US strikes $1.2B deal to pay German firm to halt offshore wind projects(bbc.com)

782 points by defrost 2 months ago | 749 comments

BBC News article reporting that the US agreed to pay a German firm $1.2bn to halt its offshore wind projects.

Danube's record low levels force shutdown of Hungary's only nuclear plant(bbc.com)

146 points by vrganj 2 months ago | 145 comments

UK secures record supply of offshore wind projects(bbc.co.uk)

30 points by ljf 9 months ago | 36 comments

Europe asks if reviving nuclear is the answer to energy shocks(bbc.com)

37 points by dabinat 6 months ago | 36 comments

US inflation jumps to 3.8% as energy costs surge from Iran war(bbc.com)

153 points by tartoran 5 months ago | 153 comments

US beef prices have soared but farmers aren't making more money(bbc.com)

26 points by tartoran 2 months ago | 32 comments

Every Household in This Rural Town Receives $10k If a Data Center Gets Built(wsj.com)

10 points by JumpCrisscross 28 days ago | 6 comments

WSJ article about a rural town where every household would receive $10,000 if a proposed data center is built; the capture shows only a device verification screen.

Google will buy half the electricity from one of Finland's nuclear power plants(bbc.com)

365 points by lukaspetersson 1 month ago | 326 comments

BBC News article reporting that Google has picked Finland for its largest single investment in Europe, tied to buying nuclear power for data centres.

Google will pay people to use less electricity so its data centers can use more(computerworld.com)

8 points by mikelgan 2 days ago | 2 comments

Computerworld news article on Google's deal with Voltus for a 1GW virtual power plant that pays consumers to cut electricity use, freeing grid capacity for data centers.

Nine US states are teaming up to accelerate the adoption of heat pumps(wired.com)

436 points by LinuxBender 2 years ago | 656 comments

Wired article reporting that nine US states are collaborating to accelerate heat pump adoption as a climate measure.

A battery has replaced Hawaii's last coal plant(canarymedia.com)

605 points by toomuchtodo 2 years ago | 415 comments

Canary Media article on Plus Power's Kapolei battery going online in Hawaii, replacing the state's last coal plant and providing grid services.

'It's offensively cheap': Solar power is quietly becoming bigger than nuclear(bbc.com)

46 points by geox 1 hour ago | 28 comments

BBC Future article explaining how global solar electricity generation has overtaken nuclear, with seven reasons for solar's growth including falling costs and batteries.