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Additional challenges Thompson cited include AI’s need for 24/7/365 uptime; the intermittency of renewable energy such as wind and solar; current geographic concentration of data centers as well as computing demands from AI outpacing energy-efficiency gains from available GPU tech.
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Tor Constantino, Mba, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
In Texas, local opposition to the renewables has largely focused on the idea that solar and wind are more expensive than fossil fuels, because their intermittency require a buildout in gas power as a backup — as the right-wing Texas Public Policy Foundation argued in a January report.
—Saul Elbein, The Hill, 24 Feb. 2025
Enhanced by wave energy convertors, this technology adapts to varying wave sizes, ensuring power generation with minimal intermittency.
—Elena Bou, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
Engineers hope the technology could one day smooth out the intermittency of electricity produced by offshore wind farms and other renewable energy sources.
—IEEE Spectrum, 10 July 2014
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Tor Constantino, Mba, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
In Texas, local opposition to the renewables has largely focused on the idea that solar and wind are more expensive than fossil fuels, because their intermittency require a buildout in gas power as a backup — as the right-wing Texas Public Policy Foundation argued in a January report.
—Saul Elbein, The Hill, 24 Feb. 2025
Enhanced by wave energy convertors, this technology adapts to varying wave sizes, ensuring power generation with minimal intermittency.
—Elena Bou, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
Engineers hope the technology could one day smooth out the intermittency of electricity produced by offshore wind farms and other renewable energy sources.
—IEEE Spectrum, 10 July 2014
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“Intermittency.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/intermittency. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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