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Physicists Claim Creation of a Superconductor at Near-Ambient Conditions
Few discoveries in science would revolutionize technology as much as a material that achieves superconductivity at room temperature, under relatively mild pressures.
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How the Texas gas industry, in cahoots with regulators, created a loophole to avoid weatherization
Winterization of natural gas facilities in Texas is slow going.
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How much electricity does Youtube use?
As of 2019, data centers consume about 2% of global electricity. According to Swedish KTH Royal Institute of Technology, the internet uses 10% of the total electricity consumption worldwide. How much of that is consumed by Youtube? After Netflix and embedded videos, Youtube is the third biggest global internet bandwidth eater. About 11.4% of global internet traffic is consumed by Youtube.
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The hellish future of Las Vegas in the climate crisis: 'A place where we never go outside'
Las Vegas is the fastest-warming city in the United States. The city’s poorest residents are most at risk in the heat
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Wind power prices now lower than the cost of natural gas
This week, the US Department of Energy released a report that looks back on the state of wind power in the US by running the numbers on 2018. The analysis shows that wind hardware prices are dropping, even as new turbine designs are increasing the typical power generated by each turbine. As a result, recent wind farms have gotten so cheap that you can build and operate them for less than the expected cost of buying fuel for an equivalent natural gas plant.
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How to Get Emergency Power From a [U.S.] Phone Line
How to Get Emergency Power From a Phone Line: What do you do if the power is out and you need to charge your cell phone to make an emergency phone call? Don’t worry. There are plenty of potential power sources all around you. One of them is the phone line. In this instructable, I am going to ...
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Power Plant Accident Casts New Light On New York’s Dirty Fuel Addiction
The electrical accident that illuminated the New York City skyline late Thursday night came from a substation next to one of the state’s dirtiest plants, casting new light on the city’s dependence on antiquated oil-burning power stations and bolstering calls for cleaner electricity. This densely populated area of northwestern Queens provides nearly half the city’s electricity from aging plants that burn No. 6 fuel oil, a thick, viscous oil blend considered one of the most polluting energy sources in the world.
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Let’s Build a Global Power Grid
Reports abound of homeowners and businesses unplugging from the power grid and opting instead to generate and store their own electricity. Such grid defections may make sense in places where electricity rates are sky-high or service is spotty. But for just about everywhere else, it’s far more sensible to do the very opposite: interconnect regional electricity networks to form a globe-spanning supergrid.
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Can these 35-ton bricks solve renewable energy’s biggest problem?
It’s already cheaper to build a new solar or wind farm than a coal plant. But when the sun isn’t shining and the wind isn’t blowing, renewable electricity can still be fairly expensive to store–even though the cost of batteries is dropping. If the world shifted to 100% renewable electricity right now, we might pay more on electric bills.
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5 Easy Tips : How To Save The Electricity At Home
Without electricity our life is nothing and for that we can save it by doing some little efforts. Here are some tips for you by which you can save the electricity at home.
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Why Do Computers Use So Much Energy?
It’s possible they could be vastly more efficient, but for that to happen, we need to better understand the thermodynamics of computing
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Nuclear fusion scientists just solved a major problem in harnessing plasma hotter than the Sun
Being able to control plasma that is hotter than the Sun is notoriously difficult.
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NEC Changes Impacting Office Spaces
Steelcase’s Thread power distrubution offers a simple solution to ensure commercial buildings fully comply with the recent electrical outlet changes to the NEC.
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Electric Cars Could Soon Be Charged In Seconds With A New 'Flow Battery'
A revolutionary new battery technology could allow electric cars to be fully charged in seconds, instead of the hours it currently takes. Developed by chemists at the University of Glasgow, the ‘flow battery’ contains a liquid filled with nano molecules that can release energy as either electrical power or hydrogen.
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The fightback against the bitcoin energy guzzlers has begun
In towns and cities surrounding the Niagara Falls, US and Canadian authorities are grappling with a surge in bitcoin miners earning big bucks thanks to cheap hydroelectric power.
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These windows could keep the sun out while powering your house
Researchers have developed a new material that can be applied to windows to simultaneously block out the light and harness the power of the sun.
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UK to require all new homes have electric vehicle charging capabilities
Forward-looking: Electric vehicles very much appear to be the way of the future for the United Kingdom. By 2040, a ban on combustion vehicles could make electric vehicles a necessity. An initiative to install chargers in public places and in all new homes will help push towards the goal of going fully electric by 2040. A new proposal in the UK aims to require electrical vehicle charging capabilities at all new homes. In addition to homes, light poles near street parking locations will also be...
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Tokamak Energy hits 15 million degree fusion milestone
Privately funded UK venture Tokamak Energy has hit plasma temperatures hotter than the sun’s core for the first time, reaching 15 million degrees.
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Halogen light bulbs could disappear from Australian stores within two years
Halogen lights will disappear from Australia within two years, as the industry and federal government pivot towards more efficient and environmentally-friendly LED lighting. A ban on halogen bulbs, which use four times the energy of LED globes, was announced last month at a meeting of state and federal environment ministers. The ban is to come into effect from September 2020 but the bulbs could start disappearing from retail stores in as little as 12 months, according to the industry’s peak body, Lighting Council Australia.
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New study quantifies bitcoin’s ludicrous energy consumption
Bitcoin could consume 7.7 gigawatts by the end of 2018.
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