Archive for the 'Energy' Category
Texas Power Companies Remotely Raise Temperatures on People Using Their “Smart” Thermostats
June 21st, 2021Via: Daily Dot: Power companies in Texas are remotely raising temperatures inside of some customers’ homes amid the state’s ongoing energy shortage.
Solar Modules Degrading Faster Than Expected
June 10th, 2021Via: PV Tech: Solar asset underperformance continues to worsen, with projects “chronically underperforming” P99 estimates and modules degrading faster than previously anticipated, risk management firm kWh Analytics has found. … Perhaps the most notable finding from the report, which builds on a finding from last year’s edition, is that operational solar assets are continuing to […]
Apple in Talks with CATL, BYD Over Battery Supplies for Its Electric Car
June 8th, 2021Via: Reuters: Apple Inc is in early-stage talks with China’s CATL and BYD, about the supply of batteries for its planned electric vehicle, four people with knowledge of the matter said.
Ford Reveals All Electric F-150 Lightning
May 19th, 2021Via: The Verge: The most popular vehicle in the United States is going electric. Ford has revealed the F-150 Lightning, an all-electric version of its popular pickup truck due out in 2022, and it’s aggressively priced for an EV. The base model with 230 miles of range starts at $39,974, while the extended range version […]
Deep Inside Chernobyl’s Ruins Fission Reactions Are Increasing
May 12th, 2021Via: Science: Thirty-five years after the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine exploded in the world’s worst nuclear accident, fission reactions are smoldering again in uranium fuel masses buried deep inside a mangled reactor hall. “It’s like the embers in a barbecue pit,” says Neil Hyatt, a nuclear materials chemist at the University of Sheffield. […]
Pipeline Hack: Gas Stations Run Dry
May 11th, 2021Via: Bloomberg: Gas stations along the U.S. East Coast are beginning to run out of fuel as North America’s biggest petroleum pipeline races to recover from a paralyzing cyberattack that has kept it shut for days. From Virginia to Florida and Alabama, stations are reporting that they’ve sold out of gasoline as supplies in the […]
Top U.S. Pipeline Operator Shuts Major Fuel Line After Cyber Attack
May 8th, 2021Via: Reuters: Top U.S. fuel pipeline operator Colonial Pipeline has shut its entire network after a cyber attack, the company said in a statement on Friday. Colonial’s network supplies fuel from U.S refiners on the Gulf Coast to the populous eastern and southern United States. The company transports 2.5 million barrels per day of gasoline, […]
Underground Nuclear Waste Tank Leaks In Washington State
May 1st, 2021Via: Washington State Department of Ecology: The U.S. Department of Energy announced Thursday an underground radioactive and dangerous chemical waste storage tank at the Hanford Site in Southeast Washington is leaking. The Washington state Department of Ecology’s Nuclear Waste Program, along with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, oversees Energy’s cleanup of Hanford. “It’s a serious […]
The World’s Most Powerful Tidal Turbine Launches in Scotland
April 27th, 2021Via: Electrek: Orbital Marine Power yesterday launched its 2MW tidal turbine, the Orbital O2, in Scotland. It will become the world’s most powerful operational tidal turbine once it has been commissioned and connected to the European Marine Energy Centre in the Orkney Islands.
All New Cadillac Vehicle Models Will Be All-Electric
April 22nd, 2021Via: Electrek: GM’s Cadillac brand is going electric, as the automaker confirmed that every new vehicle will be all-electric starting now. Today, Cadillac unveiled the production version of the Lyriq, its first all-electric vehicle. Yesterday, the company held a virtual unveiling of the electric vehicle, during which it also announced plans to move the brand […]
