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Google's AI boom pushed electricity usage up 37% — but carbon emissions still fell

Sun, 05 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0800

There’s a paradox at the heart of Big Tech’s AI buildout, and Google’s latest environment report lays it out in stark numbers.

The company’s electricity consumption surged 37% in 2025, hitting an all-time high. The culprit is obvious: the massive expansion of AI infrastructure — more data centers, more TPUs, more GPUs running around the clock. Yet Google’s operational carbon emissions went in the opposite direction, falling 2% from the previous year.

America's yellow school buses are spending summer as mobile power banks for the grid

Sat, 04 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0800

Summer break means empty school buses parked in lots across America. But a growing fleet of electric models isn’t sitting idle — it’s selling power back to the grid.

India and Japan plan 1,000 biogas plants to turn cow dung into vehicle fuel

Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0800

India’s 300 million cattle produce 15 to 20 kilograms of manure each, every day. That works out to something like 4.5 million tons of raw dung daily — sitting in fields and villages across the country.

Japan and India just announced they want to put it to use.

During the Japanese prime minister’s first official visit to India on July 2, the two countries launched the India-Japan Compressed Biogas (CBG) Initiative. The goal: build up to 1,000 biogas plants across India by 2030, fed by cow dung, rice straw, and sugarcane bagasse, producing compressed biogas that can directly replace natural gas.

Wuhan EV owners can now sell power back to the grid from home

Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0800

Most electric vehicles spend the night sitting idle. In Wuhan, starting this month, they can earn their keep.

China's Installed Power Generation Capacity Breaks 4 Billion kW, Surpassing US, EU, India, Japan, and Russia Combined

Thu, 25 Jun 2026 11:46:00 +0800

China’s installed power generation capacity has reached a historic milestone, breaking through the 4 billion kW (400 GW) mark and ranking first globally — exceeding the combined total of the United States, European Union, India, Japan, and Russia.