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On August 30th a scientific paper discussed lithium in an extinct volcano in the western United States. But would it also increase supplies of a crucial battery-making ingredient?
“The mining industry is seldom that simple,” argues Bloomberg’s Energy…
An anonymous reader shared this report from the Guardian:
ExxonMobil executives privately sought to undermine climate science even after the oil and gas giant publicly acknowledged the link between fossil fuel emissions and climate change, according to…
Symantec warns that the Redfly APT appears to be focusing exclusively on targeting critical national infrastructure organizations.
The post China-Linked ‘Redfly’ Group Targeted Power Grid appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Popular Science reports that America’s Department of Energy “is providing a nearly $400 million loan to a startup aimed at scaling the manufacturing and deployment of a zinc-based alternative to rechargeable lithium batteries.”
If realized, Eos Ener…
Nine vulnerabilities patched in SEL electric power management products, adding to the 19 other flaws fixed earlier this year.
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An anonymous reader shared this report from the Washington Post:
On April 26, 1986, the infamous explosion at a Chernobyl nuclear power plant unleashed large amounts of radiation into the atmosphere, an event that contaminated wildlife across country …
“France and Germany lead the camps in disagreeing on the future of nuclear in Europe,” write two climate policy journalists. On the Energy Post blog they explore why — citing energy experts and politicians.
Germany “ultimately completed its nuc…
An anonymous reader quotes a report from ExtremeTech: Slowly but surely, sales of electric cars have crept upward as traditional automakers finally embrace EVs. Nissan was early to the electric future with the venerable if modest Leaf. Nissan is now lo…
“The green energy revolution still faces a huge obstacle: a lack of long-term, cost-efficient renewable storage,” writes the Washington Post.
But then they check in on a Finnish start-up running the world’s first commercial-scale sand battery, which …
Vulnerabilities in CyberPower and Dataprobe power management products could be exploited in data center attacks, including to cause damage and for spying.
The post Power Management Product Flaws Can Expose Data Centers to Damaging Attacks, Spying appea…