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Microsoft’s AI data center push is colliding with its clean power goals (techcrunch.com)

2026-05-06 | by Tim De Chant | get Azure Solar Power Bank → | tags: microsoft, ai data centers, clean energy

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Silicon Valley bets $200M on AI data centers floating in the ocean (arstechnica.com)

2026-05-05 | get Floating Data Center Kit → | tags: palantir, ai data centers, ocean floating nodes

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Forget Expensive Carbon Capture—Renewables Are the Cheaper Climate Fix (gizmodo.com)

2026-05-05 | get Renewable Energy Starter Kit → | tags: renewable energy, carbon capture, climate change

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The War on Iran Is Fueling an Energy Crisis. This Wasted Gas Could Help (gizmodo.com)

2026-05-05 | get Portable Solar Generator → | tags: iran, iea, methane

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Palantir co-founder Peter Thiel backs $140M wave-powered AI data center startup — Panthalassa aims to run offshore compute nodes using ocean energy (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-05 | by Etiido Uko | get Ocean Energy Data Center → | tags: palantir, peter thiel, ocean energy

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Moment Energy raises $40M to meet ‘infinite demand for power’ with EV batteries (techcrunch.com)

2026-05-05 | by Sean O'Kane | get Tesla Powerwall → | tags: moment energy, ev batteries, evok innovations

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This startup just raised $140 million to build wave-powered AI data centers at sea (techspot.com)

2026-05-05 | get Wave-Powered Data Center Kit → | tags: panthalassa, ai data centers, wave power

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Geothermal startup Fervo Energy to raise up to $1.3B in IPO (techcrunch.com)

2026-05-05 | by Tim De Chant | get Geothermal Energy Starter Kit → | tags: fervo energy, ipo, nasdaq

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How fertilizer shortages caused by the energy crisis threaten food security (feeds.nature.com)

2026-05-05 | by Yang | get Smart Garden Soil Tester → | tags: fertilizer shortages, energy crisis, nitrogen supply

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IEEE Smart Village Is Helping to Electrify Rural Cameroon (spectrum.ieee.org)

2026-05-04 | by Natalie Zundel | get Portable Solar Power Bank → | tags: ieee smart village, renewable energy innovators cameroon, photovoltaic technology

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Trump administration cites national security in stalling 165 wind farms (arstechnica.com)

2026-05-04 | get Wind Turbine Maintenance Kit → | tags: trump administration, wind farms, department of defense

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Barocal can cool your food and drink by squeezing a hunk of plastic crystals (techcrunch.com)

2026-05-04 | by Tim De Chant | get Barocal Plastic Cooling Kit → | tags: barocal, vapor compression, xavier moya

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Data centers are breaking the electric grid. Meet the $6 billion startup and its visionary CEO solving the problem (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-05-04 | get Smart Power Backup System → | tags: crusoe, redwood materials, jb straubel

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Feds Fine Durham Energy Efficiency Co $722M (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-04 | by Lisa Sorg | get Energy Star LED Bulb → | tags: american efficient, ferc, durham

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Denmark faces data center reckoning as power grid overwhelmed by surging demand (cnbc.com)

2026-05-04 | by April Roach | get Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) → | tags: denmark, energinet, data centers

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Humanoid Robot Actuators (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-04 | by About The Author | get Robotics Humanoid Arm Kit → | tags: humanoid robots, firgelli automations, actuators

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Here are the 3 big things we're watching in the stock market in the week ahead (cnbc.com)

2026-05-03 | by Kevin Stankiewicz | get Stock Market News Book → | tags: s&p 500, eaton, energy supplies

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Investors pile into clean energy as Iran war drives push for energy security (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-03 | get Solar Panel Kit → | tags: clean energy, iran, energy security

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The $19B "Nuclear AI" Energy Startup That Couldn't Sign a Single Client (slashdot.org)

2026-05-02 | by Posted | get Nuclear AI Energy Kit → | tags: nuclear energy, fermi startup, artificial intelligence

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Pentagon budget reveals it's pursuing containerized 300kW+ laser weapons, ambitious Joint Laser Weapon System designed to shoot down cruise missiles — system part of $17.9 billion Golden Dome missile-defense initiative (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-01 | by Etiido Uko | tags: joint laser weapon system, golden dome missile-defense, high-energy laser

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Why this Louisiana military base spent $30 million to run on geothermal energy (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-05-01 | get Geothermal Energy System Kit → | tags: geothermal energy, louisiana, defense department

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This ultra-cheap, water-based iron battery could last 16 years without degrading (techspot.com)

2026-05-01 | get Water-Based Iron Battery Kit → | tags: iron flow battery, chinese academy of sciences, advanced energy materials

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Veeva Systems to join S&P 500 index, replacing Coterra Energy (cnbc.com)

2026-04-30 | by Jordan Novet | get Veeva Systems Cloud Software → | tags: veeva systems, sp 500, coterra energy

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Ambitious Experiment Aims to Test Tiny Nuclear Reactors for AI Data Centers (gizmodo.com)

2026-04-30 | get Mini Nuclear Reactor Kit → | tags: microreactors, nuclear reactors, ai data centers

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Beard Papa’s, Emack & Bolio’s, and other NYC retailers are using these plug-in batteries to slash power costs (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-04-30 | get Rechargeable Battery Pack → | tags: beard papa’s, david energy, emack & bolio’s

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The FCC is about to ban 21% of its test labs today. I mapped them all (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-30 | get Test Lab Mapping Guide → | tags: fcc, test labs, rf energy

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Belgium stops decommissioning nuclear power plants (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-30 | get Nuclear Power Plant Model → | tags: belgium, engie, nuclear power

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1.4 GW: battery storage at former Grohnde nuclear power plant (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-30 | by Christof Windeck | get Tesla Powerwall 2 → | tags: grohnde nuclear power plant, emmerthal energy cluster, battery storage systems

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Inventions for battery reuse and recycling increase seven-fold in last decade (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-30 | get Battery Recycling Kit → | tags: battery recycling, electric vehicles, asia

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An Untapped Energy Goldmine Is Buried Beneath the US—and No, It’s Not Oil (gizmodo.com)

2026-04-29 | get Geothermal Energy Kit → | tags: lithium reserves, us geological survey, eastern states