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Will Supercapacitors Come to AI's Rescue?

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These coordinated spikes can strain the power grid, and the issue is promising to get worse rather than better in the near future. AI workloads sometimes use power in short bursts, causing the power grid to see a wildly oscillating load (blue). This becomes particularly important when transitioning to renewables.

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In Nigeria, Why Isn’t Broadband Everywhere?

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At times,” Adeniyi says, “it’s like wind bringing the signal.” The broadband buildout has been seriously hampered by Nigeria’s unreliable power grid. The spotty power grid means that standard telecom equipment needs backup power. Eight undersea cables bring about 380 terabits of capacity to Nigeria’s coast.

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3 Oil Majors That Bet Big On Renewables

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Big Oil has frequently been chided for merely trying to burnish its green credentials, and so far, it has done little to convince us that it is truly moving forward to greenness. Let this sink in: In 2018, Big Oil spent less than 1% of its combined budget on green energy projects. by Alex Kimani for Oilprice.com. 2 Total SA.

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Cuba’s Power Grid Nears Total Failure

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Cuba’s Energy Infrastructure Crisis Cuba’s grid infrastructure is so weak that run-of-the-mill problems like transmission line failures and generator trips are causing widespread outages. The unexpected shutdown of the Antonio Guiteras oil-fired power plant started the total blackout in October 2024.

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Baker Institute report: China has positioned itself as a gatekeeper to the energy transition; nickel case study

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Widely ignored, although gaining attention, is China’s strategic positioning as a crucial gatekeeper to several key “green” technologies, including battery energy storage to support electric vehicles (EVs)—specifically, battery electric vehicles (BEVs)—along with stationary storage for power grids.

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This Essential Element of the Power Grid Is in Critically Short Supply

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Their innovations could make this critical piece of infrastructure not only more resistant to supply chain weaknesses, but also better suited to the power grids of the future. The sets of wires, called windings, arent connected, but through electromagnetic induction across the core, current transfers from one coil to the other.

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DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

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The technology areas ( earlier post ) receiving funding are: PETRO: Plants Engineered To Replace Oil ($36 million). Solar ADEPT: Solar Agile Delivery of Electrical Power Technology ($14.7 Plants Engineered to Replace Oil (PETRO). produces more oil per acre. oil biosynthesis to induce grasses to produce vegetable oil.