Electricity
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Business
Amazon Says It Reached a Climate Goal Seven Years Early
The company said it effectively got all of the electricity it used last year from sources that did not produce…
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Business
Why the Solar Eclipse Will Not Leave People Without Power
Grid managers say they are well prepared to handle a sharp drop in the energy produced by solar panels as…
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News
Storing Renewable Energy, One Balloon at a Time
Central Sardinia is not generally considered a hotbed of innovation: Arid and rural, some of its road signs riddled with…
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Business
U.S. Carbon Emissions Fell in 2023 as Coal Use Tumbled to New Lows
The drop was big, but emissions would need to fall three times as fast for the rest of the decade…
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Business
Britain’s Economy Is ‘Not Working.’ Here Are 2 Key Reasons.
In the countryside of Cambridgeshire, a British semiconductor start-up was ready to expand beyond its lab and open a manufacturing…
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Business
The Real-World Costs of the Digital Race for Bitcoin
Texas was gasping for electricity. Winter Storm Uri had knocked out power plants across the state, leaving tens of thousands…
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Business
Why Are Energy Prices So High? Some Experts Blame Deregulation.
California and the 34 other states that have deregulated all or parts of their electricity system tend to have higher…
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Business
Advice for Europeans: Bundle Up and Get Ready for Outages
As temperatures drop amid an energy crisis, governments say power blackouts may be necessary to conserve electricity.