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AI’s Power Boom Could Pull Factory-Built Nuclear Down the Cost Curve
Get in touch - leave me a message AI data centres are creating an extraordinary new demand for electricity. The harder question is whether clean, firm power can be built quickly enough to meet it, without falling back on gas. My guest in this episode is Matt Loszak, co-founder and CEO of Aalo Atomics, which is developing small, factory-built nuclear reactors initially for AI data centres.
Battery Rebate 1 January 2027: How to Spot a Fake Deadline
The federal battery rebate drops on 1 January 2027 but doesn’t end until 2030. Learn the real dates, red flags and your cooling-off rights.
BMW Sales Suffer In 3rd Quarter, With BEVs Only Real Bright Spot
Like many legacy automakers, BMW Group is having a down year, including in the third quarter. In fact, despite years of dragging its feet and lobbying against regulations pushing for a faster transition to electric vehicles, full electrics (BEVs) were the only bright spot for the company last quarter. While ... [continued] The post BMW Sales Suffer In 3rd Quarter, With BEVs Only Real Bright Spot appeared first on CleanTechnica.
FERC rejected PJM’s data center curtailment plan. What’s next for BYOC?
Federal regulators rejected most of the grid operator’s plan, but approved the implementation of a large load registry.
Tesla is unveiling the new Roadster for real this time, promise
Tesla says it will finally stream its next-generation Roadster event this Thursday, October 15, at 7:55 pm Central, two weeks after it was supposed to happen. It’s the latest date in a long list of them. Tesla first showed the Roadster in November 2017 and promised production in 2020. Nearly nine years later, it hasn’t delivered a single one. more
Which Alkaline Battery Brand Has Leaked on you the most?
I am trying to find actual Alkaline batteries that won’t leak or at least won’t leak before I get a chance to replace them. I have a feeling Duracells are the main culprits as non of my devices with Energizers with the battery meter back in the day have failed, but all my devices with Duracells have leaked and destroyed my Gameboy, my smart lock (they were basically new batteries). Anyway, I want to see what brands people have experienced the most leaks. View Poll submitted by /u/Psychological-Hall22 [link] [comments]
Is Trump Trying to Blow Up the Permitting Deal?
This is Heatmap Daily, an evening news digest written by our executive editor. Subscribe here. At the end of the day, the biggest threat to the bipartisan permitting deal probably isn’t green groups, the fossil fuel industry, or monopoly utilities. It’s President Trump himself. The legislative proposal is meant to constrain the president from tampering with clean energy projects — and if it passes, then some of its provisions seem like they could do so. But in order for it to pass, Trump must adhere to the deal that he brokered with the bill’
Momentum for Measuring Water Lost in Wyoming’s Portion of the Colorado River Dries Up
Wyoming may resume collecting data in the Green River and Little Snake River basins as part of a future Upper Colorado River Basin project.By Jake Bolster Wyoming has shelved a state-funded project to measure water use in the Green River and Little Snake River basins after it could not get enough data to create a basin-wide estimate of water lost during irrigation.
What to say to Californians worried about grid batteries
This is California Wire , a weekly newsletter from Jeff St. John on the state’s clean energy transition. Subscribe to get it every Wednesday via Substack. Hi everyone! Welcome back to California Wire. Last Thursday, I took the train up to Sacramento to participate in a panel at the California Energy Storage
How to Sue an Energy Project After the Permitting Bill
A bipartisan group of senators proposed major reforms to the country’s environmental laws last month in an effort to speed up the federal approval process for energy projects of all kinds. If it passes, one of the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act’s biggest changes would be transforming the U.S. court system’s role in federal environmental reviews.
How AI went from climate hero to villain
Not long ago, we were asking if AI would save the climate. Now we’re asking if it will wreck it. The truth is somewhere in between. But it’s easy to see why sentiment swung so radically. When the AI race kicked off, we were promised rapid breakthroughs in materials, a business model revolution, and a radically more intelligent energy economy. But many people feel like we got hulking gas plants, higher electricity prices, and broken emissions promises instead.
GoodWe & BYD Strap In For Amber’s Wild Ride
More battery owners can now take a ride on Amber Electric’s wholesale pricing rollercoaster, with leading battery brand GoodWe integrating with the retailer’s SmartShift technology. It is the second big reveal from Amber in a matter of weeks, after the company announced BYD’s Sealion 7 can now join its vehicle-to-grid (V2G) trial. Will GoodWe Batteries
Offshore Wind in Australia: What Homeowners Need to Know About the New Energy Source
Curious about offshore wind Australia homeowners? Discover how ocean turbines impact power bills, grid stability, and your rooftop solar setup.
Trump goes after an offshore wind farm that’s already up and running
After halting construction on offshore wind farms and canceling leases for future projects, the Trump administration just took another step to erode America’s troubled offshore wind industry. The Interior Department wants to reevaluate a key approval for Revolution Wind — a $6.2 billion project that is already
Rivian’s Mind Robotics snags Doug Field, ex-Tesla and Ford EV chief
Doug Field, the engineer who ran Tesla’s Model 3 program and later Ford’s entire EV operation, is now president of Mind Robotics, the industrial robotics startup Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe spun out of Rivian last year. He lands at a company that has now raised more than $1 billion in under a year, and he’ll run product, engineering, and operations alongside Scaringe. more
Diesel Heater Priming
I can't for the life of me find out how to put this into priming mode online and my heater came without a manual. (LF-Bros ES5.0 5KW 12V Parking Diesel Heater if that matters. I think the controller is a T2). I have a tiny little air bubble in the line. This happened last year, but I'm unable to contact the person that fixed it. I tried to squeeze the line and push it through but my fingers are not strong and I'm worried any tool would rip the hose. I've tried cold starting it to run the line probably 20 times and the air bubble won't move.
Victron is Over-priced Eurotrash. Why would anybody buy Victron over an AiO?
EDIT: This thread has become a Victron bro-fest. Anything Victron related is on-topic. Given that I'm also horrible about staying on-topic, even that rule is flexible... For those familiar with my post-whoring ways, this subject line is likely quite shocking. Just trying to make a point... Seemed a good lead into the question. The answer? Because Victron is worth it. It's a small company run by people who give a shit and care about their product, its performance, features and the... Read more
Victron 200Ah Battery Meltdown Failure
In service running great for five years on on a boat. External regulation 200Ah Victron battery and system. User had a warning on victron app that one cell hit 3.95V. Then: "recharged to 100% then went to use microwave and it shut down the bank after about 20 sec so I checked the batteries and the photos show what happened so I removed it". Meltdown: These use sinpoly winston thundersky's. Some of the best cells out there for slow... Read more
Don't connect Victron MPPTs in parallel
I thought I was clever, I made a combiner with 6 strings of panels down into the mech room. My idea was that any/all of the strings would be connected to 2 250/100 MPPTs. Each string of panels is fused... but the combination of panels was not fused to each MPPT. If you read the manual in the fine print it tells you that the MPPT can accept upto 70 amps. Well mister, 6 strings of panels can make more than 70amps. Aparently on of the MPPTs did a sweep and it caused the other to think... Read more
Battery cable & fuse question -> Epoch V2-T 12v 460 ah
I'm in the planning stage for building a new DIY solar generator. I'm ditching my old one with the four BB 100 ah batteries and decided to re-engineer based on what I learned the first time around. I'll be reusing the four 100 watt Renogy panels from the first build. Based on the max current possible from this battery I think I should be using 4/0 cable, and a A3T T2 400 amp fuse (and holder) off the positive terminal. As I understand it, that protects the cable and the battery's internal... Read more
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