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- Tech giants which in public virtue signal their commitment to useless renewables are quietly arranging more potent and reliable energy sources for their own needs.
- Hyping the AI Apocalypse Sun, 7 Apr 24, 3:00amThe red flag - the people hyping the AI apocalypse are mostly the same people who promised us a climate crisis for all these years.
- US aiming to ‘crack the code’ on deploying geothermal energy at scale Wed, 3 Apr 24, 12:00amRecent $74m investment made alongside assessment that 10% of electricity could be generated by geothermal by 2050
- Stephen Salter obituary Sat, 9 Mar 24, 7:14amInventor of rare versatility, whose projects ranged from a wave power device to the first AI robot
- AI’s craving for data is matched only by a runaway thirst for water and energy | John Naughton Sun, 3 Mar 24, 2:55amThe computing power for AI models requires immense – and increasing – amounts of natural resources. Legislation is required to prevent environmental crisis
- US judge halts government effort to monitor crypto mining energy use Tue, 27 Feb 24, 10:30pmFederal judge in Texas says new requirement would cause ‘irreparable injury’ to industry amid surging electricity usage
- A penny per email could curb our enormous data use | Letters Wed, 21 Feb 24, 3:54amMike McClelland proposes a 1p charge for messages in response to an article on the downside of Ireland’s datacentre boom. Plus a letter from Sue Stephenson
- Will hydrogen overtake batteries in the race for zero-emission cars? Tue, 13 Feb 24, 5:00pmIn part six of our series exploring myths surrounding EVs, we weigh up what will be the power of the future
- ‘Our contribution to a cleaner world’: How Kenya found an extraordinary power source beneath its feet Thu, 25 Jan 24, 5:00pmThe 1970s oil crisis helped pave the way for Kenya to utilise its vast geothermal resources beneath the Great Rift Valley
- Is guilt-free flying on the horizon? – podcast Tue, 16 Jan 24, 4:00pmIn November, a plane powered by 100% ‘sustainable’ jet fuel took off from London to New York. It was hailed by some as a milestone in reducing the carbon footprint of air travel, which accounts for about 2.5% of global...
- Energy from data centres could heat UK swimming pools after green investment Mon, 15 Jan 24, 11:27pmOctopus Energy invests in scheme which recycles heat from computer data processing centres
- AI Researchers Pushing Their Value to Climate Activists Wed, 3 Jan 24, 5:00amAccording to advocates, AI can generate better flood predictions than physics and geography. But is this just more magic box thinking?
- ‘Electricity is fundamental to quality of life’: the man bringing off-grid, pay-as-you-go power to Africa Wed, 3 Jan 24, 1:00amMansoor Hamayun, the co-founder and chief executive of Bboxx, started out with a university project to bring solar power to a few villages in Rwanda. Now he is set to expand tenfold across sub-Saharan Africa
- I thought most of us were going to die from the climate crisis. I was wrong Tue, 2 Jan 24, 6:00pmIn an extract from her book Not the End of the World, data scientist Hannah Ritchie explains how her work taught her that there are more reasons for hope than despair about climate change – and why a truly sustainable world...
- A world suffused with AI probably wouldn’t be good for us – or the planet | John Naughton Sun, 24 Dec 23, 3:00amAmid all the hysteria about ChatGPT and co, one thing is being missed: how energy-intensive the technology is