The Australian foreign minister plans a short tour of three key Asian partners to tackle the fuel crisis sparked by Middle East fighting. In Tokyo, she will sit down with Japan’s foreign minister to hash out ways to keep supplies steady and discuss the wider regional fallout. A week later, she
Oil prices jumped when Iran’s military blocked the Strait of Hormuz after recent attacks. Many countries that normally buy oil from the Middle East rushed to find other energy sources. Instead of waiting for oil supplies to stabilize, they turned to China, the biggest maker of solar panels, batterie
Many people worry that when a giant tech building moves into town, it will hog all the electricity and jack up local power bills. That fear isn’t baseless—big data centers do chew through a lot of juice. But fresh engineering ideas show these energy-hungry giants can flip the script and become commu
A group of nine Republican members of the U. S. House sent a letter to officials in Washington after President Trump tried to stop five large offshore wind farms that were being built along the East Coast. The letter argued that America’s energy choices should be based on facts, money sense, and nat
Data centers need reliable power for AI tasks like training models. To meet this demand, companies are pairing fast-responding batteries with slower natural gas generators. This combo helps fill sudden energy gaps that gas plants can't handle alone. Batteries discharge power quickly, protect gas tur
Europe is searching for stronger solutions after leaders decided recent energy ideas didn’t do enough. During a late meeting in Cyprus, officials agreed the latest plans from the group’s top policy team needed improvement. Talking on condition of privacy, a source said the proposals—like lowering so
Utah faces a quiet crisis every winter when thick, dirty air gets trapped over the valleys. The Great Salt Lake’s shrinking size worsens that pollution while hurting local jobs and natural habitats. Meanwhile, homeowners watch their power bills climb month after month. These aren’t just environmenta
On April 16, a Ukrainian drone targeted Russia’s Tuapse oil terminal on the Black Sea coast. The attack sparked a four-day blaze that finally died down on April 20, though firefighters still worked to fully snuff out smoldering remains. The terminal, a key export point for Russian oil products, had
Gas prices have jumped to over four dollars a gallon, and Americans feel it every time they fill up. While war and supply issues get blamed, a growing wave of state lawsuits against energy companies is adding hidden costs. Cities like Baltimore and green groups such as the Sierra Club argue these bu
Google has rolled out its newest generation of special AI chips, called Tensor Processing Units or TPUs. These chips are now split into two types: one for training AI models and another for running them. The training chips, named TPU 8t, are designed to handle the heavy work of teaching an AI
