Archive for the 'Energy' Category
Siemens Executive, Wife and Children Killed in Hudson River Helicopter Crash
April 11th, 2025The rotor and tail boom detached mid-flight. Talked to a number of my pilot friends -“This isn’t normal.” What was Siemens CEO Agustin Escobar, working on? pic.twitter.com/blRshCKqAd — Grant Cardone (@GrantCardone) April 11, 2025 Via: Firstpost: A family’s sightseeing tour over New York City ended in tragedy after their helicopter crashed into the Hudson River. […]
The Computer that Runs on Human Neurons
April 6th, 2025I’ve posted about this before. I think it’s worth monitoring closely because my guess is that this (or something like it) is how a disorderly advance in AI could happen. Via: El País: Lab-grown brain cells are the basis for the functioning of the CL1, which has been announced as the first commercially-sold biological computer. […]
Oil Tumbles 8% as China Retaliates with Tariffs on U.S.
April 4th, 2025Via: Reuters: Oil prices plunged by 8% on Friday, heading for their lowest close since the middle of the pandemic in 2021, as China hit back in an escalating global trade war with the U.S. after President Donald Trump’s barrage of levies this week. China announced it will impose additional tariffs of 34% on all […]
Any Tesla Powerwall Installers/Technicians Out There?
April 2nd, 2025Update: Storm Watch Activated Anyway Storm Watch activated and the Powerwall charged to 100%. The Tesla app says, “A severe thunderstorm is forecast for your area. Powerwall has fully charged to provide backup protection.” Hmm… — Off topic. Apologies. The Neurio power meter on my Powerwall 2 / Backup Energy Gateway 1 (gray metal enclosure) […]
France Runs Fusion Reactor for Record 22 Minutes
March 28th, 2025Via: Interesting Engineering: France has set a new milestone in fusion energy, sustaining a plasma reaction for over 22 minutes. The record-breaking achievement occured at the WEST Tokamak reactor, operated by the Commissariat à l’énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA). CEA’s WEST Tokamak achieved a record 1,337-second plasma run—beating China’s 1,066-second benchmark by 25% […]
Ontario Raises Electricity Price by 25% for Minnesota, Michigan and New York
March 10th, 2025Via: Bloomberg: A Canadian province that exports electricity to the US raised power prices for three states by 25% on Monday in retaliation for President Donald Trump’s tariffs. Ontario directed its grid operator, the Independent Electricity System Operator, to add a C$10 ($7) per megawatt-hour surcharge to all power exported to Minnesota, Michigan and New […]
The Dark MAGA Gov-Corp Technate — Part 1
March 6th, 2025While I’d suggest reading this piece—as more of a cautionary tale than a true account of what’s happening—it borders on bloviation. The Dark MAGA Gov-Corp Technate — Part 1 Here’s a brief summary from Perplexity, which I wish I’d read instead of the whole piece: Here’s a two-page summary of the article “The Dark MAGA […]
Meta In Talks For $200 Billion Data Center Project That “Would Dwarf” All Of Its Other Projects
February 26th, 2025Via: ZeroHedge: Power and electrical equipment companies moved higher in early trading after The Information reported Tuesday evening that Meta Platforms is in discussions to build a new artificial intelligence data center campus that “would dwarf anything the company has done to date” and be the largest project of its kind, with costs potentially exceeding […]
AI Helping to Solve Fusion Energy
February 19th, 2025Via: MIT News: In a recent open-access paper titled “Prediction of Performance and Turbulence in ITER Burning Plasmas via Nonlinear Gyrokinetic Profile Prediction,” published in the January issue of Nuclear Fusion, Howard explains how he used high-resolution simulations of the swirling structures present in plasma, called turbulence, to confirm that the world’s largest experimental fusion […]
Our World Faces ‘Unprecedented’ Spike in Electricity Demand
February 14th, 2025Via: The Register: The world is going to need a lot of new electricity generation in the next three years to keep up with an “unprecedented” spike in demand, says the International Energy Agency (IEA) – and it’s going to be a tough goal to meet. The IEA’s report examines the current state of the […]
