energy - CybAI news

09 Aug

Oxford scientists’ new light-absorbing material can turn everyday objects into solar panels

stp2y0 CommentsNewsbreakthrough, energy, energy efficiency, invention, news, Oxford University, science, solar, solar energy, solar panel, solar power, tomorrow

Oxford University scientists may have solved one of the greatest hindrances of expanding access to solar energy. Scientists from the university’s physics department have created an ultra-thin layer of material that can be applied to the exterior of objects with sunlight access in place of bulky silicon-based solar panels.The ultra-thin and flexible film is made by stacking layers of light-absorbing layers of perovskite that are just over one micron thick. The new materials are also 150 times thinner than a traditional silicon wafer and can produce 5 percent more energy efficiency than traditional, single-layer silicon photovoltaics, according to a statement…

06 Aug

AI Is Heating the Olympic Pool

stp2y0 CommentsGenAIartificial intelligence, energy, machine learning, olympics, sports, swimming

In the suburbs of northeast Paris, there is a giant terra-cotta-colored warehouse with a labyrinth of windowless corridors inside. A deafening whir emanates from behind rows and rows of anonymous gray doors, and under white striplights, disposable earbuds are available to protect passersby from the noise.These are the uncanny innards of one of France’s newest data centers, completed earlier this year, which is now being used to heat the new Olympic Aquatics Center—visible from the data center’s roof. When US swimming star Katie Ledecky won her ninth Olympic gold medal last week, she did it by speeding through water heated,…

25 Jul

French Power Export Curbs Could Boost Prices for Neighbors

stp2y0 CommentsRAG modelsBelgium, energy, europe, Exports, France, Generic 1st 'XW' Future, germany, Italy, Markets, Switzerland, Technology

French electricity grid limitations will constrain power exports from Monday for more than two months, threatening higher prices in neighboring countries. The curbs that run until October will impact exports to Belgium, Germany, Switzerland and Italy. Similar limitations this spring led to record spreads between France’s day-ahead power price and its neighbors. Source link lol

11 Jul

AI’s Energy Demands Are Out of Control. Welcome to the Internet’s Hyper-Consumption Era

stp2y0 CommentsAIalgorithms, artificial intelligence, Climate, data, energy, machine learning

Right now, generative artificial intelligence is impossible to ignore online. An AI-generated summary may randomly appear at the top of the results whenever you do a Google search. Or you might be prompted to try Meta’s AI tool while browsing Facebook. And that ever-present sparkle emoji continues to haunt my dreams.This rush to add AI to as many online interactions as possible can be traced back to OpenAI’s boundary-pushing release of ChatGPT late in 2022. Silicon Valley soon became obsessed with generative AI, and nearly two years later, AI tools powered by large language models permeate the online user experience.One…

03 Jul

Britain’s Brewing Battle Over Data Centers

stp2y0 CommentsRAG modelscities, data, energy, infrastructure, policy, regulation

As mayor of Newham, Rokhsana Fiaz has plenty of problems to reckon with. Her London borough is wrestling with entrenched poverty and the capital's highest rate of residents stuck in temporary housing. But midway through her second term, Fiaz has a new plan to turn things around. She believes that AI could provide a multimillion-pound boost to economic growth, and she’s campaigning for Newham to get a share. “We want to be able to seize the opportunities of the data economy,” she says, “and data centers are a core part of that.”Fiaz’s support for the server farms reflects the enthusiasm…

28 Jun

China is plowing $11 billion into a solar, wind and coal energy project

stp2y0 CommentsNewschina, coal, energy, green, news, solar, tomorrow

A state-owned power company is splashing out 80 billion yuan ($11 billion) on an energy base that will generate electricity from , and sources. China Three Gorges Renewables Group, a subsidiary of the country’s largest hydropower company, plans to build a plant with a 16-gigawatt capacity and a five-gigawatt storage facility, reports.This is part of China’s aim to build 455 gigawatts worth of renewable energy projects in the desert by 2030. This plant is being constructed in Inner Mongolia, which will get 135 gigawatts of the total planned output.The China Three Gorges Corporation is looking to diversify its energy sources…

16 Jun

Light-Based Chips Could Help Slake AI’s Ever-Growing Thirst for Energy

stp2y0 CommentsGenAIartificial intelligence, energy, quanta magazine, science

“What we have here is something incredibly simple,” said Tianwei Wu, the study’s lead author. “We can reprogram it, changing the laser patterns on the fly.” The researchers used the system to design a neural network that successfully discriminated vowel sounds. Most photonic systems need to be trained before they’re built, since training necessarily involves reconfiguring connections. But since this system is easily reconfigured, the researchers trained the model after it was installed on the semiconductor. They now plan to increase the size of the chip and encode more information in different colors of light, which should increase the amount…