Big tech firms balk at Ohio electric utility demand to pay for grid upgrades
Google, Amazon, Microsoft and Meta have banded together to fight Ohio's power company, which is demanding it pay for power grid upgrades needed to support big tech companies' plans to install energy-hungry data centers to power artificial intelligence technology. American Electric Power Ohio, which supplies electricity to Columbus and other cities as well as rural […]
UK government to buy electricity system operator from National Grid for £630m | Energy industry
The British government has agreed to take control of the National Grid division, responsible for keeping electricity supplied, in a £630 million deal that takes effect next month. The Electricity System Operator (ESO) will be brought under public control and a new National Energy System Operator (NESO) will be established, which will also oversee the […]
BONNER COHEN: Trump Has A Plan To Fix The Electricity Grid — Increase Supply
Former President Donald Trump said on September 5 that the U.S. needs more power to keep the artificial intelligence (AI) sector growing and keep the U.S. tech industry ahead of China. He vowed to issue it in his second term. “Declaration of a national emergency to dramatically increase the nation's energy supply” But expanding domestic […]
Logan Sargeant thanks Williams after his exit from the 2024 F1 grid
Logan Sargent's time in Formula 1 appears to be over. Williams announced earlier this season that Carlos Sainz Jr. would take the seat for the 2025 season, but the team went a step further on Tuesday, announcing that Franco Colapinto would take Sargent's seat ahead of the Italian Grand Prix. Sargent's stay with the team […]
‘Catastrophic’: Top Grid Official Sounds The Alarm On Biden’s Sweeping Power Plant Rules
The agency’s top power grid regulator, Mark Christie, said in a letter to lawmakers this week that he is deeply concerned that the Biden administration’s aggressive regulation of power plants will severely reduce energy reliability. Christie, who serves on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), warned that power plant rules finalized by the Environmental Protection […]
Predicting the rest of the 2025 F1 driver grid
Carlos Sainz Jr.’s bottle has been uncorked Now we wait to see how the moment affects the rest of the F1 grid. On the first day of the annual summer break, Sainz announced his long-awaited decision for the 2025 F1 season, revealing that he has signed a “multi-year” contract to drive for Williams from next […]
Three men — including ex-Marines — sentenced for plot to cripple power grid
Three men with suspected ties to white supremacist groups have been sentenced to prison for plotting a racially motivated attack on the U.S. power grid that was ultimately thwarted by federal agents. Liam Collins, 25, of Rhode Island, was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Thursday for aiding and abetting the interstate transportation of […]
Max Verstappen facing grid penalty at Belgian Grand Prix, but he will be rested
Max Verstappen is set to receive a large grid penalty at this weekend’s Belgian Grand Prix, according to multiple reports. Red Bull announced on Friday ahead of the Spanish Grand Prix that they would be changing several parts of the power unit of Verstappen’s RB20, including a new internal combustion engine (ICE), a new turbocharger […]
Our power grid can’t take the heat — can cooler heads in DC fix the problem?
Amid the horror of last week’s assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, Dangerous heatwave continues It’s engulfing the entire country, sending temperatures and emotions soaring. President Biden addressed the American people in an Oval Office address on Sunday night. “Turn down the temperature.” So it’s politically significant rhetoric. But the blackouts are also literally […]
Sceptics say EVs will overwhelm the grid. In fact, they could be part of the solution | Electric, hybrid and low-emission cars
pictureElectric cars scares some people of the dark: their batteries produce much less carbon dioxide but require more power to run, prompting ominous warnings that Britain and other wealthy countries could plunge their citizens into darkness if they ban new petrol and diesel sales. In recent months, UK net-zero skeptic newspapers have warned that a […]