With a heat dome looming over America this Fourth of July weekend, pressure is building on the power grid, raising the cost of keeping cool. Wholesale electricity prices on America’s most highly populated regional power grid are surging under the heat. The increased costs by utility companies to purchase adequateContinue Reading
The drought-stricken state of Texas has a question for its booming data center industry: How much water are data centers using to keep their computers cool? But the answers are proving hard to come by. The Public Utilities Commission of Texas (PUCT) is attempting for a second time to gatherContinue Reading
The U.S. taxpayer will help the nuclear power industry construct 10 new power plants under a proposal from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). A $17.5 billion loan package announced Tuesday aims to assist power companies in financing long lead times in the nuclear supply chain that have hampered reactorContinue Reading