Obstacles to Wave Energy Even as the price of oil rises, the cost of wave energy must become much cheaper to compete with it. iStockPhoto Whenever oil prices rise, the world thirsts for renewable energy alternatives. Despite this welcoming attitude, several problems prevent wave energy from...
Can Kamala Harris Really Add New Housing, Make It Cheaper? Harris is pledging to create 3 million new homes and make housing more affordable, especially for first-time home buyers. Her housing plans are ambitious — and possibly unrealistic, experts say. Smart Money’s 2024 Presidential Election...
Growing support and funding, alongside rising electricity prices, contribute to making existing nuclear plants much more valuable than they were just a few years ago, says MIT’s Buongiorno. “Everything has changed,” he adds. But even a successful Palisades restart wouldn’t mean that we’ll...
"We've talked to pretty much all of them, especially the big ones have talked to us," Trice said. "They're all interested in carbon-free, green, baseload power." Possible Three Mile Island project Constellation Energy, the largest U.S. operator of nuclear plants, has ...
The European nation’s energy revolution has made it a leader in replacing nukes and fossil fuels with wind and solar technology.
Much of data center growth—about 70 percent—is expected to be fulfilled directly or indirectly (via cloud services, for instance) by hyperscalers by 2030, so several of these emerging locations are self-built by hyperscalers or through built-to-suit co-location provide...
Individually, your rechargeable electric toothbrush may not put that much strain on the local power plant, but the big picture is far more troubling. In the United States alone, vampire power costs consumers more than $3 billion a year [source: Energy Information Administration]. Over time,...
And cutting weight and size is the goal for making everything from iPhones to EVs: a lightweight, powerful battery means your phone can be smaller and your car can drive farther. So one of the primary ways we’ve measured progress for batteries is energy density—how much energy a battery...
Thermonuclear plants provides 17% of the electrical energy used in the United States. Clearly, nuclear power is the future and the alternative to fuel. There are many R&D carried out in extracting energy efficiently from nuclear reactors and also scaling down the size of nuclear reactors and deve...
1. Decide how much help you want There are a couple of avenues you can choose when it comes to creating an ethical portfolio. You can build it yourself, picking and choosing specific investments and monitoring them over time, or you can get some help. Choose from the two options below to...