October 18 NEC Energy News
¶ “AI Is Sucking Up So Much Electricity We’re Looking To Restart Nuclear Reactors. What Could Go Wrong?” • Google recently announced that it had signed a deal to purchase energy from yet-to-be-built small nuclear plants to power artificial intelligence. Climate and energy expert Reinhard Uhrig decried the new deal. [Red, Green, and Blue]
¶ “Ukraine Issues Nuclear Ultimatum To NATO” • Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky gave an ultimatum to NATO, warning that his country may pursue nuclear weapons if it is not granted membership. Zelensky had told Donald Trump when they met that Ukraine would either join an alliance like NATO or be “forced to pursue nuclear weapons.” [Newsweek]
¶ “Nearly $75 Million In Federal Grants To Help Alaska Native Communities With Climate Impacts” • Nearly $75 million will be aimed at helping Alaska Native communities as they deal with the impacts of climate change. The grant is going to tribal health consortium for resilience to extreme weather and changes to the environment in coastal communities. [ABC News]
¶ “Ohmium Joins 300-MW Floating PTX Project” • Ohmium International has signed a term sheet with SwitcH2 to develop electrolyzers for a 300-MW floating offshore hydrogen and ammonia synthesis project. SwitcH2’s power-to-X project will create an industrial scale floating green hydrogen and ammonia production facility. [reNews]
¶ “New York Officials Consider Criminal Charges Against Big Oil” • A growing body of evidence shows that Big Oil knew about the climate dangers of its products but promoted them to the public anyway, the authors of a 50-page document, published by Public Citizen write. “This conduct was not just amoral,” they say. “It was criminal.” [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Hochul: New York State Reaches Solar Power Benchmark Ahead Of Schedule” • Governor Kathy Hochul announced that 6 GW of distributed solar have been installed across New York state, a year ahead of the state’s goals of adopting solar energy for homes and business. The 6 GW of solar energy is enough to power more than 1 million homes. [The Daily Gazette]
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