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Fusion cuisine: Zap Energy fires up BBQ grill built to look like one of its high-tech, superheated devices

GeekWire

Zap Energy CTO and co-founder Brian Nelson works the FuZE Grill during a cookout at the company’s new headquarters building in Everett, Wash. “We thought it was only appropriate to inaugurate it with a fusion menu,” said Andy Freeberg, head of communications at Zap Energy.

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Amazon renewable power leader on AI’s energy strain, a political dust-up in Oregon, and more

GeekWire

1 corporate purchaser of renewable energy worldwide. “Renewable energy is the place where you have a big impact on our carbon footprint today,” said Charley Daitch , the Amazon Web Services director of energy and water strategy. ” Charley Daitch, the Amazon Web Services director of energy and water strategy.

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As interest in fusion energy ignites, Helion lands $500M from OpenAI CEO, Facebook co-founder

GeekWire

Fusion energy company Helion raised a whopping $500 million, with the possibility of an additional $1.7 The investment is notable not only for its size, but also as a bellwether for the potential of fusion energy to deliver on the promise of generating theoretically limitless, carbon-free power. Helion Photo). million in May.

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Microsoft and Helion want to build the world’s first fusion plant and seize energy’s ‘Holy Grail’

GeekWire

(Helion Photo) Microsoft and Helion Energy on Wednesday announced a historic agreement that could pave the way to the world’s first fusion power plant. Engineers for decades have chased the promise of fusion energy — a potentially limitless source of carbon-free power. The goal is to get the plant running by 2028.

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UK police surprised to learn energy-intensive weed farm is actually a Bitcoin mine

The Verge

For comparison, Bitcoin was estimated to be responsible for almost 25 percent of the entire world’s electricity consumption in 2019. Police may not have caught a drug ring, but they likely did more good by shutting down this illicit mining setup — for the environment anyway.

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Data-driven sustainability: Dell’s commitment to industry standards

CIO Business Intelligence

The problem – there isn’t a PCF calculation standard, making it impossible for customers to do an “apples-to-apples” comparison of competitive products. energy), transportation, and end of life over a period of four years. Even though Dell and other manufacturers and suppliers use PAIA to estimate our PCF impact, there are challenges.

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Cybersecurity Labeling of IoT Devices: Will It Happen in 2023?

SecureWorld News

Using the Energy Star labeling model. The labeling program will be modeled after Energy Star , the program used by the Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Energy to promote energy efficiency in home appliances.

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