Electricity

Moving matter with an electrical charge

NASA and miners face off over lithium deposits at satellite calibration site

There's smartphone batteries to be mined, but at what cost?

Science26 Jun 2023 | 17

Caltech claims to have beamed energy to Earth from satellite

Tech has potential to power war-torn spots and remote regions

The Reg in Space07 Jun 2023 | 43

On the bright side, solar investment finally set to surpass oil spending

But fossil fuels won't go down without a fight

Emerging Clean Energy Tech Week25 May 2023 | 8

Offshore wind power redesign key to adoption, says Irish firm

Add balance and a bit of articulation and you can shave off steel and money

Emerging Clean Energy Tech Week16 May 2023 | 26

Boffins interrogate sodium ion battery stability mystery

The mechanism still isn't completely understood, but research could help resolve SIB lifespan problems

Emerging Clean Energy Tech Week15 May 2023 | 7

Biden proposes 30% tax on cryptominers' power bills

Digi-dollars are toxic in many ways and the administration wants the sector to clean up its act

Software04 May 2023 | 71

Europe wants more cities to use datacenter waste heating. How's that going?

There's a cost, and operators are worried it will fall on them

Emerging Clean Energy Tech Week20 Apr 2023 | 58

Boffins claim discovery of the first piezoelectric liquid

Move over, magic crystals – electric syrup is here

Science29 Mar 2023 | 28

Ammo-maker says TikTok's datacenter site could deprive it of electricity

'Our future growth is challenged by the storage of cat videos'

Energy Efficient Datacenters28 Mar 2023 | 41

AWS wants to cook its datacenter chips with vegetable oil

Ditching diesel in attempt to shrink its carbon footprint

Energy Efficient Datacenters20 Mar 2023 | 18

Atomic energy body proposes fusion framework to manage British energy grids

When you need something reliable that won't drop out of support, open is the way to go

Software06 Mar 2023 | 96

Wind, solar power outstrip fossil fuel generation for EU

Coal cooked, gas dissipating as renewables power up

Science02 Feb 2023 | 141

Renewables are cheaper than coal in all but one US location

Thanks in large part to the Inflation Reduction Act, the dirty fuel has even fewer things going for it now

Science30 Jan 2023 | 121

Have we hit a climate tipping point? Green power attracts big money

As much cash went into low-carbon as fossil fuels last year, apparently

Systems27 Jan 2023 | 19

Uncle Sam greenlights first commercial nuclear small modular reactor design

NuScale plants could begin construction as soon as February 21, when new rule goes into effect

Science24 Jan 2023 | 38

Atlassian CEO's bonkers scheme to pipe electricity from Australia to Singapore collapses

Analysis 4,000km extension cords are hard to build

On-Prem22 Jan 2023 | 64

Plugging end-of-life EV batteries into the grid could ease renewables transition

Study says this would give old power units years of useful life once unsuitable for cars

Science18 Jan 2023 | 33

Heata offers free hot water by mounting servers on people's water tanks

Novel use of waste heat by UK company – but it's still in trial

On-Prem12 Jan 2023 | 52

Next-gen Qi2 wireless charging spec seeded by Apple

CES iBiz's MagSafe charging tech forms the foundation of the Qi2 movement

Personal Tech05 Jan 2023 | 26

Bill Gates' nuclear power plant stalled by Russian fuel holdup

Putin it into operation will take a while at this rate

Science16 Dec 2022 | 94

Energy being expensive and trickier to source is good news ... for renewables

Green tech will be largest power source by 2025, says IEA, but even accelerated rollouts might not stave off disaster

Science07 Dec 2022 | 38

Barge off: Nautilus to bring floating datacenters to two new sites in US, France

7.5 megawatt digs on the murky waters of Marseille and Los Angeles

On-Prem07 Dec 2022 | 15

US could save billions in health costs if it changed wind energy strategy

Socio-economic disparities between who benefits from new plants still remain, say MIT researchers

Science05 Dec 2022 | 22

Startup raises $30 million for wireless power delivery system

Not the first company in the game to chase cable-free charging dragon

Networks05 Dec 2022 | 39

UK cuts China from Sizewell nuclear project, takes joint stake

Move comes as National Grid decides not to fire up blackout prevention scheme

Science30 Nov 2022 | 176

Massive energy storage system goes online in UK

196MWh installation has capacity to power 300,000 homes for two hours

Systems24 Nov 2022 | 169

Biden administration earmarks $13b to modernize electric grid

We need more transmission capacity, and we needed it yesterday

Networks21 Nov 2022 | 48

US offshore oil and gas installation at 'increasing' risk of cyberattack

GAO says 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster will look like a walk in the park

Cyber-crime21 Nov 2022 | 8

Shocker: EV charging infrastructure is seriously insecure

What did we learn from the IoT days? Apparently nothing.

Security15 Nov 2022 | 42

Google taps up Softbank solar plants for Dallas datacenter

900MW coming web giant's way ... in 2024

On-Prem02 Nov 2022 |

AWS buys 100+ diesel generators... and that's just for Irish datacenters

Server farm power concerns as winter nears and fears of blackouts grow

On-Prem24 Oct 2022 | 28

California wildfires hit CTRL+Z on 18 years of CO2e removal

Time to start considering forest blazes alongside industrial sources of greenhouse gases, say scientists

Science20 Oct 2022 | 33

UK government in talks with datacenter operators over blackouts

Bit barns say they need diesel fuel supplies for backup generators

On-Prem18 Oct 2022 | 56

US Dept of Energy injects more particles of cash into tokamak fusion reactors

The funding will continue, until the atoms fuse

Science17 Oct 2022 | 28

Bitcoin energy consumption a feature, not a bug, says crypto-miner

But it's OK because we use non-carbon energy, argues CEO

On-Prem14 Oct 2022 | 28

Water pipes hold flood of untapped electricity potential

1.41GW, in fact – enough to power around one million homes

Science13 Oct 2022 | 100

Utility security is so bad, US DoE offers rate cuts to improve it

New hardware? Consultants? You tell us because your infosec is off the grid

Cyber-crime07 Oct 2022 | 7

Wind, solar fulfill 10% of global electricity demand for first time

Curb your enthusiasm – coal-fired power went up too

Science29 Sep 2022 | 54

Japan taps industry to build safer, more secure nuclear energy future

Project with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries marks shift in policy since Fukushima disaster over a decade ago

Science29 Sep 2022 | 30

California to phase out gas furnaces, water heaters by 2030

It'll reduce emissions a bunch, but stress the grid even more

Science26 Sep 2022 | 124

Tesla Megapack battery ignites at substation after less than 6 months

It's better to burn out than to fade away

Personal Tech21 Sep 2022 | 219

White House puts $50m into floating wind turbine projects

Government wants access to the 60% of offshore wind potential stuck in deep waters

Science16 Sep 2022 | 46

Biden administration to dole out $900m for electric vehicle infrastructure

34 states and Puerto Rico sharing pot to fund chargers along interstate highways

Science15 Sep 2022 | 21

California asks people not to charge EVs during heatwave

Not a great look for the state that just vowed to phase out gas-powered cars in favor of battery-powered ones

Personal Tech01 Sep 2022 | 169

California to try tackling drought with canal-top solar panels

Watt an interesting idea

Science31 Aug 2022 | 91

Japan reverses course on post-Fukushima nuclear ban

PM says shuttered plants can re-open, fresh reactors will be built, old ones are getting their lives extended

Science24 Aug 2022 | 146

Scientists use supercritical carbon dioxide to power the grid

Sandia has been working on the project for more than a decade – now comes scaling

Science19 Aug 2022 | 138

Tesla expands Powerwall-to-grid program to cover most of California

Utility companies are offering $2 per kWh for power stored in battery tech

Personal Tech18 Aug 2022 | 52

Modeling software spins up plans for floating wind turbines

Saaaaandia, where the wind comes sweeping 'cross the sea …

Science17 Aug 2022 | 38

DoE digs up molten salt nuclear reactor tech, taps Los Alamos to lead the way back

The collaborative effort pits supercomputers against the agency's corrosive reactor research

Science11 Aug 2022 | 103

Pull jet fuel from thin air? We can do that, say scientists

Vid Thanks, we'll take any good news, large or small, right now

Science04 Aug 2022 | 203

One way Bitcoin miners can make money: Selling electricity back to Texas

Beats screwing around actually crafting these unloved tokens

Personal Tech03 Aug 2022 | 45

The US grid is ready for 100% renewables, says DoE

A $26m chunk of the infrastructure bill set aside to prove it can handle inverter-based energy

Science03 Aug 2022 | 42

US regulators set the stage for small, local nuclear power stations

What could go wrong? Study finds waste is more reactive, making it more dangerous

Science02 Aug 2022 | 73

Homes in London under threat as datacenters pull in all the power

Barrier to building homes in overcrowded city? An overdrawn electricity grid

On-Prem01 Aug 2022 | 172

The US's biggest datacenter market is short on electricity

Updated Power transmission bottlenecks could delay Northern Virginia DC projects into 2026

On-Prem29 Jul 2022 | 21