The nation's 10 major electricity suppliers said Friday that power bills for standard households will fall by between ¥520 and ¥691 in July from the previous month. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/27/japan/household-electricity-bills-drop-july/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #energy #lng #electricity #utilities #tepco#kepco
Tokyo Gas is in discussions with multiple U.S. liquefied natural gas suppliers to secure a long-term purchase agreement, as rising energy demand leaves Japan increasingly dependent on the fuel source. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/06/26/companies/tokyo-gas-us-lng-purchase-talks/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #tokyogas #lng #usjapanrelations #energy #electricity
Japan's electricity demand has been projected to grow by up to 40% from the 2019 level in 2050, if the wider use of generative AI spurs the construction of more data centers. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/06/26/economy/japan-power-demand-projections/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #electricity #energy #utilities #ai
Thinking about the threads I posted about energy the other day. I knew that electric engines were far more efficient than even the latest combustion engines. But until I read Thorn's article on rewired.nz, I'd never joined the dots that this means we don't need the same number of calories of renewable energy to replace fossil fuel energy.
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“This raises serious questions for New Zealand’s long-term energy security, given the absence of realistic alternatives to natural gas to power industries, heat our homes and keep electricity prices down”.
John Carnegie, CEO, Petroleum Exploration and Production Association of NZ, 2021
Naked self-interest much? I bet John is laughing all the way to the bank under the current regime.
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Tim Chambers
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"Using some mapping we found that the rooftops of 14 of Auckland's largest buildings would have the same land area as the largest solar farm under construction [in Aotearoa]. So we could potentially be distributing those solar panels in our city ..."
#PriscilaBesen, AUT, 2024
https://95bfm.com/bcast/the-green-desk-energy-and-architecture-24th-september-2024
#podcasts#95bFM#GreenDesk #energy#RenewableEnergy#SolarPower#SolarFarms
Ulrike Hahn
boosted
#ClimateChange and #energy
We did the math on #AI’s energy footprint. Here’s the story you haven’t heard.
The #emissions from individual AI text, image, and video queries seem small—until you add up what the industry isn’t tracking and consider where it’s heading next.
The latest reports show that 4.4% of all the energy in the #US now goes toward #datacenters. The #carbon intensity of #electricity used by data centers was 48% higher than the US average.
https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/20/1116327/ai-energy-usage-climate-footprint-big-tech/
Humanity needs to stop wasting public money on nuclear investment, and invest it in renewables. Especially decarbonizing proven renewable tech. Figuring out how to build and maintain renewable generation without energy and byproducts (plastics, etc) from fossil fuels is an important area of experimentation in itself.
And in #GoodNews ...
"Scientists have used solar power to heat an object to 1,800 degrees Fahrenheit (1,000 degrees Celsius) — hot enough to power a steel furnace. The proof-of-concept study, published May 15 in the journal Device, demonstrates how solar energy could replace fossil fuels in high-temperature manufacturing processes, such as smelting steel."
#PrudenceWade, 2024
https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/solar-power-generated-enough-heat-to-power-a-steel-furnace
#energy#RenewableEnergy#SolarPower#SolarFurnace#SteelSmelting
China's going to be fine.
"In China, people burned crude oil and gas for heat and light as early as 500 B.C. By the fourth century A.D., they were drilling for these natural resources and transporting it via bamboo pipes."
#HannahOsborne, 2024