By Kennedy Maize The long-lived absurdities of the nation’s handling of the dangerous spent fuel rods from nuclear power plants got aired at the Supreme Court of the United States this week (Mar. 5). Much of the discussion revolved around the convoluted meanings of words such as “permanent” and “interim” and how long is too… More U.S. nuke waste policy puzzles Supreme Court

It was the best of times, it is the worst of times, it is the winter of despair. Is it the spring of hope for coal? Playing with the famous opening paragraph of the 1859 Charles Dickens masterpiece A Tale of Two Cities lays out the precarious position of coal in the U.S. now and… More Coal’s woes and hopes: A tale of two futures

When it comes to providing the enormous power demands of artificial intelligence-related data centers, is smaller better? So far, most approaches to meeting the AI loads have involved conventional big iron, such as co-locating data centers at existing nuclear and natural gas plants. A contrary view comes from San Diego-based software and engineering company Xendee… More Can microgrids let data centers dodge grid congestion chaos?