Sightline Climate (CTVC)’s Post

From story: "We're also focused on making electrical grids cleaner and more reliable for everyone, which includes advocating for the modernization of grid infrastructure, and enabling renewable energy projects in locations that still rely heavily on fossil fuels.." https://lnkd.in/e9pSWzsd

Hmm. So this is interesting reading as I was mulling this over earlier this week (https://lnkd.in/eW9kxFRr). AI needs a lot of power so we use wind farms…simple. ➡️ You’re in competition with national infrastructure that needs to decarbonise energy sources. That’s a tricky tightrope. Tech companies are already seeming a little out of touch right now (https://lnkd.in/eaygF_3p) ➡️ You can’t get into wind farms yourself as that would be silly. So better to partner with one of the renewable companies. It needs to be worthwhile on their end. ➡️ You have to compete for the offshore licenses. That’s multiple billions, plus running and maintenance costs. I will keep banging the drum - these are crazy costs piling up…for what? What’s the balancing revenue on the other end? The advertising money tree is not going to keep funding this surely? https://lnkd.in/eyDT3yyS

Power demands are growing, particularly as #AI becomes a more prominent part of our lives. In our #blog, we elevate the impact demand response can have in the #datacentre sector and the importance of offshore wind plans for a positive environmental reputation. Read here: https://lnkd.in/dAR46jch

Data centres can be power hogs, some consuming as much electricity as a small city. But the industry is increasingly investing in renewable energy sources like wind and solar to power their facilities, and even using AI to optimise energy use. Can data centres become champions of sustainable tech and infrastructure? How can the industry, policymakers, and tech developers work together to make it happen? #datacentres #sustainability #TechInfrastructure #EnergyDemand https://lnkd.in/gd7Xma3g

Growth in AI is driving growth in renewable electricity production, creating a positive circle that will enable the green transition. It's great to see major companies like Microsoft taking steps towards this, as they recently struck a deal to purchase 10.5 Gigawatts of clean energy to power its data centers from 2026. This is a significant step towards achieving a more sustainable future. Check out the article on Yahoo Finance for more details. #AI #renewableenergy #sustainability #Microsoft #cleanenergy

📈 Google’s latest report reveals a nearly 50% increase in emissions over the past five years, driven by the soaring energy demands of their AI-powered data centres. This significant rise highlights the impact of #AI on energy use. In 2023, Google's data centers consumed more than 24 terawatt-hours (TWh) of electricity, which is equivalent to 4% of the total electricity produced in Canada that year (600 TWh) and 27% of Alberta's total Annual Internal Load of 86,29 terawatt-hours (TWh). The International Energy Agency estimates global data centre electricity consumption could double by 2026, reaching 1,000 TWh. AI alone is projected to use 4.5% of global #energygeneration by 2030, underscoring the need to enhance energy efficiency and adopt #renewablesources to manage the #environmentalimpact of increasing demand. 🌱If you want to become carbon neutral and reduce your company's environmental impacts, our team at Anova Energy can help you calculate your GHG emissions under each industry's standard ESG reporting framework. Receive a green energy consultation today by emailing [email protected] or make a request at the Anova Energy website: https://loom.ly/c8hRA4o #EnergyEfficiency #Sustainability #GreenEnergy #CarbonNeutral #AnovaEnergy #carbonoffsets #recs #renewableenergy #recs

After 15 years of stagnation, US electricity demand is starting to grow again, creating new challenges for utilities and grid operators. Data centers are the principal reason. https://lnkd.in/eivWA4hy #AI #grid #energy

Do you care about the future of technology, AI, and the growth of our economy and our living standards? Then as I’ve said many times before, you need to care about the future supply growth of electrical power and primary energy. Without it, there is no economic or technological growth, nor is there a future worth looking forward to…

This is the smartest — and also alarming — analysis that illuminates the impact of the incipient AI era on energy demand and infrastructure. The implications of Ed Crooks' points addressing AI growth — rising electricity demand by the cloud and chip manufacturing — in combination with the overall transition to an all-electric society should give you pause: “Battery plants need 20 to 37.5-kilowatt hours of electricity for every 1 KWh of storage of capacity they produce, a recent study showed. That means a typical factory producing 30 GWh of cells per year would need up to about 130 MW of power.” Duke Energy “sees planned chip factories needing hundreds of megawatts, and ‘several’ planned data centers for AI need a gigawatt each.” By 2025, a third of Ireland’s power demand will come from data centers. These are staggering numbers that illustrate the hard work that needs to be done far beyond the AI breakthroughs — and hype — we see in the news every day.