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.
The red flag - the people hyping the AI apocalypse are mostly the same people who promised us a climate crisis for all these years.
Recent $74m investment made alongside assessment that 10% of electricity could be generated by geothermal by 2050
Inventor of rare versatility, whose projects ranged from a wave power device to the first AI robot
The computing power for AI models requires immense – and increasing – amounts of natural resources. Legislation is required to prevent environmental crisis
Federal judge in Texas says new requirement would cause ‘irreparable injury’ to industry amid surging electricity usage
Mike 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
In part six of our series exploring myths surrounding EVs, we weigh up what will be the power of the future
The 1970s oil crisis helped pave the way for Kenya to utilise its vast geothermal resources beneath the Great Rift Valley
In 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...
Octopus Energy invests in scheme which recycles heat from computer data processing centres
According to advocates, AI can generate better flood predictions than physics and geography. But is this just more magic box thinking?
Mansoor 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
In 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...
Amid all the hysteria about ChatGPT and co, one thing is being missed: how energy-intensive the technology is
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