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Modern jet engine turbines: each blade a single crystal (2015) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-03 | get Single Crystal Turbine Blade Model → | tags: jet engine turbines, single crystal blades, alcoa howmet

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How the race for critical minerals is creating ‘sacrifice zones,’ impacting the world’s poorest people (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-05-03 | get Critical Minerals Mining Kit → | tags: critical minerals, sacrifice zones, electric vehicles

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Data center demand drives 66% surge in natural gas power plant costs (techcrunch.com)

2026-04-27 | by Tim De Chant | get Natural Gas Power Plant Model → | tags: natural gas, microsoft, meta

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New Gas-Powered Data Centers Could Emit More Greenhouse Gases Than Entire Nations (slashdot.org)

2026-04-24 | get Green Energy Data Center Kit → | tags: gas turbines, data centers, greenhouse gases

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How I boosted my portable solar panels' power by up to 30% - 11 expert-approved tips (zdnet.com)

2026-04-19 | by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes | get Portable Solar Panel Booster → | tags: solar panels, portable wind turbine, off-grid solar

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NAACP sues Elon Musk's xAI over Memphis data center air pollution (cnbc.com)

2026-04-14 | by Lora Kolodny | get Air Quality Monitoring Device → | tags: xai, memphis data center, gas turbines

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NAACP sues xAI over data center pollution (engadget.com)

2026-04-14 | get Eco-Friendly Data Center Kit → | tags: xai, spacex, colossus 2

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I spent two years testing wind power at home - here's why solar is still my preferred source (zdnet.com)

2026-04-13 | by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes | get Portable Solar Power Bank → | tags: solar power, wind turbines, plug-in solar

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After two years of testing, wind power still can't replace solar for me - here's why (zdnet.com)

2026-04-08 | by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes | get Portable Solar Power Bank → | tags: solar, wind turbines, solar generators

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I tested a portable wind turbine for 2 years: Why it's my backup, not a solar replacement (zdnet.com)

2026-04-08 | by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes | get Portable Wind Turbine Kit → | tags: wind turbine, portable wind turbine, adrian kingsley-hughes

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Has electricity decoupled from natural gas prices in Germany? (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-07 | get Smart Electric Meter → | tags: gas prices, electricity market, renewable energy

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Small Engines (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-06 | get Small Engine Repair Kit → | tags: internal combustion engine, gas turbines, nickel-superalloys

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How my portable wind turbine compares to solar panels - 2 years of testing later (zdnet.com)

2026-03-26 | by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes | get Portable Wind Turbine Kit → | tags: wind turbine, solar panels, shine turbine

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Arbor Energy just landed a billion-dollar order to bring rocket turbine tech to the power grid (techcrunch.com)

2026-03-25 | by Tim De Chant | get Rocket Turbine Model Kit → | tags: rocket turbomachinery, arbor energy, gridmarket

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Planned 10-gigawatt Softbank data center in Ohio might be the largest in the world — will require a $33 billion natural gas plant, equivalent to nine nuclear reactors (tomshardware.com)

2026-03-20 | by Anton Shilov | tags: softbank, ohio data center, nvidia rubin

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This Startup Wants to Tuck Data Centers Beneath Offshore Wind Turbines (gizmodo.com)

2026-03-05 | get Data Center → | tags: aikido technologies, offshore wind turbines, ai industry

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Elon Musk's xAI faces threat of NAACP lawsuit over air pollution from Mississippi data center (cnbc.com)

2026-02-13 | by Lora Kolodny | get Artificial Intelligence → | tags: environmental, memphis, musk

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Are wind power generators actually viable at home? I tried one, and the results blew me away (zdnet.com)

2026-02-08 | by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes | get Solar Power Generator → | tags: power, setup, shine

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U.S. govt says Musk's gas turbine generators for xAI aren’t exempt from permits — EPA ruling closes local loophole that allowed Musk to get power from temporary on-site power generators (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-18 | by Jowi Morales | get Gas turbines → | tags: generators, grid, power

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EPA rules that xAI’s natural gas generators were illegally used (techcrunch.com)

2026-01-16 | by Tim De Chant | get Natural Gas Generators → | tags: centers, data centers, operating

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How AI labs are solving the power problem (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-12-31 | by Ajey Pandey | get Artificial Intelligence → | tags: energy, engines, grid

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AI Labs Are Solving the Power Problem (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-12-31 | by Ajey Pandey | get Artificial Intelligence → | tags: energy, engines, grid

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Do wind power generators actually work at home? I tested one, and the results blew me away (zdnet.com)

2025-12-28 | by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes | get Wind Turbine Generator → | tags: power, setup, shine

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Supersonic airline outfit Boom unveils turbine for AI data centers — 42 MW Superpower turbine uses the same tech designed to power Concorde successor to Mach 1.7 at 60,000 ft (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-10 | by Bruno Ferreira | get Turbine → | tags: boom, power, superpower

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Boom Supersonic raises $300M to build natural gas turbines for Crusoe data centers (techcrunch.com)

2025-12-09 | by Tim De Chant | get Natural Gas Turbines → | tags: boom, combined, cycle

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Musk’s xAI to build small solar farm adjacent to Colossus data center (techcrunch.com)

2025-11-26 | by Tim De Chant | get Solar Farm → | tags: center, data center, power

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Are wind power generators viable at home? My buying verdict after a year of testing (zdnet.com)

2025-11-17 | by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes | get Solar Power Generator → | tags: power, setup, shine

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Are wind power generators a viable resource at home? My honest truth after months of testing (zdnet.com)

2025-11-13 | by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes | get Solar panel → | tags: power, setup, shine

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Are wind power generators viable at home? My buying advice after months of testing (zdnet.com)

2025-10-31 | by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes | get iPhone → | tags: cm, kit, power

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China Finds Ingenious Solution for Its Decommissioned Wind Turbine Blades (gizmodo.com)

2025-10-31 | by Margherita Bassi | get Meta Quest → | tags: barriers, blades, sand