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News & Articles By Willow Tohi
04/30/2025
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By Willow Tohi
Spain’s dark day: Renewable milestone followed by catastrophic blackout highlights grid vulnerabilities
Spain and Portugal suffered a historic blackout on April 28, affecting over 50 million people, disrupting airports, hospitals and transportation. The outage occurred just days after Spain ran its grid entirely on renewable energy for the first time. While officials cited a “rare atmospheric phenomenon” or technical faults, experts blamed the outage on rapid renewable […]
04/27/2025
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By Willow Tohi
Natural gas emerges as energy champion while wind, solar lag on affordability and reliability
Independent studies reveal natural gas is the most affordable and dependable energy source, while wind and solar rank as the least efficient—despite heavy subsidies. While advocates claim lower costs, full-system expenses (transmission, backup power, land use) make wind 7x and solar 10x more expensive than natural gas. Their intermittency also strains grids. Natural gas, nuclear […]
04/23/2025
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By Willow Tohi
Breakthrough in battery tech promises 20-minute charging and 1,500-cycle lifespan for EVs and grid storage
Researchers from POSTECH and KIER have created a groundbreaking anode material using nano-sized tin particles and hard carbon, enabling ultra-fast charging (20 minutes), high energy density and impressive longevity (90% capacity retention after 1,500 cycles). Traditional graphite anodes have a limited theoretical capacity of 372 mAh/g, restricting energy density and fast-charging capabilities. The new anode […]
04/20/2025
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By Willow Tohi
Trump administration halts major offshore wind project amid fears of “rushed” approvals and environmental compromises
The Trump administration ordered an immediate stop to New York’s $8 billion Empire Wind offshore wind project, citing insufficient analysis under Biden’s 2023 approval. The pause aligns with Trump’s focus on fossil fuels and stricter oversight. Democratic leaders, labor groups and clean energy advocates condemn the decision, calling it “federal overreach” that jeopardizes jobs and […]
04/17/2025
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By Willow Tohi
A struggle over energy future unfolds as developers defy executive order
President Donald Trump’s administration issued an executive order halting new offshore wind energy leases and initiating a comprehensive review of existing projects. This move reverses the Biden-era push for offshore wind and has sparked concerns over economic disruption and potential legal battles. The order faces immediate legal challenges due to its broad demands conflicting with […]
04/10/2025
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By Willow Tohi
Trump takes aim at state and local climate laws in executive order
President Donald Trump directed the DOJ to investigate and block state and local climate laws (e.g., “climate superfund” laws in NY and Vermont) that he views as unconstitutional or burdensome to the energy sector. Environmental groups and legal experts condemned the order as unconstitutional, accusing it of favoring polluters over public health. Fossil fuel groups […]
04/10/2025
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By Willow Tohi
The looming electricity crunch: A crisis of supply and demand
Seven major U.S. grid operators warned Congress of an impending electricity capacity crisis, citing surging demand from data centers, AI, electrification and economic growth outpacing infrastructure development, threatening grid reliability. Rapid load growth — driven by data centers, electrification and extreme weather — is colliding with the accelerated retirement of dispatchable fossil fuel plants, creating […]
04/10/2025
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By Willow Tohi
Lightmatter’s photonic breakthrough: A leap forward in AI efficiency and speed
Lightmatter unveiled its Envise photonic computing chip on April 8, using light instead of electrons to drastically reduce energy consumption and accelerate AI processing, addressing inefficiencies in traditional silicon chips. Unlike conventional semiconductor tech, Lightmatter’s optical computing avoids heat dissipation and electron leakage, offering faster data transfer and circumventing the physical limits of shrinking transistors. […]
04/10/2025
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By Willow Tohi
Trump signs executive orders to revitalize coal industry, boosting energy security
President Donald Trump signed executive orders to bolster the coal industry, including a two-year exemption from strict EPA regulations (MATS) for certain coal plants, aiming to prevent premature closures and stabilize energy production. The administration argues coal plants are vital for national security and grid reliability, providing 16% of U.S. electricity. Closures could risk shortages […]
04/06/2025
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By Willow Tohi
Hidden toll: Federal secrecy shields wind industry’s eagle deaths to protect land-hungry turbines that yield minimal power
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) maintains a secretive database on eagle and bird fatalities caused by wind turbines, with public access heavily restricted. This lack of transparency shields the wind industry from scrutiny and conceals the true impact on avian populations. Federal permits allow wind operators to legally kill a specific number of […]
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