Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 10 May 2023 15:46:40 +0000
Software giant Microsoft on May 10 announced it has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with nuclear fusion startup Helion Energy to buy electricity from Helion as soon as 2028. […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2022 22:05:06 +0000
Globally, data centers are estimated to account for 1 to 2% of electricity usage. The percentage is higher in Europe, where data centers there consumed 104 TWh of electricity in 2020 — about 3% of all the electricity consumed within the EU. Those data centers create a lot of waste heat. Some of it could […]
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2022 20:50:38 +0000
It makes sense to perform the most hazardous activities in simulations when you’re testing advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), autonomous vehicle prototypes, or simply automobiles in general. An early autonomous system may be extremely unpredictable, and Tesla warns that they might “make the wrong decision at the worst possible time.” So, before even installing a […]
Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2022 05:10:10 +0000
Tesla’s Autopilot team recently visited New Orleans for the Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR). Ashok Elluswamy, Tesla’s Director of Autopilot Software, shared a photo of Tesla’s boot with an invitation for those in the area to stop by, talk with the engineers, and see the Cybertruck. The Tesla Autopilot team is at […]
Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Thu, 02 Jun 2022 16:05:29 +0000
As much as we love electric airplanes over here at CleanTechnica, zero emission flight at any significant scale is still years away. That’s why aviation stakeholders are so keen on biofuel. Cost and supply chain issues block the way, but a team of US researchers in the Pacific Northwest has just come up with a […]
Credit to Author: Jonny Tiernan| Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2022 18:41:14 +0000
This month it was announced that Microsoft had selected Carbonfuture to be an integral part of its carbon removal portfolio. This deal aims to support Microsoft’s ambitious climate pledge to become entirely carbon negative by 2030, and stands as yet another indicator of much-needed climate action. In terms of carbon removal purchases, this might be […]
Credit to Author: Patrick Klepek| Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2020 12:54:51 +0000
Epic and Microsoft join a chorus of other companies deciding to avoid the annual Game Developers Conference, as complications elsewhere rise.
Read moreCredit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2020 19:22:54 +0000
The Responsible Battery Coalition (RBC) — a leading coalition of companies, academics and organizations dedicated to the responsible management and environmental sustainability of batteries — applauded research published today by the University of Michigan (U-M) in the Journal of Energy Storage on best practices for consumers for extending the life of lithium-ion batteries, as well as the cost savings associated with minimizing degradation
Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2020 05:10:41 +0000
Big tech has entered the oil business. Well, not all of big tech, because we do have Tesla out there trying to decrease our dependence on fossil fuels. Companies like Microsoft, Amazon, and Google, however, are a bit different. They are talking the talk, but when it comes to the oil and gas industry, they are eager to work with companies to find easier ways to extract oil
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2020 00:00:13 +0000
Volkswagen is launching into what could be a huge electric decade that reinvents and rejuvenates the large global automotive group. Yes, the Volkswagen ID.3 — which is sort of supposed to be the VW Beetle or Golf of this century — has some delays. Reinvention can be tough