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AI data centers in the US are spiking nearby customers electricity bills and bringing other unexpected costs.

AI Data Centers Are Skyrocketing Regular People’s Energy Bills

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman testifies before Congress on May 8, 2025. Above him, several lights shine.

Sam Altman Says “Significant Fraction” of Earth’s Total Electricity Should Go to Running AI

By Noor Al-Sibai

Billionaire tech tycoon Eric Schmidt told Congress that 99 percent of electricity will soon be used to power AI.

Former Google CEO Tells Congress That 99 Percent of All Electricity Will Be Used to Power Superintelligent AI

While heat waves batter Europe, a million people in Southern Russia went without power due to a nuclear false alarm.

One Million Russians Lose Power When Alarm Goes Off at Nuclear Plant

By Noor Al-Sibai

A new discovery in the way electrical currents work could pave the way for supercapacitors that charge phones and laptops in 60 seconds.

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Supercapacitor Discovery Could Allow Laptops to be Charged in Just 1 Minute, Engineer Claims

By Noor Al-Sibai

Germany has so much energy coming from solar panels that it has outpaced consumer demand and pushed energy prices into a steep nose dive.

Germany Now Has So Much Solar Power That Its Electric Prices Are Going Negative

By Sharon Adarlo

Electricity in the air can be harnessed — and the simple conductor film used to harvest this energy can be made from almost anything.

Scientists Harvest Electricity From “Thin Air” Using Strange Material

By Noor Al-Sibai

Researchers from the University of Maryland studied graphene and electricity and say there could be two realities interacting.

Physicists Say There May Be Another Reality Right Beyond This One

By Lonnie Lee Hood

This week Kosovo announced a total crypto ban after spending the last 60 days in a government state of emergency over an ongoing energy crisis.

Another Entire Country Just Banned Crypto Mining

By Lonnie Lee Hood

A team of scientists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have come up with a clever device that can generate electricity from air moisture.

Clever Device Generates Electricity From Thin Air

By Victor Tangermann

Renewables produced more electricity in the U.S. than coal-fired plants in April, possibly signaling a tipping point in the transition to clean energy.

Science & Energy

Renewables Surpass Coal in the US for the First Time

By Kristin Houser

A Spanish company has figured out how to turn raw sewage into clean energy in the form of a coal-like fuel that burns without giving off carbon dioxide.

Clean Coal Startup Turns Human Waste Into Earth-Friendly Fuel

By Dan Robitzski

Cheap Hydrogen Fuel Was A Failed Promise. But Its Time May Have Arrived.

Cheap Hydrogen Fuel Was A Failed Promise. But Its Time May Have Arrived.

By Dan Robitzski

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Renewable Energy

Want a World Without Blackouts? Power the Future With Renewable Energy.

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This Inexpensive Battery Could Revolutionize the Clean Energy Industry

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An Amino Acid in Plant Waste Offers Unexpected Energy Potential