3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (674+ words) Global greenhouse gas emissions from petrochemical production could rise by about 50% between 2023 and 2050 under a business-as-usual scenario, according to a new study. Its facility-level analysis also identifies a concentration of emissions that could help governments and companies decide where to…...

2+ week, 10+ hour ago   (895+ words) A data center can take one to three years to build, but the grid infrastructure needed to power it may take five to 15 years. That difference helps explain why access to electricity, rather than land or computer chips, is delaying…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (906+ words) Giving households free electricity for short periods encouraged them to use more power when renewable generation was abundant, field experiments in Great Britain and Spain found. This could help grids use more wind and solar electricity that might otherwise go…...

3+ week, 8+ hour ago   (1140+ words) The numbers come from the International Energy Agency’s Rare Earth Elements report, published in April 2026. Its main warning is easy to miss when policy debates concentrate on mineral deposits: the tightest constraints sit farther along the route from ore to…...

3+ week, 9+ hour ago   (772+ words) The research, published on 12 August 2026 in Communications Earth & Environment, examined the Northwest European Shelf, including the North Sea, Baltic Sea and UK-Irish Sea region. Researchers Naveed Akhtar, Alberto Elizalde, Beate Geyer and Corinna Schrum, based at Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, wanted to…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (1226+ words) Global electricity demand from data centres rose by 17% in 2025, compared with 3% growth in electricity use overall, according to the International Energy Agency. Yet the main obstacle for many proposed AI facilities is not the world’s total supply of power. It…...