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The United States has about 94,000 tonnes of nuclear waste in storage, though that's a bit like calling all that gold in Fort Knox "waste." A new technique is being developed to recover its trapped value, unlocking billions of dollars in reusable fuel and high-value isotopes. Continue Reading Category: Energy , Engineering Tags: Nuclear , Nuclear Fission , Waste

FERC approved Southwest Power Pool tariff revisions on 19 August 2026 allowing software-driven grid reconfiguration, with savings estimated at $18m to $44m. <p>The post FERC approves SPP plan to use topology optimization software against grid congestion first appeared on Winssolutions .</p>

Scientific Reports, Published online: 22 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41598-026-49418-x Entropy aware EnKF framework for reliable power quality prediction in smart grids

The temperature on the thermostat may not be the only thing determining whether a room feels too hot or too cold. A new study suggests that subtle changes in ordinary white lighting can also influence how warm or cool people feel. Researchers led by scientists at Penn State found that changing the amount of red […] The post A Surprising Way to Make Rooms Feel Cooler Without Lowering the Thermosta…

As AI develops rapidly, data centers are driving equally rapid growth in electricity demand. The stability of future energy supplies will directly determine whether AI computing capacity can continue to expand.

Blistering summer heat. Data center power demand that is potentially set to double from 2025 to 2027. An uptick in wildfires. The U.S. power grid is at an inflection point, but there is also a significant effort to reshape the grid. “In this era we’re in now, we’re seeing more investment in the grid than… The post Inside S&C Electric’s and Argonne National Lab’s CRADA partnership appeared first o…

With energy-hungry data centers under scrutiny by communities across the U.S., the two powerful chipmakers are focusing on powering more AI training and inference with fewer server racks. The post AMD, NVIDIA raise bar on AI energy efficiency appeared first on Trellis .

Rooftop solar used to be a private matter — panels on your roof, a battery in the garage,

The UK Government has launched a £28M competition to accelerate the development of energy storage technologies capable of supplying electricity for 100 hours or more. The post £28M in grants for battery technologies with more than 100 hours capacity appeared first on New Civil Engineer .

The microscopic magnetic flips behind digital memory could soon use thousands of times less energy, offering a new way to shrink AI’s rapidly growing power footprint. Artificial intelligence is creating and processing data on an enormous scale. Searches, recommendations, generated images, scientific simulations, and large language models all depend on information that must be repeatedly [...]

Minesto reported a narrower H1 2026 operating loss of SEK 15.4 million after its Faroe Islands tidal plant set a summer production record. The post Minesto Narrows H1 2026 Loss to SEK 15.4 Million appeared first on iGrow News .

At the "AI on Chips: Semiconductor Industry Trends Forum" hosted by DIGITIMES in Taipei on August 20, semiconductor, investment, and financial executives gathered to discuss the industry's next frontier. During the event, DIGITIMES deputy director Jason Tsai pointed out that as electricity supply struggles to keep pace with soaring compute demands, energy efficiency per unit of compute power will…

Tiny fans worn around the face or neck could help office workers stay comfortable while reducing the amount of energy buildings use for air conditioning, according to new research from Concordia University. The study found that lightweight wearable fans can provide almost as much comfort as conventional desk fans. Because they cool the individual rather […] The post Wearable Neck Fans Could Keep …

Siemens, Reinhausen, Noon Energy, Sabanci Renewables, Arevon Energy, Airengy, and Nobian are working to meet the power and storage demands of AI data centers and support grid stability.

Scientific Reports, Published online: 20 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41598-026-65482-9 Enhanced photovoltaic energy harvesting via a cost-effective single-sensor hybrid MPPT strategy with zone-based backstepping control

Reducing energy consumption is key to both lowering inference cost and enabling emerging physical AI applications. The post Three Strategic Imperatives For Energy-Efficient AI Computing appeared first on Semiconductor Engineering .

dc.title: Compact pulsed power systems using GaN devices dc.description.abstract: Pulsed power systems enable the delivery of extremely high power over ns-to-μs timescales, with fast rise times, high voltages, and large currents. Applications range from military systems, such as rail guns and directed energy weapons, to civilian uses, including high-energy lasers, plasma generation, and tumor abl…