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#electricity

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Jack of all trades

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[Sara Aagesen, the minister for ecological transition] said the partly state-owned grid operator, Red Eléctrica, had miscalculated the power capacity needs for that day. (...) The regulator should have switched on another thermal plant, she said, but "they made their calculations and decided that it was not necessary".

Aagesen also blamed private generators for failing to regulate the grid's voltage shortly before the blackout happened.
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bbc.com/news/articles/c62d8k8e

People sit waiting at a Spanish station for the power to come back on in April 2025
www.bbc.comSpain's government blames huge blackout on grid regulator and private firmsSpain and Portugal were disconnected from Europe's electricity grid for hours in April, causing chaos.
#blackout#electricity
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The Japan Times

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings is expected to lower its electricity rate for a standard household by ¥616 from the previous month to ¥8,236 in July to try to mitigate the impact of higher prices on households. japantimes.co.jp/business/2025 #business #companies #tepco #electricity #gas

The Japan Times · Tepco to cut household electricity bills in JulyBy The Japan Times
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Miss Gayle

"Who asked for this? Who voted for this? Who will resist?"

Have fun paying for muskrat and google and bezo's energy and water usage. You know they're not going to. And if there's not enough water for you and them? Guess who is going without! I'll give you a hint - it's not them.

AI Demands to Be Fed. We’re All Servers Now Andrew Nikiforuk, originally published by The Tyee June 18, 2025 The colossal energy demands of artificial intelligence have earth-shaking implications for everyone. Already rising steeply, they are set to accelerate at a dizzying pace as various global powers race to be the first to achieve supreme intelligence over everything. Teaser image credit: Datacenter Equinix AM3 (low-rise) en AM4 (high-rise) in Amsterdam design by Benthem Crouwel architects, completed in 2017. By Choinowski – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=146691474 "Let’s be clear about what we are doing here. We are using lakes of clean water, reviving coal-powered stations, gulping methane, raising electrical prices, squandering agricultural land and cannibalizing electrical supplies to ask inane questions and make videos about stupid shit."
#Electricity#AI#Community
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Bruce MacDonald

'The explosion of artificial intelligence and cloud computing has spurred a building boom of massive facilities that store computer servers and equipment. The largest “hyperscale” data centers can consume millions of gallons of water a year, and use as much electricity as the entire city of Minneapolis.'
mprnews.org/story/2025/06/18/d

MPR News · Data centers face new regulations, some worry they fall short of protecting water, residentsBy Kirsti Marohn
#Minnesota#DataCenters#electricity
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The Kid Should See This 🌈🪐✨

💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🌊⚙️ Most flowing water #energy goes unused because it's too small-scale for traditional #hydroelectric systems. Japanese engineer Masaya Sumino solved this with PicoPica spiral turbines that work in shallow streams and irrigation channels.
His portable 18 kg (~40 lb.) generator brings #electricity to communities without #power grids, using #water flows we normally overlook.

👉 Learn more: thekidshouldseethis.com/post/p

A white-framed PicoPica water turbine generator positioned in a shallow rocky stream, showing multiple dark spiral turbine blades inside the rectangular housing designed to capture energy from slow-moving water flow.
#tksst#video#engineering
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The Kid Should See This 🌈🪐✨

🌊⚙️ Most flowing water #energy goes unused because it's too small-scale for traditional #hydroelectric systems.

Japanese engineer Masaya Sumino solved this with PicoPica spiral turbines that work in shallow streams and irrigation channels. His portable 18 kg (~40 lb.) generator brings #electricity to communities without #power grids, using #water flows we normally overlook.

👉 Learn more: thekidshouldseethis.com/post/p

A white-framed PicoPica water turbine generator positioned in a shallow rocky stream, showing multiple dark spiral turbine blades inside the rectangular housing designed to capture energy from slow-moving water flow.
#tksst#video#engineering
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