The cost-cutting firm Costco has been forced to raise prices and implement rationing, as US President Donald Trump's war in Iran continues to push up the cost of fuel and motor oil, too (cropped, courtesy of Costco).
The cost-cutting firm Costco has been forced to raise prices and implement rationing, as US President Donald Trump’s war in Iran continues to push up the cost of fuel and motor oil, too.
Geothermal energy has emerged as another up-and-coming existential threat to the US coal industry, with support from the Trump administration (cropped, courtesy of Mazama Energy).
Geothermal energy has emerged as another up-and-coming existential threat to the US coal industry, with support from the Trump administration.
ARES has demonstrated roughly 340 tonnes of mass moving through about 36 metres of elevation. The result is only about 33 kWh of gross stored energy.
ARES North America has now operated enough of its GravityLine system at Gamebird Pit in Nevada to make clear its deep limitations to people who didn’t simply do the grade 7 math and science calculations. Sandia National Laboratories documents a pair of mass cars weighing roughly 340 tonnes climbing a … [continued]
I’m not going to lie — I don’t typically jump or get riled up by claims that AI is going to take over the world or threaten humanity, beyond the insane energy use and emissions issue, that is. I first heard such warnings 23 years ago. Yes, 23 years ago. … [continued]
Look around your home this evening. The days are getting shorter, and our craving for light means that we are substituting artificial illumination for sunlight. It also may mean that we are unknowingly causing injury to the hundreds of species of birds that are now migrating to their southern homes. … [continued]
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is desperate to win the unsupervised FSD (Full Self Driving) race, but questions continue to rise over his promotion of the technology (courtesy of Tesla via CleanTechnica archive).
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is desperate to win the unsupervised FSD (Full Self Driving) race, but questions continue to rise over his promotion of the technology.
Earlier this week, IFA Berlin wrapped up. If there was a consistent theme around clean technology, it was that sustainability is not just one thing, but a diverse range of approaches. Some of the innovations that we focus on in the US have become routine in Germany. Although I had … [continued]
The J.H. Campbell generating station first went into service in 1962. It is located in West Olive, Michigan in the western part of the state, just a few miles from the shores of Lake Donald Lake Michigan. At its peak, it supplied 1,420 MW of coal fired electricity from three separate … [continued]
Conceptualising a twelve-month roadmap for domestic gateway teleports, Q/V band licensing and a Harare Point of Presence. By Willard Shoko The Satellite Evolution: From Mazowe to LEO Constellations Zimbabwe’s satellite telecommunications journey began following an official state visit to Japan, which led directly to the establishment of the country’s primary … [continued]
Dense-fluid pumped hydro is squeezed from both sides: shorter durations strengthen battery competition, while true long-duration storage drives mineral demand upward and strengthens conventional pumped hydro.
RheEnergise deserves credit for something a lot of energy-storage startups never accomplish: it built the thing. At Cornwood in Devon, the company constructed upper and lower reservoirs, installed pumps, pipes and generating equipment, manufactured hundreds of cubic metres of its proprietary high-density fluid, pumped that fluid uphill and ran it … [continued]
