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For a long time, people speculated about how much energy a single ChatGPT query uses. In June, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman finally provided an answer. In his blog The Gentle Singularity, he wrote that the average query consumes about 0.34 watt-hours, roughly what an oven uses in a little over one second, or what…
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India has come a long way in its energy journey since its independence. According to the Central Electricity Authority (CEA), total power generation capacity (utilities and non-utilities) surged from 1,362 MW (1.36 GW) in 1947 to 521.31 GW by March 2024. Per capita electricity consumption rose from 16.3 kWh in 1947 to 1,395 kWh…
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India’s energy storage pipeline
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