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Why electricity prices are surging for U.S. households

CNBC: Energy

Prices have already risen faster than the broad inflation rate since 2022, it said. The EIA expects average retail electricity prices to increase 13% from 2022 through 2025. "electrification" swelled via use of electronic devices, smart-home products and electric vehicles, Curran said. Morgan Private Bank.

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Specialty risk: The next frontier of value-based care

McKinsey

1 Zahy Abou-Atme, Rob Alterman, Gunjan Khanna, and Edward Levine, “ Investing in the new era of value-based care ,” McKinsey, December 16, 2022; CareCUBE by McKinsey. However, compared with primary care, only a fraction of specialty care is actually delivered under risk-bearing VBC arrangements.

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E-Waste Recycling Innovation Could Transform Lithium Markets

OilPrice

The world threw away a record 62 million metric tons of electronics in 2022, representing a staggering 82% increase since 2010. E-waste is the fastest growing solid waste stream on the planet. Thats enough waste to fill 1.55 And within those 62 million tons were billions of kilograms of critical and costly metals and minerals.

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German e-health offerings expand, but adoption remains uneven

McKinsey

The e-Health Monitor 2022 for Germany shows increased adoption of the telematics infrastructure and of several citizen-focused digital offerings, but a lag in the use of electronic patient records and an uncertain outlook for e-prescriptions.

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Unlocking the industrial potential of robotics and automation

McKinsey

Results from the 2022 McKinsey Global Industrial Robotics Survey reveal that industrial companies are set to spend heavily on robotics and automation. However, many will need help to complete the journey.

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DOE awards over $3 million to small solar businesses.

Energy Central

Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office awarded 16 small solar companies$200,000 each through the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) 2022 Phase I Release 2 funding opportunity. The awardees are: Altitude Grid (Grapevine, TX) CoolCAD Electronics (Takoma Park, MD) CorePower.

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Big Tech’s data center boom poses new risk to US grid operators

Oil & Gas 360º

The mass reaction was triggered by a standard safety mechanism across the data center industry, intended to protect computer chips and electronic equipment from damage caused by voltage fluctuations. But data center operators are opposed because of the risk of damaging electronic equipment and cooling systems.

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