Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 07 May 2024 14:42:15 +0000
An executive with the TC Energy, a group that is among the largest operators of natural gas pipelines in North America, said electricity demand from energy-intensive data centers will support […]
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Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2024 15:11:16 +0000
A demonstration project led by Caterpillar at a Wyoming site showed that large-format hydrogen fuel cells could be used to supply backup power to a data center. Caterpillar on Jan. […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2023 12:48:00 +0000
A Massachusetts-based group developing an energy storage system to support renewable energy resources is moving forward with plans for a prototype facility outside Boston. Fourth Power on Dec. 12 said […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 10 May 2023 15:46:40 +0000
Software giant Microsoft on May 10 announced it has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with nuclear fusion startup Helion Energy to buy electricity from Helion as soon as 2028. […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2022 22:05:06 +0000
Globally, data centers are estimated to account for 1 to 2% of electricity usage. The percentage is higher in Europe, where data centers there consumed 104 TWh of electricity in 2020 — about 3% of all the electricity consumed within the EU. Those data centers create a lot of waste heat. Some of it could […]
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2022 20:50:38 +0000
It makes sense to perform the most hazardous activities in simulations when you’re testing advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), autonomous vehicle prototypes, or simply automobiles in general. An early autonomous system may be extremely unpredictable, and Tesla warns that they might “make the wrong decision at the worst possible time.” So, before even installing a […]
Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2022 05:10:10 +0000
Tesla’s Autopilot team recently visited New Orleans for the Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR). Ashok Elluswamy, Tesla’s Director of Autopilot Software, shared a photo of Tesla’s boot with an invitation for those in the area to stop by, talk with the engineers, and see the Cybertruck. The Tesla Autopilot team is at […]
Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Thu, 02 Jun 2022 16:05:29 +0000
As much as we love electric airplanes over here at CleanTechnica, zero emission flight at any significant scale is still years away. That’s why aviation stakeholders are so keen on biofuel. Cost and supply chain issues block the way, but a team of US researchers in the Pacific Northwest has just come up with a […]
Credit to Author: Jonny Tiernan| Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2022 18:41:14 +0000
This month it was announced that Microsoft had selected Carbonfuture to be an integral part of its carbon removal portfolio. This deal aims to support Microsoft’s ambitious climate pledge to become entirely carbon negative by 2030, and stands as yet another indicator of much-needed climate action. In terms of carbon removal purchases, this might be […]
Credit to Author: Patrick Klepek| Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2020 12:54:51 +0000
Epic and Microsoft join a chorus of other companies deciding to avoid the annual Game Developers Conference, as complications elsewhere rise.
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