Microsoft has pulled out of an agreement with British cloud computing company Nscale for a data center project in the UK, Britain’s The Telegraph newspaper reported on Sunday. Microsoft exits Nscale’s UK data center deal amid power supply delays in Essex. (Representative) The US technology giant recently terminated its agreement for a data center in … Read more
Thousands of California residents faced power outages on Thursday as a fast-growing brush fire in Malibu triggered evacuation orders and strong winds heightened the risk of wildfires across the state. California faces fresh wildfire threat as Malibu fire spreads amid strong Santa Ana winds. (REUTERS) Separate fires broke out in Azusa, north of Los Angeles, … Read more
Thousands of California residents faced power outages on Thursday as a fast-growing brush fire in Malibu triggered evacuation orders and strong winds heightened the risk of wildfires across the state. California faces fresh wildfire threat as Malibu fire spreads amid strong Santa Ana winds. (REUTERS) Separate fires broke out in Azusa, north of Los Angeles, … Read more
Thousands of California residents faced power outages on Thursday as a fast-growing brush fire in Malibu triggered evacuation orders and strong winds heightened the risk of wildfires across the state. California faces fresh wildfire threat as Malibu fire spreads amid strong Santa Ana winds. (REUTERS) Separate fires broke out in Azusa, north of Los Angeles, … Read more
The United States Secretary of Energy, Chris Wright, has issued an emergency directive authorizing PJM Interconnection, the regional transmission operator responsible for serving substantial portions of the Mid-Atlantic and Midwest regions, to operate designated electrical generation facilities as circumstances require to ensure grid stability. With electricity demand forecast to reach about 111,500 megawatts, PJM has … Read more
Hurricane Isaias left at least four people dead, damaged homes and businesses, and knocked out electricity across parts of the southern United States after making landfall in Florida. Hurricane Isaias killed four people, damaged buildings, triggered widespread power outages and raised flooding concerns across the Southeast. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) The storm weakened … Read more
A Massachusetts dairy farmer once considered selling an awkward, hard-to-farm patch of his property to Walmart. Instead, he turned the 11-acre slice into a solar field that now provides a steady lease income, while rooftop panels have nearly wiped out the farm’s $1,400 monthly electricity bill. The story was told by John Nagy in Notre … Read more
People fill up gas containers at a gas station ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Isaias, in Navarre, Florida, US. (Reuters Photo) Hurricane Isaias made landfall near Destin, Florida, on Friday as a Category 2 storm, bringing heavy rain, damaging winds and flooding to parts of the Florida Panhandle and Alabama. More than 664,000 customers … Read more
Hurricane Isaias is expected to make landfall along Florida’s western Panhandle on Friday night, October 9, as the Category 3 storm brings dangerous winds, heavy rain and the threat of life-threatening flooding. Forecasts place the likely landfall window between 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. ET, with the area near Pensacola among the locations being watched … Read more
Hundreds of thousands of Florida residents remained without electricity on Friday after Hurricane Isaias brought destructive winds, heavy rain and storm surge to the Panhandle. The hurricane knocked down the power lines as the rain poured down. More than 300,000 customers were without electricity across Florida as Hurricane Isaias battered the Panhandle. (Unsplash ) According … Read more