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Energy company announces largest-of-its-kind project set to reshape power grid: 'The most powerful ever installed'
The Cool Down - Oregon
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August 23, 2025
"Will be crucial." by Grace HowarthAugust 23, 2025 A new wind farm in Romania is set to become the biggest in the country. Wind power is one of the fastest-growing electricity sources, according to the BBC, and Romania is about to build its...
Solar cars ready to heat up and race across the outback
PerthNow
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August 23, 2025
Sun-seeking tech teams from around the world are set to race their hotted-up vehicles across the outback in a test of innovative technology that may drive the solar-powered vehicles of tomorrow. The Bridgestone World Solar Challenge starts in...
Power bills could rise if plan to cut them backfires
1News
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New rules aimed at lowering power bills in New Zealand could backfire, as Griffith University Professor Richard Meale warns how they may actually drive electricity prices up. In its quest to lower electricity prices for New Zealand households, the...
Energy experts urge Bangladesh’s proper transition to renewable energy
Bangladesh Post
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Energy experts at an energy talk in the capital on Saturday urged Bangladesh to phase out fossil fuels and ensure a just transition to renewable energy. A group of nine green platforms organised the energy talk at the Liberation War Museum in the...
Renewables Thrive Sans Subsidies: AI Demand, Low Costs Fuel Growth
WebProNews
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August 23, 2025
The Resilience of Renewables Amid Subsidy Shifts In an era of escalating energy demands, solar and wind power are demonstrating remarkable resilience, even as federal subsidies face potential rollbacks. According to a recent analysis in The Wall...
Energy advocate applauds oil and gas commingling updates
The Center Square
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August 23, 2025
(The Center Square) – Oil and gas commingling rules have been updated in accordance with the Big Beautiful Bill in order to strengthen energy production and safety, with energy advocates’ supporting the move. Larry Behrens from Power the Future...
Solar Opposites Season 6: Release date, time, cast and plot details – Everything we know so far
Business Upturn
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August 23, 2025
The hype for Solar Opposites Season 6 is through the roof! This zany sci-fi animated comedy has kept fans hooked since landing on Hulu in 2020, blending wild humor, heartfelt vibes, and sharp social jabs. As the sixth and final season approaches,...
The Global Push for a Just Transition in Energy Jobs
Oil Price
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August 23, 2025
For years, energy workers from the fossil fuel sector have been growing increasingly concerned about their future working in the sector. As many countries invest heavily in renewable energy, in a bid to decrease dependence on oil, gas, and coal,...
The hidden cost of AI? Google reveals how much energy your prompts consume
Al Bawaba
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August 23, 2025
ALBAWABA - Google has made a big step toward openness by releasing its first full technical report on how AI queries affect the environment. This report gives Google Gemini app users a look into the energy, water, and carbon costs of running their...
Denver Airport Pauses Nuclear Reactor Study Amid Safety Backlash
WebProNews
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August 23, 2025
The Spark of Controversy at Denver International Airport Denver International Airport (DIA), one of the nation’s busiest hubs handling over 77 million passengers annually, has thrust itself into a heated debate over sustainable energy. Airport...
Old power station to be dismantled
The Portugal News
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"The Pego Thermoelectric Power Plant will begin a process of dismantling the [cooling] towers and all those structures, and we know that during the dismantling process, many infrastructures will disappear to create conditions for other industrial...
Taiwan signals openness to nuclear power despite failed referendum to restart power plant
The Straits Times
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August 23, 2025
TAIPEI – His party might be known for advocating a “nuclear-free homeland”, but Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) appears to have left the door open about the use of nuclear power in the future. Speaking on...
Referendum failure on No. 3 Nuclear plant intensifies energy debate
Focus Taiwan
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August 23, 2025
Taipei, Aug. 23 (CNA) The failure of Saturday's referendum to restart the Third Nuclear Power Plant in Pingtung County, the last in Taiwan when decommissioned in May, has reignited debate over the country's energy future amid growing demand on...
Trump administration halts RI, CT offshore wind project
Connecticut Public Radio
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August 23, 2025
The developers of Connecticut’s only offshore wind project, Revolution Wind, were ordered by the Trump administration late Friday to stop construction immediately. The project is already 80% complete according to Ørsted, one of its developers. It...
Trump administration halts work on an almost-finished wind farm
WFAE - North Carolina
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August 23, 2025
The Trump administration has ordered companies to stop construction of a wind farm that's being built off the coast of Rhode Island. The acting director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Matthew Giacona, wrote in a letter to one of the...
Trump halts work on New England offshore wind project that's nearly complete
Newsday - New York
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The Trump administration halted construction on a nearly complete offshore wind project near Rhode Island as the White House continues to attack the battered U.S. offshore wind industry that scientists say is crucial to the urgent fight against...
Trump halts work on nearly complete New England offshore wind project
ABC News - New York
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August 23, 2025
The Trump administration halted construction on a nearly complete offshore wind project near Rhode Island as the White House continues to attack the battered U.S. offshore wind industry that scientists say is crucial to the urgent fight against...
Taiwan vote on restarting nuclear plant fails amid security concerns
Al Mayadeen
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August 23, 2025
Taiwanese voters have rejected a referendum to restart the Ma’anshan nuclear plant, dealing a blow to nuclear energy advocates. A referendum on restarting the Ma’anshan nuclear power plant failed on Saturday after falling short of the required...
Taiwan nuclear plant vote fails
New Age Bangladesh
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Agence France-Presse . Taipei, Taiwan 23 August, 2025, 22:52 A Taiwanese referendum on whether to restart a nuclear power plant failed on Saturday after the number of votes in favour fell short of the legally required threshold. Ma’anshan Nuclear...
R.I. officials blast Trump administration for halting construction on Revolution Wind project
The Boston Globe - Massachusetts
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PROVIDENCE — Rhode Island officials on Saturday blasted the Trump administration for calling a halt to construction on Revolution Wind, a $4 billion wind farm off the coast of Rhode Island that is 80 percent complete. A joint project of Danish...