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Does Turning Off the A/C Really Save Enough Gas to Matter?

Turning off your car’s A/C can save gasoline, but probably not in the dramatic way some fuel-saving advice suggests. The savings depend heavily on your vehicle, outside temperature, driving speed, and how hard the climate system has to work.

Clever Dude · Oct 7

US Dept of Energy announces up to $4.2 bn financing for nuclear upgrades in Pennsylvania, Ohio

The US Department of Energy has made a conditional loan commitment of $4.2 billion to Vistra. This funding will finance upgrades at nuclear power plants located in Pennsylvania and Ohio. The planned projects aim to increase total nuclear capacity by 433 megawatts while extending reactor operations by 20 years. The…

The Economic Times · Oct 6

NVIDIA Head of Sustainability: how to accelerate America’s nuclear energy renaissance

For most of the last few decades, electricity demand in the United States has been relatively flat. That era is ending.

Fortune · Oct 5

A $20 Million Reason Why Fervo Energy Stock Is in Focus Today

Fervo Energy secures two DOE awards totaling about $20 million. But should you load up on FRVO stock today? Let’s find out!

Barchart · Sep 22

DC Circuit Rejects Energy Department's Claim of "Emergency" Authority to Order Coal Plant to Remain Open

A potentially significant rebuke of one of the more controversial and unusual elements of the Trump Administration's energy policy.

Reason · Sep 11

China has developed a new material that pulls uranium from seawater at eight times a US benchmark — what it could mean for nuclear power

Chinese scientists have created PhosCage, a material that captures uranium from seawater. This new substance performs significantly better than existing benchmarks set by the US Department of Energy. The material shows promise for future nuclear fuel sourcing from the world's oceans. Researchers developed a bead form for practical deployment and…

The Economic Times · Sep 6

Trump’s Education Department deletes post that compares his administration to Nazi Germany

DOE misinterprets ‘tiger’ quote from Oscar-winning 2017 film ‘Darkest Hour,’ forcing it to delete social media clip after backlash

The Independent UK · Aug 27

Treasury proposes ESG restrictions for Trump Accounts

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Ballotpedia · Aug 26

In 2008, University of Michigan researchers won a $2 million grant to make parked EVs feed power back to the grid. 18 years later, some firms have reached commercial offerings, turning some parked cars into grid-connected batteries

In 2008, University of Michigan researchers received a $2 million grant to test a simple premise: drawing power back from parked vehicles. Eighteen years later, that lab experiment has become a working commercial reality. Automakers and utility companies now link parked electric cars into coordinated battery networks. During peak demand,…

The Economic Times · Aug 26

A Tennessee company is breaking down retired wind turbine blades instead of sending them to landfills, recovering glass fibre at 99.9% purity that can be reused in concrete, car panels and 3D-printing filament

Retired wind turbine blades are becoming a growing waste challenge as older turbines reach the end of their operating lives, but a Tennessee company is developing a way to recover valuable material from them instead of sending the blades to landfill. Carbon Rivers, a Knoxville-based advanced materials company, uses a…

The Times of India · Aug 25