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Over 70% of New Solar Power Is Going Up in States That Voted for Trump (gizmodo.com)

2026-09-15 | get Jackery Solar Generator 1000 portable power station → | tags: solar power, trump, republican policies

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How Much Solar Power Do You Actually Need For An RV? (engadget.com)

2026-09-12 | by Jack Peachey | get Renogy 200W 12V solar panel RV kit charge controller → | tags: solar power, renewable energy, battery bank

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Trump is giving data centers a pass to pollute (theverge.com)

2026-09-12 | by Justine Calma | get Levoit Core 300S air purifier HEPA → | tags: donald trump, epa, ai data centers

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Oracle tries to appease Stargate data center opponents with renewables push (arstechnica.com)

2026-09-11 | get Emporia Vue 3 energy monitor → | tags: oracle, openai, project jupiter

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Google's new AI weather model uses live satellite data for higher-resolution forecasts (engadget.com)

2026-09-03 | by Ian Carlos Campbell | get Tempest Weather System home weather station → | tags: google deepmind, weathernext 3, satellite data

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AI will be the defining test of Apple’s environmental commitments, says Greenpeace (9to5mac.com)

2026-09-02 | by Ben Lovejoy | get Kasa smart plug energy monitoring → | tags: apple, siri ai, greenpeace

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A massive clean energy IPO made enhanced geothermal the hot renewable. What has to happen next for it to succeed (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-25 | tags: fervo energy, enhanced geothermal, renewable energy

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Nuclear power is China’s key for transitioning to a fully renewable grid design (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-23 | get home energy monitor electricity usage → | tags: china, nuclear reactors, massachusetts institute of technology

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This startup wants to turn your water heater into a smart thermal battery (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-12 | tags: reservoir, water heater, smart thermal battery

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How my solar company is surviving the war on renewable energy (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-11 | tags: solar industry, renewable energy, policy turbulence

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‘Our Retribution Tour’: A Crypto-Inspired Green Energy PAC Is Reportedly Collecting One Republican Scalp After Another (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-08 | tags: like pac, like renewables, pac ads

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Germany Records Historic 12B KWh Solar Feed-In in July 2026 (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: germany, photovoltaic, entso-e

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DIY Home Solar System for under $5000 (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-27 | tags: solar system, home solar, diy

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Producing ammonia and fertiliser using wind power in Morris, Minnesota (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-25 | by Jacinta Bakker | tags: wind power, ammonia, haber bosch

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Finland’s radical answer to renewable energy’s biggest headache: The world’s largest sand battery (cnbc.com)

2026-07-25 | by Sam Meredith | tags: sand battery, polar night energy, finland

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Meta has pulled out of a renewable energy initiative as it relies more on natural gas for data centers (engadget.com)

2026-07-24 | by Karissa Bell | tags: meta, renewable energy, data centers

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The power line that could reshape New York’s grid is hitting snags (technologyreview.com)

2026-07-23 | by Casey Crownhart | tags: chppe, hydro-quebec, nyc grid

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Australia To Put Environmental Brakes On AI Data Centers (slashdot.org)

2026-07-18 | tags: australia, ai data centers, prime minister albanese

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AI data centers must produce as much power as they use, Australia PM says — new national AI framework will also ensure water efficiency and protect intellectual property rights (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-17 | by Jowi Morales | tags: ai data centers, australian standards, hyperscalers

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Germany maybe found a new source of renewable energy (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-15 | by Jüstel | tags: geothermal, heat, weisweiler

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Venture Capitalists Disgusted by Solar Power Because It’s Generating Too Much Clean Electricity to Be Grossly Profitable (futurism.com)

2026-06-30 | by Victor Tangermann | get Solar Power Efficiency Kit → | tags: solar power, renewable energy, bloomberg

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US renewable boom passes key milestone in April (arstechnica.com)

2026-06-29 | get Renewable Energy Solar Panel Kit → | tags: solar energy, us grid, coal-fired generation

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The Anti-Data-Center Movement Is Reshaping Michigan Politics (wired.com)

2026-06-29 | by Molly Taft | get Eco-Friendly Data Center Kit → | tags: sunrise movement, data centers, michigan politics

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Years of living with solar power taught me these 12 myths are simply wrong (zdnet.com)

2026-06-28 | by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes | get Solar Power Beginner Kit → | tags: solar power, solar panels, jackery

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Renewable Energy Just Hit 30% of America's Electricity Generation (slashdot.org)

2026-06-28 | by Posted | get Solar Panel Kit → | tags: renewable energy, america, solar power

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How IEEE Awardee Karen Panetta Became Bewitched by Engineering (spectrum.ieee.org)

2026-06-24 | by Joanna Goodrich | get Engineering Puzzle Book → | tags: ieee, tufts university, cpu digital twin

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Scientists Say New Method Turns Coffee Grounds Into High-Potency Renewable Fuel (futurism.com)

2026-06-24 | by Joe Wilkins | get Coffee Grounds Recycling Kit → | tags: flame plasma pyrolysis, biochar, coffee waste

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UN chief urges AI companies to ‘come clean’ about the pollution they generate (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-06-23 | get AI Pollution Monitoring Kit → | tags: ai companies, data centers, london climate action week

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Power for energy-guzzling AI data centers is getting fast-tracked thanks to federal regulators (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-06-22 | get Smart Power Strip → | tags: federal energy regulatory commission, ai data centers, power grid

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Amazon is investigating three employees who spoke out against building more AI data centers (engadget.com)

2026-06-19 | by Mariella Moon | get AI Data Center Security Kit → | tags: amazon, ai data centers, seattle city council