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Evaporative cooling tech could curb data centers’ rising energy demands
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Evaporative cooling tech could curb data centers’ rising energy demands

Illustration of a fiber membrane removing heat from an electronic chip through evaporation. Credit: Tianshi Feng Engineers at the University of California San...

Energy Star, on the Trump’s target list, has a long history of helping consumers’ wallets and the planet
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Energy Star, on the Trump’s target list, has a long history of helping consumers’ wallets and the planet

Since the early 1990s, the small blue Energy Star label has appeared on millions of household appliances, electronics and even buildings across the...

Sam Altman doesn’t think you should be worried about ChatGPT’s energy usage – reveals exactly how much power each prompt uses
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Sam Altman doesn’t think you should be worried about ChatGPT’s energy usage – reveals exactly how much power each prompt uses

Sam Altman says a ChatGPT prompt uses “0.34 watt-hours” of electricity, roughly one second of an oven He also says a single ChatGPT...

As Trump’s tariffs loom, Southeast Asia’s solar industry faces devastation | Climate Crisis News
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As Trump’s tariffs loom, Southeast Asia’s solar industry faces devastation | Climate Crisis News

Bangkok, Thailand – A brief text message informed Chonlada Siangkong that she had lost her job at a solar cell factory in Rayong,...

How the ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ positions US energy to be more costly for consumers and the climate
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How the ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ positions US energy to be more costly for consumers and the climate

Credit: CC0 Public Domain When it comes to energy policy, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act“—the official name of a massive federal tax-cut...

Sunny Greece struggles with solar energy overload
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Sunny Greece struggles with solar energy overload

Greece is building battery storage capacity to manage its surplus from solar power. In a field in central Greece that once grew clover...

Just 2% of tidal and offshore solar energy could make a dent in carbon dioxide emissions
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Just 2% of tidal and offshore solar energy could make a dent in carbon dioxide emissions

Graphical abstract. Credit: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2025.115563 Harnessing just 2% of the energy potential from tidal and offshore solar...

Citizen participation in the energy transition: Learning from experience
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Citizen participation in the energy transition: Learning from experience

by Bianca Schröder, Forschungsinstitut für Nachhaltigkeit Helmholtz-Zentrum Potsdam Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain How effective is citizen and public participation in the energy transition?...

Clean energy investment rising despite economic uncertainty: IEA
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Clean energy investment rising despite economic uncertainty: IEA

Solar now draws the largest amount of energy investment. Investment in clean energy technologies is set to strike a record this year despite...