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PV, wind, batteries: Energy outlook research

Check out the latest energy stats as we face our renewable energy future. These facts and figures come from a Bloomberg report.

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14 hours ago
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Electric scooter-sharing moves into the fast lane

How fast is the electric scooter-sharingcraze growing?

Energy & Green Tech

Jun 22, 2018
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Researchers solve major challenge in mass production of low-cost solar cells

An international team of university researchers today reports solving a major fabrication challenge for perovskite cells—the intriguing potential challengers to silicon-based solar cells.

Energy & Green Tech

Jun 21, 2018
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What does midnight electricity use tell us about morning traffic congestion?

To predict when morning traffic is likely to grind to a halt, it may be more effective to examine how we use electricity in the middle of the night instead of travel-time data. By analyzing household electricity use in Austin, ...

Energy & Green Tech

Jun 21, 2018
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Sodium- and potassium-based batteries could be key for smart grid of the future

From electric cars that travel hundreds of miles on a single charge to chainsaws as mighty as gas-powered versions, new products hit the market each year that take advantage of recent advances in battery technology.

Energy & Green Tech

Jun 19, 2018
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Engineers build smart power outlet

Have you ever plugged in a vacuum cleaner, only to have it turn off without warning before the job is done? Or perhaps your desk lamp works fine, until you turn on the air conditioner that's plugged into the same power strip.

Energy & Green Tech

Jun 18, 2018
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Tripling the energy storage of lithium-ion batteries

As the demand for smartphones, electric vehicles, and renewable energy continues to rise, scientists are searching for ways to improve lithium-ion batteries—the most common type of battery found in home electronics and ...

Energy & Green Tech

Jun 14, 2018
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Gasoline-alcohol engines for heavy-duty trucks could produce a meaningful improvement in global air quality

Most efforts to reduce the adverse air pollution and climate impacts of today's vehicles focus on cars and light-duty trucks that are typically fueled by gasoline, with strategies that range from electrification and carpooling ...

Energy & Green Tech

Jun 14, 2018
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Solar cells combining silicon with perovskite have achieved record efficiency of 25.2 percent

In the field of photovoltaic technologies, silicon-based solar cells make up 90 percent of the market. In terms of cost, stability and efficiency (20-22 percent for a typical solar cell on the market), they are well ahead ...

Energy & Green Tech

Jun 12, 2018
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Cobalt-free batteries: The long goodbye

Lithium-ion batteries make use of cobalt for stability. The use of cobalt, nonetheless, has its drawbacks. The drawbacks have to do with cost, and with availability, and the two as usual are intertwined.

Energy & Green Tech

Jun 12, 2018
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The science behind the search for clandestine nuclear sites

Will the recent U.S. withdrawal from a 2015 accord that put restrictions on Iran's nuclear program make it easier for Iran to pursue the bomb in secret? Not likely, according to Scott Kemp, an associate professor of nuclear ...

Energy & Green Tech

Jun 11, 2018
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30% of the UK's natural gas could be replaced by hydrogen, cutting carbon emissions

Almost a third of the natural gas fuelling UK homes and businesses could be replaced by hydrogen, a carbon free fuel, without requiring any changes to the nation's boilers and ovens, a pioneering study by Swansea University ...

Energy & Green Tech

Jun 11, 2018
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Sodium-based batteries could make your smartphone cheaper and cleaner

Sodium—one of the elements that make up table salt—could soon make cellphone batteries much cheaper and cleaner. That's the goal of Chongwu Zhou, a professor of electrical engineering at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering.

Energy & Green Tech

Jun 06, 2018
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'Super window' could save $10 billion annually in energy costs

About $20 billion worth of energy leaks out of windows in the United States each winter—and that's with double-paned insulating windows installed on a majority of buildings. The Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley ...

Energy & Green Tech

Jun 06, 2018
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Pharmaceutical material shows promise for better grid-scale batteries

An organic molecule used in dyes and antibiotics may be the key to less expensive, more efficient redox flow batteries. Scientists at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory developed a highly reversible, ...

Energy & Green Tech

Jun 05, 2018
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First of its kind emissions-free natural gas power plant undergoes first fire

Officials with NET Power, LLC recently reported the first successful firing of the combustor for a new kind of natural gas-based power plant free of carbon emissions, without having to use carbon capture technology.

Energy & Green Tech

Jun 01, 2018
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Dandelion wants to play a role in home geothermal

Not familiar with residential geothermal heating? No surprise. Chris Martin in Bloomberg explained that "Residential geothermal heating is uncommon, in part because the expense and effort to dig the wells make them costly ...

Energy & Green Tech

Jun 01, 2018
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Global electric car sales up over 50 percent in 2017: IEA

Electric car sales around the world rose by 54 percent in 2017, taking global stock across the three-million threshold, the International Energy Agency said in a report Wednesday.

Energy & Green Tech

May 30, 2018
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Better, faster, stronger: Building batteries that don't go boom

There's an old saying: "You must learn to walk before you learn to run." Despite such wisdom, numerous industries skip the basics and sign up for marathons instead, including the battery industry.

Energy & Green Tech

May 29, 2018
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Construction delays make new nuclear power plants costlier than ever

The cost of building new nuclear power plants is nearly 20 per cent higher than expected due to delays, a new analysis has found.

Energy & Green Tech

May 29, 2018
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Australia company keen on fabrics made from microbial cellulose derived from coconut waste

The earliest days of health foods in a big supermarket consisted of looking for a special sign "natural or health" foods and then walking down one narrow aisle, out of a dozen more, to get low-sugar, low-fat groceries usually ...

Energy & Green Tech

May 27, 2018
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How greener grids can stay lit

Californians love renewable energy. In fact, California just became the first state to require solar panels on all new homes.

Energy & Green Tech

May 24, 2018
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New dispatching approach could cut the number of taxis on the road while meeting rider demand

The rise of self-driving cars is set to dramatically alter the way we move around cities in the future.

Energy & Green Tech

May 23, 2018
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Using 3-D X-rays to measure particle movement inside lithium ion batteries

Lithium ion batteries have come a long way since their introduction in the late 1990s. They're used in many everyday devices, such as laptop computers, mobile phones, and medical devices, as well as automotive and aerospace ...

Energy & Green Tech

May 22, 2018
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Dealerships trash talk electric cars: study

Car dealerships in Nordic countries actively discourage consumers from buying electric vehicles, researchers who conducted an undercover investigation said Monday.

Energy & Green Tech

May 21, 2018
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