Renewable Energy

August 2025

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Figure 1: Ever-increasing server rack power consumption

The Future of Powering AI: Redefining Power Flow from Grid-to-Core in Data Centers

Carl Smith, Global Applications Manager Data Center, Infineon Technologies AG

A recent tweet[1] by Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, suggested that being polite in your chats to ChatGPT costs the company tens of millions of dollars due to the additional computational load to process unnecessary words such as “please” and “thank you”. While this set off a range of opinions on the

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Date:

08/30/2025

Alex Stapleton, CCO at Alexander Battery Technologies

PSDcast – Resilience Drives a Renewed Focus on Energy Storage

As renewable energy like wind and solar has become more prominent, energy storage has become ever more critical. But recent incidents like the large-scale blackout in Spain and the recent one in L.A. have shifted the way companies view battery storage – for renewable energy and for business in general. And on

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Date:

08/20/2025

Solar Water Pump Systems Market Poised for Growth, Expected to Hit USD 5.76 Billion by 2032

Coherent Market Insights

The Global Solar Water Pump Systems Market is estimated to be valued at USD 2.45 Bn in 2025 and is expected to reach USD 5.76 Bn in 2032, exhibiting a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 13% from 2025 to 2032. Solar water pumps utilize photovoltaic panels to convert sunlight into electricity fo

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Date:

08/18/2025

The U02 AC impedance measurement module from SMART TESTSOLUTIONS follows the form factor of the Intelliprobe modules (cell voltage monitoring), which means that the same parts are used in production to standardize the component.

New Impedance Spectroscopy from SMART TESTSOLUTIONS Complements Fuel Cell Test Bench

The German company SMART TESTSOLUTIONS has developed a new type of impedance spectroscopy (EIS) for the electrochemical measurement of fuel cell stacks as part of the "FullStack TS fuel cell test bench" funding project. The solution enables time-synchronous EIS measurements on hundreds of individual ce

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Date:

08/18/2025

Can Large-Scale Solar Installations Coexist with Agriculture in Rural America?

Local opposition to utility-scale solar installations in rural areas is growing following the rapid pace of new solar developments in recent years. Concerns about land use in areas largely dominated by agricultural production are fueling much of the community-level resistance. With crop production revenue cu

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Date:

08/15/2025