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Fusion fever: A reality check on the multibillion-dollar race to reinvent energy and save the planet

GeekWire

Fusion energy could provide a nearly infinite source of carbon-free power and help save the planet from climate change. In fact, no fusion company has yet hit the essential target of getting more energy from fusion reactions than it puts into them. Helion Energy CEO David Kirtley, right, addresses a tour group at his Everett, Wash.,

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How do you capture the ocean’s energy? Peek under the hood of a startup’s ‘anti-boat’ power device

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Oscilla Photo) Oscilla Power , a startup developing devices that capture wave energy to produce electricity, has ocean-sized ambitions. There are no land-based energy systems to borrow from and adapt to the sea. Navy Wave Energy Test Site. A fiberglass cover will protect the hardware. Oscilla has raised $7.5

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Top500: The Supercomputers Advancing Cyber Security, Renewable Energy, and Black Hole Research

CIO Business Intelligence

Among those ranked in the 59 th edition of the TOP500 announced at the 2022 International Supercomputing Conference (ISC) in Hamburg, Germany, are standouts conducting powerful research in energy generation, cyber and physical threats, and astrophysics. Eni, HPC5: The Supercomputer Working for Energy. Rmax [TFlop/s], 51,720.76

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Microsoft’s AI ambitions fuel $3.3 billion bet on Wisconsin data center

Network World

As part of the project, Microsoft said it is co-funding a new solar energy project that will generate 250MW of power. To offset the site’s power consumption, Microsoft said it is working with National Grid to co-fund a 250MW solar energy project in Wisconsin. The data center is set to come online by 2026. It goes beyond raw capacity.

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Zeno demonstrates an innovative type of radioisotope heat source for off-grid power

GeekWire

— took advantage of the energy provided by the radioactive decay of strontium-90. Zeno uses radioisotope heat sources as the building blocks for its power-generating systems, which are designed to convert constant thermal energy into electricity. The test data will support further development of heat sources.

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USNC-Tech and Blue Origin win a contract for nuclear thermal propulsion design

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Seattle-based Ultra Safe Nuclear Technologies and its partners are among three teams winning $5 million contracts from NASA and the Department of Energy to develop reactor designs for space-based nuclear thermal propulsion systems. Nuclear energy represents one of the frontiers of space propulsion technology.

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NASA awards millions to boost technology innovations created by small businesses

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One grant would support the development of a lunar power distribution system. Those are just two of the projects receiving Phase I grants from the space agency’s Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs, also known as SBIR and STTR.