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Roundtables – How China Got Ahead on EVs

Roundtables – How China Got Ahead on EVs

How China Got Ahead on EVs Speakers: Zeyi Yang, China reporter, Amanda Silverman, Features & investigations editor, and Abby Ivory-Ganja, Sr engagement editor In the race to produce and sell more electric vehicles, China has emerged as the unexpected winner. If you visit Shanghai or Shenzhen today, it feels like half of the cars running […]

Roundtables – Building a Cleaner Future: Better Batteries and Their Materials

Roundtables – Building a Cleaner Future: Better Batteries and Their Materials

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How Bitcoin mining devastated this New York town

How Bitcoin mining devastated this New York town

Economist Matteo Benetton, a coauthor of the paper and a professor at the Hass School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley, says that crypto mining can depress local economies. In places with fixed electricity supplies, operations suck up grid capacity, potentially leading to supply shortages, rationing, and blackouts. Even in places with ample […]

What it will take to unleash the potential of geothermal power

“Geothermal is really ready for prime time,” says Tim Latimer, founder and CEO of the EGS startup Fervo. Geothermal’s appeal is all about consistency: while the electricity output of wind and solar plants varies with the weather and time of day, geothermal power is always on, providing a stable source of electricity. “It’s really the […]

Why the grid is ready for fleets of electric trucks

However, the researchers weren’t sure if the grid could handle many electric trucks simultaneously charging in one place. Unlike electric cars, which have relatively low power requirements and would be distributed through neighborhoods, fleets of electric trucks might strain electricity distribution systems. Electricity distribution relies on substations that serve small areas, usually around a few […]