In Germany and other parts of western Europe, floodwaters recently destroyed villages and wide swaths of farmland. It was the worst flooding the area had seen in decades. The death toll was nearly 200 people. German Chancellor Angela Merkel used apocalyptic terms to describe what she saw during her visit to the flood zone: “Terrifying.” […]
Google’s data centers run 24/7 and suck up a ton of energy — so it’s in both the company’s and the planet’s interest to make them do so as efficiently as possible. One new method has the facilities keeping an eye on the weather so they know when the best times are to switch to […]
The central government has set a target to expand the renewable energy capacity to 450GW by 2030 from 78GW in 2018 The government’s ambitious target to meet more than half of India’s energy requirements from renewable sources within 10 years rests on a stable grid network that can meet the fluctuations in weather patterns. According […]