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IEEE Recognizes Itaipu Dam’s Engineering Achievements

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Itaipu was also the first hydropower plant to generate more than 100 terawatt hours of electricity in a year. On average, Itaipu generates around 90 terawatt-hours of electricity annually. By harnessing 62,200 cubic meters of river water per second, Itaipu prevents the release of nearly 100 million tonnes of carbon dioxide each year.

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India’s Coal & Gas Decline Signals Accelerating Renewable Energy Transition

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India’s energy landscape is at a pivotal crossroads, exemplified by the notable recent decline in coal- and gas-fired power generation, which in May 2025 marked the steepest year-over-year drop since COVID-19.

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Ports Plugging In: From Ground Vehicles To Ocean Shipping

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Currently responsible for approximately 3% of global carbon emissions, maritime operations and related logistics are under intense scrutiny to reduce their environmental impact. Ports around the world face an enormous sustainability challenge.

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Taxing the Distance

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With more people driving electric vehicles and sipping gas like it’s a fine bourbon, the trusty old federal gas tax may be quietly slipping into irrelevance. Cap, Trade, and the Trouble with Gas Prices Three Ways to Kill an Electric Vehicle The Political Horseshoe Comes for Geoengineering Can Data Centers Flex Their Power Demand?

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Extracting rare earth elements from coal with plasma assist

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The US National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) is collaborating with the University of Kentucky and their subcontractor Virginia Tech to demonstrate a novel process for the extraction of REEs from coal using plasma. However, domestic coal is of interest as a potentially abundant and easily accessible REE source in the US.

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DOE announces $64M for research into future coal power plants

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced up to $64 million in federal funding for cost-shared research and development (R&D) projects under the funding opportunity announcement ( DE-FOA-0002057 ), “Critical Components for Coal FIRST Power Plants of the Future.”. AOI 2: Indirect Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Power Plant System.

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Carbon emissions from generating electricity for electric vehicles vary greatly across the individual US states

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by Michael Sivak, Sivak Applied Research The overall advantage of battery electric over gasoline vehicles, in terms of well-to-wheels emissions of greenhouse gases, has been well documented. However, the emissions of electric vehicles depend greatly on the energy source used to generate the electricity that powers them.