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Facebook Tweet Email Link New York  —  On the campaign trail last summer, President Donald Trump promised to swiftly cut electricity and energy prices in half if voters returned him to the White House. “We intend to slash prices by half within 12 months, maximum of 18 months,” Trump said during a campaign rally in battleground North Carolina. “You will …

Don’t mess with ice. When it’s stressed, ice can get seriously sparky. Scientists have discovered that ordinary ice—the same substance found in iced coffee or the frosty sprinkle on mountaintops—is imbued with remarkable electromechanical properties. Ice is flexoelectric, so when it’s bent, stretched, or twisted, it can generate electricity, according to a Nature Physics paper published August 27. What’s more, …

WASHINGTON (AP) — With electricity prices rising at more than twice the rate of inflation, President Donald Trump has lashed out at renewable energy sources such as wind and solar power, blaming them for skyrocketing energy costs. Trump called wind and solar power “THE SCAM OF THE CENTURY!” in a social media post and vowed not to approve wind or …

Household electricity bills have increased by 10% since Donald Trump re-entered the White House, a new report has found, with its authors highlighting the impact of the president’s datacenter boosterism and cuts to clean energy projects as part of the cause. The analysis comes as the US energy secretary, Chris Wright, said he knows rising energy prices could be a …

Electricity prices are climbing more than twice as fast as inflation  Hacker NewsView Full Coverage on Google News Source link

Ken Thomas and his wife Delilah have invested in energy-saving windows and insulation for their Boca Raton, Fla. home. But in the dog days of summer, their electric bill can still top $400 a month. Ken Thomas hide caption toggle caption Ken Thomas Ken Thomas woke up this past Wednesday to find the power had gone out at his house …

Baltimore Gas & Electric (BGE) says its call to conserve electricity has ended, hours after a substation experienced an unplanned disconnection from BGE’s electric grid. The utility company had told customers to conserve electricity to avoid possible widespread outages.  The Maryland Freedom Caucus said the substation failure was tied to the Brandon Shores Power Plant in Curtis Bay. BGE reported …

Facebook Tweet Email Link Elon Musk’s Tesla has applied to the British energy regulator for a license to supply electricity to households in the United Kingdom. If approved, it would enable Tesla to compete with a host of big energy firms that currently supply the vital utility to properties across England, Wales and Scotland. The application to UK energy regulator …

Electricity costs rise amid data center boom  Axios How big tech plans to feed AI’s voracious appetite for power  The Economist Which states have rising electricity costs? See map  USA Today Beware the AI industrial complex | Op-Ed  The Seattle Times Rise in electricity prices hitting Ohioans, picking supplier can be tricky  Toledo Blade Source link

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