Mastodawn

@ElectricTrike in fact #Iran-backed #militias in #Iraq seem to exercise so much control to have blackmailed the governments into shutting down #oil products and refineries entirely to the point that #RollingBlackouts and #FuelScarcity already harm society.

Christopher Kyba 🇨🇦🇪🇺Apr 13, 2025

This is an interesting new #OpenAccess paper looking at the intersection of energy, development, neighborhood race and class in #SouthAfrica.

They find that #Solar panel installation is by far more common in wealthy and especially white neighborhoods, and that the drop in #NighttimeLight radiance observed from #VIIRS_DNB is lowest in these neighborhoods.

They suggest that solar adoption may reduce the impact of #LoadShedding (i.e. #RollingBlackouts).

I see a few issues with their methodology, but it's nevertheless so interesting to see all these aspects combined with day and nighttime #RemoteSensing.

https://dx.doi.org/10.1088/2753-3751/adcb4a

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Thelma Feb 11, 2025

With #PEI residents being asked to conserve energy as Maritime Electric seems to struggle to meet demand, check out some useful data about Prince Edward Island electricity generation and useage from @peter

#RollingBlackOuts #HeatPumps #Electricity

DoomsdaysCW Dec 21, 2024

#Ireland embraced #DataCenters that the #AI boom needs. Now they’re consuming too much of its energy

By MATT O’BRIEN
December 19, 2024

CLONDALKIN, Ireland (AP) — "Dozens of massive data centers humming at the outskirts of #Dublin are consuming more electricity than all of the urban homes in Ireland and starting to wear out the warm welcome that brought them here.

"Now, a country that made itself a computing factory for #Amazon, #Google, #Meta, #Microsoft and #TikTok is wondering whether it was all worth it as tech giants look around the world to build even more data centers to fuel the next wave of #ArtificialIntelligence.

"Fears of #RollingBlackouts led Ireland’s grid operator to halt new data centers near Dublin until 2028. These huge buildings and their powerful computers last year consumed 21% of the nation’s electricity, according to official records. No other country has reported a higher burden to the International Energy Agency.

"Not only that, but Ireland is still heavily reliant on burning #FossilFuels to generate electricity, despite a growing number of wind farms sprouting across the countryside. Further data center expansion threatens Ireland’s goals to sharply cut planet-warming emissions.

"Ireland is a 'microcosm of what many countries could be facing over the next decade, particularly with the growth of AI,' said energy researcher Paul Deane of University College Cork."

#NoNukesForAI #Cryptocurrency #BigTech #AISucks

Ireland embraced data centers that the AI boom needs. Now they're consuming too much of its energy

Dozens of massive data centers are consuming more electricity than all of the urban homes in Ireland and starting to wear out the warm welcome that brought them here. Now, a country that made itself a computing factory for Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft and TikTok is wondering whether it was all worth it as tech giants look around the world to build even more data centers to fuel the next wave of artificial intelligence. Fears of rolling blackouts led Ireland’s grid operator to halt new data centers near Dublin until 2028. These huge buildings and their powerful computers last year consumed 21% of the nation’s electricity. Further data center expansion threatens Ireland’s ambitious goals to cut planet-warming emissions by half in roughly a decade.

AP News

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CelloMom On Cars Jul 3, 2024

" “It cannot be stressed enough that this is an exceptionally dangerous and lethal situation,” wrote the National Weather Service.

Temperatures surpassing 100 to 120 will be a daily occurrence over most of the state, while warm nighttime lows offer minimal relief.

The Weather Service has warned that “numerous heat related fatalities and #RollingBlackouts” are possible."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2024/07/03/california-heat-wave-maps-forecast-analysis/
#California #heatwave

Maps show where California’s intensifying heat wave could be ‘dangerous and lethal’

The heat wave is poised to set hundreds of records, and it may be more than a week before it relents.

The Washington Post

GG Jun 7, 2024

@cjmoorehead Doug's bench isn't deep but unbelievably we have radio-broadcasters looking after the two largest portfolios.
Even scarier? Lecce is now in charge of overseeing the entire province’s electricity system and refurbishing the Pickering nuclear plant. #RollingBlackouts

U.S. Politics in Real Time Nov 25, 2023

Texas Faces Rolling Blackouts This Winter

https://www.newsweek.com/texas-power-outages-extreme-weather-winter-1846777

#TexasBlackouts #WinterPowerOutages #ExtremeWeather #TexasEnergyCrisis #RollingBlackouts #WinterEmergency #Politics #News

Texas Faces Rolling Blackouts This Winter

Texans could face plummeting temperatures that may bring controlled power outages in the coming months.

Newsweek

jtb Aug 15, 2023

#EDF is now telling me I *must* have a #smartmeter because my meters have reached end of life. The thing is, I don't believe you, EDF. #privacy #rollingblackouts

David Venter ✪Mar 9, 2023

32°C and I can’t run the fan because the power is off again. 🥵 Need a snowman to come piss on me so I don’t cook. #RollingBlackouts #EnergyCrisis #Loadshedding #SouthAfrica