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Data Centers: Heroes, Villains, or System Architects? Data centers are reshaping electricity demand — and potentially reshaping the transmission grid. Whether they become heroes or villains won’t depend on intent, but on system and market design.

Data centers are reshaping electricity demand — and potentially reshaping the transmission grid. Whether they become heroes or villains won’t depend on intent, but on system and market design. 🔌💡
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The Car World Is Going Electric, Without America After $50 billion in squandered investments, will U.S. auto companies finally get serious—or just watch while China wins, asks Michael Dunne.

After $50 billion in squandered investments, will U.S. auto companies finally get serious—or just watch while China wins? 🔌💡
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Google’s ex CEO Eric Schmidt warns America: We are running out of … - The Times of India Tech News News: Google’s ex-CEO Eric Schmidt has raised an alarm over America’s energy capacity. In a video shared on social media platform X (formerly known as Twitt.

𝗘𝗿𝗶𝗰 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗺𝗶𝗱𝘁: "𝗪𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗶𝘁𝘆."
Schmidt has cautioned that the US is ‘running out of electricity', highlighting the strain caused by massive data centers, intensive cooling requirements and round-the-clock operations. 🔌💡

UCSB scientists bottle the sun with liquid battery A new bio-inspired molecule captures solar energy and releases it as heat on demand, outperforming lithium-ion batteries.

A new bio-inspired molecule -- pyrimidone -- captures solar energy and releases it as heat on demand, outperforming lithium-ion batteries. 🔌💡https://news.ucsb.edu/2026/022384/ucsb-scientists-bottle-sun-liquid-battery

States push climate superfund bills despite Trump’s opposition The legislation would make oil and gas firms pay for climate damages from burning their products. Trump has referred to such laws as “extortion.”

“Climate superfund laws are based on the principle that if you make a mess, you clean it up,” said Jamie Flynn, a visiting fellow at the Conservation Law Foundation. ​“It’s kindergarten-level ethics.” 🔌💡
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PJM board approves $11.8B transmission expansion plan Dominion Energy utility lands $4.8-billion, high-voltage, direct-current underground project in Virginia as NextEra Energy-Exelon is awarded a $1.7-billion project in Pennsylvania.

The projects are also needed to handle new generation in southern Virginia, future generation in western PJM, delays to New Jersey offshore wind projects and increased regional flows toward the eastern parts of PJM’s footprint. 🔌💡
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A fluid can store solar energy and then release it as heat months later Sunlight can cause a molecule to change structure, and then release heat later.

Sunlight can cause a molecule to change structure, and then release heat later. 🔌💡
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A new Ohio bill could be a de facto statewide ban on solar and wind The state is mulling a bill that calls for all new generation to be “affordable, reliable, and clean” — but its strained definitions would exclude…

The state is mulling a bill that calls for all new generation to be ​“affordable, reliable, and clean” — but its strained definitions would exclude renewables. 🔌💡
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Ex-Cyprus Minister Alleges GSI Faces Local Pushback - tovima.com Former Energy Minister Giorgos Papanastasiou says local interests are resisting the Greece–Cyprus power interconnector, warning that continued energy isolation leaves Cyprus exposed to high costs, sup...

“When a country is not energy interlinked and depends only on local production, it will constantly be exposed to risks, high production costs, limited competition and insecurity of supply,” he said. 🔌💡
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Energy Minister George Papanastasiou had said Cyprus will pay the first €25m instalment when the project is being “implemented in its entirety”, and that the construction of cables alone is “not enough” to meet this criterion. 🔌💡
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Wopke Hoekstra: Cyprus must prioritise electrical interconnection with Europe In an interview with Phileleftheros, European Commissioner for Climate Action, Net Zero Emissions, and Clean Growth, Wopke Hoekstra, referred to the role Cyprus can play in tackling the climate crisis...

Interconnection with the European electricity grid through the Great Sea Interconnector project is a strategic priority for energy security and the integration of renewable sources. 🔌💡
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Chinese automakers have increased their global share of sales from 3.5% to 42% since 2000. This administration is torching the US auto industry

A New Bipartisan Geothermal Bill Is About to Heat Up the House Representatives Jake Auchincloss and Mark Amodei want to boost “superhot” exploration.

Representatives Jake Auchincloss and Mark Amodei want to boost “superhot” exploration. 🔌💡
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One point of view would say the best thing that can happen right now is to reach dead pool level ASAP and force California to adapt ASAP. With power capita water use multiples of Las Vegas valley residents and much lower temps and higher rainfall it should be easy - given the right incentive.

Hong Kong–based startup launches glass-fiber composite solar module frames Xilia Group has introduced composite frames for solar modules made from glass fiber–reinforced polyurethane. The company says the frames reduce weight, resist corrosion, and eliminate the need for grounding.

Hong Kong–based startup launches glass-fiber composite solar module frames #energysky -- via pv magazine global:

CAISO shifts transmission focus to reliability to meet peak demand growth The California Independent System Operator detailed this shift in a report prepared for the governor and legislature as part of preparations for launching a new Western regional organization to overse...

The California Independent System Operator detailed this shift in a report prepared for the governor and legislature as part of preparations for launching a new Western regional organization. 🔌💡
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California has abundant solar power. Here’s how factories can use it. High electricity costs in California have slowed industrial decarbonization in the state. New industrial rates and other fixes could change that, experts…

High electricity costs in California have slowed industrial decarbonization in the state. New industrial rates and other fixes could change that, experts say. 🔌💡
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What Energy Secretary Wright gets wrong about the grid Chris Wright trashed solar and wind for not providing much power during Winter Storm Fern — and ignored basic facts about how much renewables contribute…

Chris Wright trashed solar and wind for not providing much power during Winter Storm Fern — and ignored basic facts about how much renewables contribute year-round. 🔌💡
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Trump Allies Near ‘Total Victory’ in Wiping Out U.S. Climate Regulation

A small group of conservative activists has worked for 16 years to stop all government efforts to fight climate change. Their efforts seem poised to pay off. 🔌💡
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Tesla’s rooftop solar paradox Can the vertical integration of its energy business outrun Elon Musk’s political reputation?

Can the vertical integration of its energy business outrun Elon Musk’s political reputation? 🔌💡
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In the past few days we’ve seen extreme and destructive flooding in Portugal, Spain, Greece, Argentina, Chile, Brazil, Colombia, Morocco, France, England, Wales, Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey, Italy,…

Feedback from January 29 and Beyond

"Comprehensive reform is needed to level the playing field so energy sources can compete based on economics, not regulatory friction." 🔌💡
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A Hidden Atmospheric Shift Let Methane Surge Worldwide Atmospheric methane rose faster than ever in the early 2020s, driven less by fossil fuels and more by changes in nature itself.

Atmospheric methane rose faster than ever in the early 2020s, driven less by fossil fuels and more by changes in nature itself. 🔌💡
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Energy Planning as Investment Driver for Global Grids Enhancement As countries commit to tripling renewable energy capacity by 2030 while facing critical grid infrastructure bottlenecks, the Global Coalition for Energy Planning, with IRENA as Secretariat, can transf...

Grids have emerged as the primary physical bottleneck to achieving the global energy goals of tripling renewables capacity and doubling energy efficiency by 2030. 🔌💡
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Energy giant bets big on US, says its electricity market 'hottest' in the world Siemens Energy announced a $1 billion investment to expand U.S. grid equipment and turbine production, citing surging power demand driven by artificial intelligence and data centers.

Siemens Energy said Tuesday it will invest $1 billion to expand power grid and gas turbine manufacturing in the United States as rising electricity demand from data centers and artificial intelligence strains the nation’s energy infrastructure. 🔌💡
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With all 1,800 lots of the community being pre-drilled with geothermal borehole fields, the North Village development became the largest 100-percent geothermal residential community in the U.S., I think. 🔌💡 🧵
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China Grid Spending Hits Record as Beijing Tackles Bottlenecks China’s grid spending hit a record last year and is set to rise steadily through 2030, underscoring Beijing’s push to ease transmission bottlenecks.

China’s grid spending hit a record last year and is set to rise steadily through 2030, underscoring Beijing’s push to ease transmission bottlenecks.

In 2025, the world consumed roughly 36 million metric tons of fossil fuels every day—an immense logistical choreography, but one that delivered power unevenly, inefficiently, and at great ecological and political cost. 😱

Davos 2026: Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang on the future of AI AI is becoming core infrastructure. At the Annual Meeting 2026 in Davos, Jensen Huang tells Larry Fink how it can boost productivity and broaden growth.

“Build your own AI, take advantage of your fundamental natural resource, which is your language and culture; develop your AI, continue to refine it, and have your national intelligence part of your ecosystem,” he said. 🔌💡
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