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The Download: a secretive antiaging drug and joining virtual power plants (technologyreview.com)

2026-08-28 | by Thomas Macaulay | tags: generation lab, irina conboy, virtual power plant

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How to sign up for a virtual power plant—and decide whether you should (technologyreview.com)

2026-08-28 | by Eshan Raul | get Google Nest Learning Thermostat → | tags: virtual power plant, energyhub, smart thermostats

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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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Data Centers Are Driving an Alarming Gas Power Expansion in the US (wired.com)

2026-08-25 | by Molly Taft | get Emporia Vue Gen 3 energy monitor → | tags: gas power, data centers, global energy monitor

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Trump says data center protesters are "making a mistake," but his allies disagree (techspot.com)

2026-08-24 | by Kishalaya Kundu | get Emporia Vue 3 home energy monitor → | tags: trump, data centers, ratepayer protection pledge

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Iran-linked Cyberattackers Shut Down a UK Power Plant for Four Days (slashdot.org)

2026-08-23 | by Posted | get APC Back-UPS Pro 1500VA surge protector → | tags: iran, cyberattackers, uk power plant

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Small UK power generator shut down after cyberattack linked to Iran: Telegraph (cnbc.com)

2026-08-23 | by Azhar Sukri | get EcoFlow DELTA 2 portable power station → | tags: iran, cyberattack, uk power plant

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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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Inertia Enterprises finds a way to make its fusion fuel fast (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-20 | by Tim De Chant | tags: fusion, inertia enterprises, national ignition facility

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Home batteries are suddenly cheap and everywhere. Here’s why. (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-19 | by Tim De Chant | tags: tesla, powerwall, base power

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$12B of US ratepayers' money wasted on a modeling mistake in PJM (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-17 | by Robert Boswall | tags: pjm, reserve requirement study, capacity market

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St Lucie Nuclear Reactor Unit 1 manually shutdown, 3 control rods drop into core (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-16 | by Emma Romano | tags: st lucie nuclear power plant, control rods, nuclear regulatory commission

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The Real Reason Data Center Gas Power Plants Are So Dirty (wired.com)

2026-08-14 | by Molly Taft | tags: amazon, texas power plant, gas turbines

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Amazon backs power plant that may become top source of US climate pollution (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-10 | tags: amazon, texas power plant, xai

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Amazon backs power plant that may become top source of US climate pollution (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-10 | tags: amazon, texas power plant, xai

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Trump administration has spent nearly $4B to cancel offshore wind farms (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-07 | by Tim De Chant | tags: natural, natural gas, plants

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This fusion startup just raised another $1 billion for its first commercial power plant (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-03 | tags: commonwealth fusion systems, fusion power plant, virginia

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SpaceXAI says it will remove all 69 of its unpermitted turbine power generators, but expects process to take a year — trailer-mounted generators to be replaced by 1.2GW power plant (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-02 | by Jowi Morales | tags: spacexai, colossus data centers, nvidia h200

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Fusion power darling Commonwealth Fusion Systems raises another $1B (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-30 | by Tim De Chant | tags: commonwealth fusion systems, sparc reactor, arc power plant

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Baseload Is a Myth (2024) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-29 | by Sean Fleming | tags: baseload, california grid, thermal power plants

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This stunning map shows the world’s electric grid in detail (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-28 | tags: electric grid, power plants, solar farms

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World's First Wave Power Generator Receives Certification For Regular Use (slashdot.org)

2026-07-24 | tags: corpower ocean, dnv, wave energy converter

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AI Data Centers Use Far More Water Than Most Tech Giants Report (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-07-03 | get Water Cooling System for Data Centers → | tags: data centers, power plants, tech giants

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Rolls-Royce Secures Deal To Build Small Nuclear Reactors For Sweden (slashdot.org)

2026-06-19 | get Small Modular Reactor Kit → | tags: rolls-royce, small nuclear reactors, sweden

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AI data centers just got a government-mandated fast lane to the grid (techcrunch.com)

2026-06-18 | by Tim De Chant | get Smart Power Management Strip → | tags: ferc, data centers, grid operators

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Why 2 SpaceX alumni are betting on solar and batteries to power the AI craze (techcrunch.com)

2026-06-10 | by Tim De Chant | tags: ambrosia, plant, power

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Why two SpaceX alumni are betting on solar and batteries to power the AI craze (techcrunch.com)

2026-06-10 | by Tim De Chant | tags: ambrosia, plant, power

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How virtual power plants could provide energy for data centers (technologyreview.com)

2026-06-03 | by Casey Crownhart | get Smart Power Management System → | tags: virtual power plant, voltus, google

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Pacific Fusion’s latest prototype packs 440 gigawatts into an 80-nanosecond burst (techcrunch.com)

2026-06-02 | by Tim De Chant | get High-Speed Power Storage Module → | tags: pacific fusion, pulser module, inertial confinement

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Americans Would Rather Live by a Nuclear Power Plant Than an AI Data Center (gizmodo.com)

2026-05-14 | get AI Data Center Model Kit → | tags: nuclear power plant, ai data center, americans