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South Africa’s water, energy and food crisis: why fixing one means fixing them all

South Africa faces serious water, energy and food problems. Drought, overuse and ageing infrastructure strain water supplies. Coal-fired electricity is not sustainable in the long term and causes high greenhouse gas emissions. Tens of millions of people can’t afford enough food because of rising prices. These crises are interconnected: water…

The Conversation

‘Zombie’ electricity projects in Britain face axe to ease quicker grid connections

Backlog delaying ‘shovel-ready’ ventures will be cleared with aim of building virtually zero-carbon power system by 2030

The Guardian - UK

Here’s What It Costs To Charge a Tesla Monthly vs. Using Gas for a Toyota Yaris

Tesla Model Y and X charges differ, but both are cheaper than refueling a Toyota Yaris — but the amount of savings depends on electricity costs where you live.

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Calling all tea lovers – this ingenious teapot brews the perfect cuppa without electricity

Ex-Dyson designer reinvents the teapot

Georgia Power says it needs a huge increase in power capacity to meet data center demand

Georgia's largest utility wants to spend more than $15 billion to increase its electricity capacity by 50% over the next six years to serve data centers

The Independent UK

Uzbekistan launches €9.46 billion green energy push, covering nation’s power needs

At the "Powering the Future" forum in Tashkent, Uzbekistan unveiled 42 renewable, storage, and grid projects, with international partners supporting a nationwide energy transformation.

Euronews

Here’s What It Costs To Charge a Tesla Monthly vs. Using Gas for a Toyota Sienna

Tesla Model Y charging costs are cheaper than refueling a Toyota Sienna — but the amount of savings depends greatly on where you live and electricity cost.

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John Early: ‘There was electricity to playing a psycho – playing a nice guy almost felt self-serving’

INTERVIEW: Thanks to the Elizabeth Olsen romcom ‘Eternity’, the stand-up comedian and star of cult comedy series ‘Search Party’ is about to experience his mainstream breakthrough – but ambition isn’t the reason he’s stopped playing millennial monsters, he tells Adam White

The Independent UK

Smart Export Guarantee: how it works, rates and what solar households can earn

Find out how the Smart Export Guarantee (SEG) works, who qualifies, and what rates you can realistically earn

The Independent UK

AI Data Centre Electricity Demand Increasing US Utility Bills, Putting Households in Debt

Rising energy demand from power-hungry AI data centres is straining household budgets, with the average overdue utility bill balance continuing to grow.

International Business Times UK

Electricity line theft stops Red Line services for 4 hours

Train services on the Red Line were temporarily suspended on Friday morning after the theft of electricity wires at Rangsit Station disrupted power supply to the system.

Bangkok Post

It’s cheaper to run an EV in the UK than it is in Germany

British electric car drivers are saving £540 more on running costs than their German counterparts

The Independent UK

Households face higher energy bills as £28bn grid upgrade gets go-ahead

Plan to improve gas networks and rewire electricity systems across Great Britain likely to add £30 to average annual bill

The Guardian - UK

Energy bills to go up by £108 a year to pay for 'more resilient' gas and electricity networks

Gas bills will have to go up by an average of £48, while electricity bills will rise by £60 a year on average.

Evening Standard

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The Guardian - UK

Budget uncertainty triggers plunge in UK construction activity; Trustpilot shares slump after short-seller claims – as it happened

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news

Benzinga

Jensen Huang Reveals AI's Biggest Problem, And It Is Not Chips — Joe Rogan Agrees This Is The 'Smartest' Way To Solve It

On Wednesday, Nvidia Corp (NASDAQ:NVDA) CEO Jensen Huang told Joe Rogan that the future of artificial intelligence won't be constrained by chips but by electricity — and he expects tech giants to start powering their data centers with their own nuclear reactors.

AAP

Mistiming energy transition could prove a costly lesson

Renewables are anticipated to keep a lid on electricity prices over the next five years but a speedier transition is needed to keep bills lower in the 2030s.

The Guardian - UK

UK using more wood to make electricity than ever, Drax figures show

Giant biomass plant reveals burning of wood pellets made 9% of UK’s electricity in July, its largest ever monthly share

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The Guardian - AU

There are two big drivers of Australia’s economic growth – but shape matters as much as size

Income from rooftop solar panels and investment in data centres are helping to power the economy, which leads us to the question: is all growth good?

The Conversation

What are small modular reactors, a new type of nuclear power plant sought to feed AI’s energy demand?

As U.S. electricity demand rises and technology companies seek to build more and larger data centers to drive artificial intelligence systems, the main question arising is how to generate all that power.

The Conversation

Google’s proposed data center in orbit will face issues with space debris in an already crowded orbit

The rapid expansion of artificial intelligence and cloud services has led to a massive demand for computing power. The surge has strained data infrastructure, which requires lots of electricity to operate. A single, medium-sized data center here on Earth can consume enough electricity to power about 16,500 homes, with even…

The Conversation

Politics with Michelle Grattan: Tim Ayres on the AI rollout’s looming ‘bumps and glitches’

The federal government released its National AI Strategy this week, confirming it has dropped its earlier proposal for mandatory guardrails for high-risk artificial intelligence (AI).

Capital & Main

Utility Asks New Mexico for ‘Zero Emission’ Status for Gas-Fired Power Plant

Plan puts costs of new solar farms on New Mexicans and extends lives of coal-fired plants. Critics call it “profound greenwashing.”

The Guardian - AU

Datacentres demand huge amounts of electricity. Could they derail Australia’s net zero ambitions?

Banks of servers operating 24/7 generate massive amounts of heat, requiring power to run and cool them

Benzinga

AI Data Centers Are Driving US Power Crunch—And Even Record Grid Spending Isn't Enough, New Research Finds

The United States could face mounting reliability risks as electricity demand from data centers climbs far faster than grid capacity, according to two new BloombergNEF (BNEF) reports released on Monday.

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