Columbus, OH

Google has announced a new partnership with New Green Power, a Taiwanese solar developer owned by BlackRock, to support the development of a 1-gigawatt pipeline of new solar capacity in Taiwan. The U.S. tech giant will make a capital investment in NGP to facilitate the buildout of its large-scale solar projects. Amanda Peterson Corio, global head of data center energy at Google, said, “We expect to procure up to 300 megawatts of solar energy from this pipeline through power purchase agreements (PPAs) and the associated energy attribute certificates (Taiwan Renewable Energy Certificates or T-RECS) to help meet electricity demand from our data center campus, cloud region, and office operations in Taiwan.”

Google invests in Taiwanese solar developer

If you type “Should my company invest in on-site solar?” into Google, you’re likely to see an extensive list of results comparing pros and cons. While on-site solar offers numerous benefits, determining its suitability for your organization and understanding the benefits can be a process. All this to say, there’s still no clear-cut answer to this question that fully considers the pragmatic approach to initiating a solar program.

3 Considerations Before Investing In On-Site Solar Power Generation

Google’s greenhouse gas emissions spiked by nearly 50 percent in the last five years thanks to energy-guzzling data centers required to power artificial intelligence, according to the company’s 2024 Environmental Report on Tuesday. The report, which Google releases annually, shows the company’s progress towards meeting its self-proclaimed objective of becoming carbon neutral by 2030.

Google’s greenhouse gas emissions climbed nearly 50 percent in five years due to AI

Robert Rapier is a chemical engineer who works in the energy industry. Robert has over 20 years of international engineering experience in the chemicals, oil and gas, and renewable energy... Global CO₂ equivalent emissions grew by 2.1% in 2023, crossing 40 billion metric tons for the first time. This category...

Asia’s Carbon Emissions Are Negating The Green Transition

The Independent

 Google partly blamed AI for the fact that its carbon pollution continued to grow last year, threatening the search giant’s commitment to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2030. “Reaching net-zero emissions by 2030 is an extremely ambitious goal and we know it won’t be easy,” the company acknowledged in its annual sustainability report, released Tuesday. “Our approach will continue to evolve and will require us to navigate significant uncertainty–including the uncertainty around the future environmental impact of AI, which is complex and difficult to predict.”The company, which is in the midst of an AI-driven overhaul to core products...

Google blames AI for growing emissions that threaten its climate goals

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It could literally power a small country on its own.

The Largest Solar Power Plant In The World Just Got Switched On

 The world’s biggest solar plant has come online in China, capable of powering a small country with its annual capacity of more than 6 billion kilowatt hours.The facility in a desert region of the north-west province of Xinjiang covers 200,000 acres – roughly the same area as New York City.The 5GW complex, which was connected to China’s grid on Monday, is powerful enough to meet the electricity demands of a country the size of Luxembourg or Papua New Guinea.China has led the world in solar power adoption, boosting its capacity in 2023 by more than 50 per cent. The...

World’s biggest solar farm goes online, big enough to power a country

Bill Gates is ready to sink billions into getting next-generation nuclear energy off the ground in the United States. The world’s sixth richest man has been a staunch nuclear supporter for years now, and has already sunk over a billion dollars of his own money into his innovative nuclear power start-up TerraPower LLC. But according to Gates, that cool billion is just the beginning. “I put in over a billion, and I’ll put in billions more,” Gates was recently quoted by Bloomberg.

Bill Gates and Warren Buffett Team Up to Transform Nuclear Power

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World hits streak of record temperatures as UN warns of 'climate hell'

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The FBI has seen a rise in scams targeting timeshare owners. In this kind of scam, criminals con these part-time property owners into shelling out hefty sums of cash, all under false pretenses related to their timeshare properties.

FBI warns that Mexican cartels are targeting Americans with timeshare scams

Colorado State

Basalt, CO

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Cities are harnessing smart appliances to avoid overloading the electrical grid and address climate change

Cities are shoring up electrical grid by making 'green' moves

Since antiquity, humans have envisioned various means of time travel into the future or the past. The concept has since become a staple of modern science fiction. In particular, the number of films that make use of time travel has increased significantly over the decades, while the real-world science has evolved right alongside them, moving from simple Newtonian mechanics and general relativity to quantum mechanics and the notion of a multiverse or more exotic alternatives like string theory.

Ars Live: Join us July 9 for a lively discussion on time travel in the movies

Kentucky State

Northern Kentucky Tribune

Kentucky’s medical cannabis program has taken significant steps toward ensuring those with qualifying conditions have access to medical cannabis as soon as possible, said Gov. Andy Beshear this week.

State to open licensing applications for medical cannabis businesses beginning July 1

Maine State

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Idaho State

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Why Idaho Ranks in the Top 10 States Americans Are Flocking To in 2024. A lot of Idahoans are saying 'Idaho is FULL! Go find somewhere else to live!'. With that said, MANY people and their families are flocking to this state and calling it home.

Why Is Everyone Relocating To Idaho?

Interest in electric vehicles has waned slightly among US motorists for the first time since 2020 says Pew Research, with only three out of ten Americans right now saying they're considering a battery-powered ride for their next purchase. That's a drop of nine percent in the past year, according to...

American interest in electric vehicles short circuits for first time in four years

Glass is a unique material used for its chemical stability and visual transparency. It is commonly used in solar panels as a protective outer layer. In its annual PV Module Index, the Renewable Energy Test Center (RETC) examined emerging issues in solar glass manufacturing and field performance. It found reports of a concerning rise in solar panel glass spontaneously breaking in the field, sometimes even before commissioning.

Spontaneous glass breakage on solar panels on the rise

Germany’s small and medium-sized companies are increasingly turning to solar power to cover their electricity consumption as energy prices in Europe’s biggest economy haven’t dropped much despite the fall in natural gas prices compared to the peak energy crisis. “As electricity prices in Germany show no signs...

German Firms Install Solar Panels to Cut Electricity Costs

Grass Valley, CA

Some people thought Juliana Dockery and her husband Sean were being impractical when they bought an electric vehicle in 2022. Why? Like one in five Americans, they live in a rural area — Grass Valley, California — where charging stations are few and far between. And with a bustling household including three kids, it would be their family’s only car.

How rural families are saving thousands with electric vehicles

If you’re looking for a new or used car, there’s a good chance you checked out the Consumer Reports website at least once during your research. With help from its expansive member pool, CR conducts a bunch of surveys every year, which try to find out what the best and worst consumer items for sale in the United States are, including cars.

These Are The Worst Used Electric Cars, According To Consumer Reports

A British startup may have found the answer to one of the frustrations of driving an electric car — waiting around for the battery to charge.

This electric car battery takes less than 5 minutes to charge

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Google’s greenhouse gas emissions jump 48% in five years

Google’s greenhouse gas emissions have surged 48 percent in the past five years due to the expansion of its data centers that underpin artificial intelligence systems,...

Google’s greenhouse gas emissions jump 48% in five years

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