Much of the current “AI generation” is driven by ideas explored and popularized in science-fiction novels, movies, TV shows, and comic books. The hype is overflowing, and so is some fear. On the one hand, AI fanatics want us to believe AI will solve all the world’s problems. (The naivete … [continued]
As War in Iran Drives Push for Energy Security, Energy Storage Forecast Revised Upwards over Next Five Years WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. energy storage industry installed 9.7 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of new capacity in the first quarter of 2026, the strongest first quarter in the sector’s history. According to the … [continued]
INDIANAPOLIS – A full page open letter in the Sunday papers of the Indianapolis Star calls on the country’s largest technology company CEOs — Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, Google’s Sundar Pichai, Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg, and Microsoft’s Satya Nadella — to power their data centers with clean energy, or risk failing to meet their own … [continued]
Treaty Oak Clean Energy recently announced it entered into agreements with the technology company Meta for two utility-scale solar projects totaling 385 MW in Louisiana. The solar projects are backed by power purchase agreements with Meta. Chris Elrod, the Co-Founder and CEO of Treaty Oak Clean Energy, answered some questions … [continued]
Collaboration expands Silicon Ranch relationships with both Meta and Central Project supports Meta’s 100% sustainability goal at its first data center in South Carolina Silicon Ranch, owner and operator of one of the nation’s largest fleets of solar facilities and a community-focused energy infrastructure company, will partner with Columbia-based Central Electric … [continued]
Silicon Ranch and Meta are bringing a new 100-megawatt solar power plant to South Carolina, along with a land stewardship plan for soil and habitat cultivation among the solar panels.
The demand for new electricity to serve data centers is exploding and no one seems to care about how much pollution that will cause.
Devastating consequences of the climate crisis are being submerged by climate misinformation messengers, who are persuaded by a self-serving but very powerful minority to mistrust scientific evidence. In many cases such disbelief emerges from social media affordances, which could actually be tapped as a source for rapid public information dissemination … [continued]
Heliostats and a solar tower at the Ivanpah Solar Project, owned by NRG Energy, Bright Source Energy, Bechtel, and Google. Photo by Dennis Schroeder, NREL.
Despite current circumstances, corporations in the US are spending heavily on solar and energy storage to power their operations. On that topic, the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) just released its annual Solar Means Business report. Joe Biden’s efforts as president of the United States to create green policies will … [continued]
The AI craze is threatening to overwhelm utility companies who don’t have enough electricity to power new data centers.
