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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò@olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social |
"A record-setting 11.8 gigawatts (GW) of new solar panel manufacturing capacity came online in the US during Q1 2024, making up 75% of all new electricity-generating capacity added to the US grid in that period."
electrek.co/2024/06/05/u...
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LaurenceM
@biglarry2k23.bsky.social
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And how much of this new solar capacity being plugged in here and worldwide, is being gobbled up by new power hungry data centres - Especially Ai driven needs ??
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Riverdaleboy
@riverdaleboy.bsky.social
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Ai want moar!
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Potato Cat
@sappo7.bsky.social
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It feels like a very important fact to be aware of that this puts us at, roughly, one fortieth of China's solar production capacity.
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Doug Henwood
@doughenwood.bsky.social
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AI will more than eat it up
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Caseker
@caseker.bsky.social
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So how much damage was done environmentally by making them? Just because you don't see it doesn't mean it didn't happen. Those mines are Murder on the environment.
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DSL fish
@guarder.bsky.social
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Please.... I can only get so hard
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