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Zest to install over 1,000 public EV charge points in Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire County Council has selected Zest to deploy more than 1,000 public EV charge points across three districts. Backed by £1.8 million from the > Republished by AIC Engineering. All rights belong to the original publisher; see Source below.

Serbia adds 61 MW of solar in H1
After the first six months of the year, Serbia’s solar capacity reached around 379 MW. While the country’s green energy market has been impacted by delays in permitting and grid connection processes, its prosumer market continues to grow. The post Serbia adds 61 MW of solar in…

California's largest AI data center project suing for access to 287 million gallons of Colorado River water, 0.03% of Imperial Valley’s supply — plaintiffs claim project equivalent to 160-acre farm amidst concern about jobs and reallocation of farmland | Tom's Hardware
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Rock Tech Lithium secures 100,000‑tonne Transamine pact
Offtake agreement includes a framework for a development prepayment facility of up to $80 million to support the Georgia Lake project. > Republished by AIC Engineering. All rights belong to the original publisher; see Source below.

Australia adds over 700 MW of rooftop solar in April-June
More than 700 MW of rooftop solar was added to Australia’s main grid in the past three months, helping drive wholesale electricity prices in the country's National Electricity Market to their lowest June quarter average since 2020. The post Australia adds over 700 MW of…

Commercial Traction Builds for Cerca Magnetics Brain Scanner; New Mobile Lab for the Military to Assess Impact of Explosives
Cerca Magnetics, the British developer of a wearable brain scanner using quantum sensors to measure neural activity, is gaining traction commercially with recent investment funding, a military-backed project and continued placements. The scanner uses an array of optically…

Algae breakthrough could double rare earth concentrations
Researchers found using algae is a cleaner way to concentrate rare earths and help the US strengthen critical mineral supply chains. > Republished by AIC Engineering. All rights belong to the original publisher; see Source below.

Nvidia's latest trick for cooling its data center hardware is... hot water? 'Hot liquid cooling' is warmer than a hot tub, but apparently does the job pretty well | TechRadar
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Open-source 3D-printed portable MRI machine built for under $70,000 — DIY medical equipment costs less than 7% of a full-sized MRI machine’s $1.1 million starting price | Tom's Hardware
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A cleaner route to purifying rare earth elements
Rare earth elements like lanthanum, neodymium, and dysprosium are used to build the electric motor in your car, the LED lights in your house, and the MRI machine at your doctor’s office. But first, they have to be mined and separated from each other. Historically, that…

£3.4M UK project targets high-power charging for electric aircraft
Vertical Aerospace will lead a new UK-backed project to develop faster electric aircraft charging and liquid-cooling systems, targeting a key infrastructure problem that could determine how quickly electric aviation moves toward commercial operations. The ECLiPSE (Electrified…

The Hydrogen Stream: green hydrogen production begins at North Sea gas platform
The PosHYdon pilot has produced green hydrogen offshore in the North Sea, while new waste-to-hydrogen, electrolyzer and hydrogen corridor projects advance across Europe and South Korea. The developments highlight growing investment in renewable hydrogen production…
