energy

&#x27;Wind theft&#x27;: The mysterious effect plaguing wind farms <small class="notice" x-post-type-data="None"> Takahe has limited support for this type: <a href="https://thelemmy.club/post/26443866">See Original Page</a> </small>

<p>In our magazine, from Candice Bernd: Texas is the national epicenter of <a href="/tags/bitcoin/" rel="tag">#Bitcoin</a> mining, with only about 24 total mines operating outside the state’s borders. Approximately 40 mines are operating in the state, together consuming about 3,200 MWs, enough to power 800,000 homes. <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/the-crypto-racket/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.texasobserver.org/the-crypto-racket/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.texasobserver.org/the-cryp</span><span class="invisible">to-racket/</span></a> </p><p>Copublished with our friends at The Nation.</p><p><a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/energy/" rel="tag">#energy</a> <a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#ClimateChange</a> <a href="/tags/pollution/" rel="tag">#pollution</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#environment</a> <a href="/tags/oilandgas/" rel="tag">#OilAndGas</a> <a href="/tags/crypto/" rel="tag">#crypto</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a></p>

<p>The Latest Trump and DOGE Casualty: Energy Data<br>—</p><p>The Energy Information Administration has long provided reliable data on everything from oil and gas to alternative energy. Now one of its signature reports has been slashed and a second one canceled entirely amid sweeping job reductions and turmoil.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/the-latest-trump-and-doge-casualty-energy-data?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/the-latest-trump-and-doge-casualty-energy-data?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/the</span><span class="invisible">-latest-trump-and-doge-casualty-energy-data?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/doge/" rel="tag">#DOGE</a> <a href="/tags/energy/" rel="tag">#Energy</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a> <a href="/tags/oil/" rel="tag">#Oil</a> <a href="/tags/gas/" rel="tag">#Gas</a> <a href="/tags/research/" rel="tag">#Research</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a></p>

<p>When they set out to make their power supply 100% green, Northwest leaders ignored the fact that the region lacks the wiring to deliver new sources of renewable energy to people’s homes.</p><p>Little has been done to change that, ProPublica and Oregon Public Broadcasting found.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/oregon-washington-green-energy-bonneville?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/oregon-washington-green-energy-bonneville?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ore</span><span class="invisible">gon-washington-green-energy-bonneville?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/oregon/" rel="tag">#Oregon</a> <a href="/tags/washington/" rel="tag">#Washington</a> <a href="/tags/green/" rel="tag">#Green</a> <a href="/tags/energy/" rel="tag">#Energy</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/wind/" rel="tag">#Wind</a> <a href="/tags/solar/" rel="tag">#Solar</a></p>

<p>Higher Prices, Rolling Blackouts: The Northwest Is Bracing for the Effects of a Lagging Green Energy Push<br>—</p><p>Oregon and Washington are nowhere near achieving their clean energy goals. The dramatic consequences are already being felt.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/oregon-washington-green-energy-consequences?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/oregon-washington-green-energy-consequences?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ore</span><span class="invisible">gon-washington-green-energy-consequences?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/oregon/" rel="tag">#Oregon</a> <a href="/tags/washington/" rel="tag">#Washington</a> <a href="/tags/energy/" rel="tag">#Energy</a> <a href="/tags/sustainability/" rel="tag">#Sustainability</a> <a href="/tags/green/" rel="tag">#Green</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a></p>

Elon Musk seeks to sell power to UK households within months <small class="notice" x-post-type-data="None"> Takahe has limited support for this type: <a href="https://lazysoci.al/post/31860340">See Original Page</a> </small>

<p>Although Tom Ragsdale’s <a href="/tags/oil/" rel="tag">#oil</a> companies owe New Mexico more than $3.5 million for <a href="/tags/pollution/" rel="tag">#pollution</a> and unpaid fees, the state has recovered only about $50,000.</p><p>Drillers across the industry have employed similar tactics in what is known as “the playbook.”</p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/energy/" rel="tag">#Energy</a> <a href="/tags/business/" rel="tag">#Business</a> <a href="/tags/regulation/" rel="tag">#Regulation</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/illustration/" rel="tag">#Illustration</a></p><p><a href="https://propub.li/40oiShP" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>propub.li/40oiShP</a></p>

<p>The Mount Vernon News was family owned from 1939 until it was sold in 2020 to a “pink slime” media company with ties to conservative billionaires. Then it began publishing one-sided articles that make dubious claims about solar power.</p><p>(Published Oct. 2024)<br><a href="https://propub.li/3CY5WFR" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>propub.li/3CY5WFR</a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/oil/" rel="tag">#Oil</a> <a href="/tags/gas/" rel="tag">#Gas</a> <a href="/tags/fossilfuels/" rel="tag">#FossilFuels</a> <a href="/tags/solar/" rel="tag">#Solar</a> <a href="/tags/energy/" rel="tag">#Energy</a> <a href="/tags/billionaires/" rel="tag">#Billionaires</a> <a href="/tags/journalism/" rel="tag">#Journalism</a></p>

<p>Industry documents obtained by ProPublica reveal how NW Natural, Oregon’s largest natural gas company, pursued an approach that ended up perpetuating its core fossil fuel business while the company painted a picture of going green.</p><p>(Published Sept. 2024)<br><a href="https://propub.li/3PlzCQ7" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>propub.li/3PlzCQ7</a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/energy/" rel="tag">#Energy</a> <a href="/tags/green/" rel="tag">#Green</a> <a href="/tags/cleanenergy/" rel="tag">#CleanEnergy</a> <a href="/tags/fossilfuels/" rel="tag">#FossilFuels</a> <a href="/tags/oil/" rel="tag">#Oil</a> <a href="/tags/gas/" rel="tag">#Gas</a></p>

<p>Hydroelectric Dams on Oregon’s Willamette River Kill Salmon. Congress Says It’s Time to Consider Shutting Them Down.<br>—</p><p>The newly signed legislation follows reporting from Oregon Public Broadcasting and ProPublica that underscored the risks and costs associated with a plan to migrate salmon past hydroelectric dams using a giant fish collector and tanker trucks.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/oregon-willamette-river-dams-shutdown?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/oregon-willamette-river-dams-shutdown?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ore</span><span class="invisible">gon-willamette-river-dams-shutdown?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a> </p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/sustainability/" rel="tag">#Sustainability</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/wildlife/" rel="tag">#Wildlife</a> <a href="/tags/fish/" rel="tag">#Fish</a> <a href="/tags/energy/" rel="tag">#Energy</a> <a href="/tags/biden/" rel="tag">#Biden</a> <a href="/tags/oregon/" rel="tag">#Oregon</a></p>

<p>North Dakota Sued the Interior Department at Least Five Times Under Gov. Doug Burgum. Now He’s Set to Run the Agency.<br>—</p><p>The state was hostile to Interior Department policies during the Biden administration. A review of its lawsuits under Burgum reveals an aggressively pro-fossil fuel agenda.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/doug-burgum-north-dakota-interior-department-trump?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/doug-burgum-north-dakota-interior-department-trump?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/dou</span><span class="invisible">g-burgum-north-dakota-interior-department-trump?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/northdakota/" rel="tag">#NorthDakota</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/fossilfuels/" rel="tag">#FossilFuels</a> <a href="/tags/energy/" rel="tag">#Energy</a> <a href="/tags/oil/" rel="tag">#Oil</a> <a href="/tags/gas/" rel="tag">#Gas</a> <a href="/tags/climate/" rel="tag">#Climate</a></p>

<p>Washington Governor Orders Team to Study Data Centers’ Impact on Energy Use, Job Creation and Tax Revenue<br>—</p><p>Last year, The Seattle Times and ProPublica reported on how the state created a massive tax break for data centers, encouraging the growth of an industry whose energy use conflicts with a goal for utilities to go carbon neutral by 2030.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/washington-data-centers-study-bob-ferguson?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/washington-data-centers-study-bob-ferguson?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/was</span><span class="invisible">hington-data-centers-study-bob-ferguson?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/washington/" rel="tag">#Washington</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a> <a href="/tags/energy/" rel="tag">#Energy</a> <a href="/tags/climate/" rel="tag">#Climate</a> <a href="/tags/labor/" rel="tag">#Labor</a> <a href="/tags/taxes/" rel="tag">#Taxes</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#Tech</a> <a href="/tags/sustainability/" rel="tag">#Sustainability</a></p>

<p>Dear Representative Ocasio-Cortez;</p><p>If you want to impress me:<br>bring back the <a href="/tags/greennewdeal/" rel="tag">#GreenNewDeal</a> </p><p>Quit cowering from reality:</p><p>Where <a href="/tags/housing/" rel="tag">#Housing</a> and <a href="/tags/energy/" rel="tag">#Energy</a> costs meet <a href="/tags/infrastructure/" rel="tag">#infrastructure</a> and <a href="/tags/climateresilience/" rel="tag">#ClimateResilience</a> insecurity.</p><p>We need a new deal. Again.</p><p>Get fearless.<br><a href="/tags/aoc/" rel="tag">#aoc</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/energy/" rel="tag">#Energy</a> picks of the day:</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@InsideClimate" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>InsideClimate</span></a></span> - Pulitzer-winning US news outlet covering climate crisis, energy &amp; environment</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@NatObserver" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>NatObserver</span></a></span> - Canadian news site on climate crisis, energy, politics</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.energy/@TransitionShow" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>TransitionShow</span></a></span> - Podcast about transitioning from fossil fuels to renewable energy</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@loy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>loy</span></a></span> - Robotics &amp; solarpunk fan, energy efficiency</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@winderful" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>winderful</span></a></span> - Percentage of UK energy currently supplied by wind</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://chaos.social/@greenfediverse" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>greenfediverse</span></a></span> - Listing Fediverse servers running on greener energy</p><p>🧵 1/4</p>

<p>🔥 🇨🇦 🗺️ With Canada warming twice as fast as the global average (Government of Canada 2019), and home to more than a quarter of the world’s boreal forests, the country is experiencing this consequence of global heating firsthand.</p><p><a href="/tags/climateemergency/" rel="tag">#ClimateEmergency</a> <br><a href="/tags/canada/" rel="tag">#Canada</a> <a href="/tags/wildfire/" rel="tag">#Wildfire</a> <a href="/tags/nature/" rel="tag">#Nature</a> <br><a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/fossilfuels/" rel="tag">#FossilFuels</a> <br><a href="/tags/alberta/" rel="tag">#Alberta</a> <a href="/tags/energy/" rel="tag">#Energy</a> <br><a href="/tags/cdnpoli/" rel="tag">#Cdnpoli</a> <a href="/tags/cdnpoli/" rel="tag">#Cdnpoli</a> <br> <a href="https://climateinstitute.ca/news/fact-sheet-wildfires/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="climateinstitute.ca/news/fact-sheet-wildfires/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">climateinstitute.ca/news/fact-</span><span class="invisible">sheet-wildfires/</span></a></p>

<p>The Doublespeak of Energy Secretary Chris Wright<br>—</p><p>In his confirmation hearing, the Liberty Energy founder pledged broad support for renewable energy. But when speaking to conservatives, he declared, “We don’t have replacements” for coal, oil and gas.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/energy-secretary-chris-wright-climate-change-double-speak-oil-gas-trump?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/energy-secretary-chris-wright-climate-change-double-speak-oil-gas-trump?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ene</span><span class="invisible">rgy-secretary-chris-wright-climate-change-double-speak-oil-gas-trump?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/energy/" rel="tag">#Energy</a> <a href="/tags/climate/" rel="tag">#Climate</a> <a href="/tags/oil/" rel="tag">#Oil</a> <a href="/tags/gas/" rel="tag">#Gas</a> <a href="/tags/renewableenergy/" rel="tag">#RenewableEnergy</a> <a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#ClimateChange</a></p>

UK sees 22 percent increase in domestic solar panel systems installations in first six months of 2025 <small class="notice" x-post-type-data="None"> Takahe has limited support for this type: <a href="https://lazysoci.al/post/29846550">See Original Page</a> </small>

It&#x27;s odd to me that people talk about data centers in terms of megawatts, a measure of electric power. For one example among many, a Bloomberg article from March about Microsoft cancelling data center plans began:<br><p>Microsoft Corp. has walked away from new data center projects in the US and Europe that would have amounted to a capacity of about 2 gigawatts of electricity, according to TD Cowen analysts, who attributed the pullback to an oversupply of the clusters of computers that power artificial intelligence.<br></p>&quot;Data center projects that...amounted to a capacity of about 2 gigawatts of electricity&quot; is a nonsensical statement. The (technical) capacities of a data center have to do with storage, compute, transmission, and latency. I understand there&#x27;s probably some Fermi calculation along the lines of converting electric power to compute capacity using the TDP of NVIDIA&#x27;s latest GPUs or something like that. Nevertheless, it&#x27;s misleading to speak this way, not to mention lazy. It is oversimplifying in a bad way, treating data centers as utilities that supply a commodity when that is just not the case (at least not with AI, where prices for services still fluctuate fairly wildly).<br><br><a href="/tags/dev/" rel="tag">#dev</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#AI</a> <a href="/tags/energy/" rel="tag">#energy</a> <a href="/tags/power/" rel="tag">#power</a> <a href="/tags/datacenters/" rel="tag">#DataCenters</a><br>