When presented with competing requests for hundreds of … [continued]
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The Short List of Climate Actions That Will Work
A few months ago, I was invited by Dr. Sebastian Husein of the Battery Centre Twente to speak at the University of Twente’s 2025 Climate Event, a hybrid discussion with multiple speakers engaging with an audience of academics in the Netherlands and neighboring countries. That event occurred on November 5th, … [continued]
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Long Duration BESS + Solar Replace Coal Mines & Gas Extraction
Recently, CleanTechnica published an update on Australia’s progress in transitioning to a grid fully powered by renewables. Batteries are an integral part of that to store and time shift Australia’s abundant solar resources. Here are some more good news stories from Down Under. Despite attempts by the newly elected conservative … [continued]
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A Second Golden Spike for an Electrified Canada: Using Carney’s Budget to Link the Provinces
Mark Carney’s first budget as Finance Minister quietly provided Canada with the ingredients for something the country has lacked for a century: a truly national electricity backbone. The Clean Electricity Investment Tax Credit, a 15% refundable credit on new generation, storage, and the transmission of electricity between provinces and territories, … [continued]
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