Flexible data sharing could accelerate battery breakthroughs
In response to daunting climate challenges, battery researchers are mobilizing to increase collaboration and data sharing.
Oct 20, 2022
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Growth in offshore wind energy offers huge opportunity to create US jobs
In the smallest town in the country's smallest state, something big has happened.
Oct 19, 2022
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Charting a course for marine energy, and the country, to decarbonize the grid
As climate change alters the planet, it is causing massive changes to our oceans. Because these waters absorb excess heat and energy from our atmosphere, the ocean has soaked up 90% of the heat generated from greenhouse-gas ...
Oct 4, 2022
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Communication-less scheme streamlines microgrid setup, simplifies recovery
During a power outage or after a disaster, it is hard to beat the simplicity of a diesel generator. Just supply fuel and start it up—so easy, anyone could do it. Renewable microgrids, on the other hand, are not so simple, ...
Sep 30, 2022
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The relationship between geothermal energy and lithium
As product managers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Nicholas Gilroy and Haiku Sky help turn complex information into a compelling journey on the web. Their work allows users to interact with data and even ...
Sep 27, 2022
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Wave energy technology could generate electricity from ocean waves, clothing, cars and buildings
Imagine this: Clothing that charges your smart watch as you walk, buildings that vibrate in the wind and power your lights, a road that extracts energy from the friction created by moving cars, and flexible structures that ...
Sep 23, 2022
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New customer damage function calculator estimates costs of an electric grid outage
Power outages can incur significant costs: lost data, diminished worker productivity, spoilage of perishable food, suspension of output and sales, disruption to critical services, and more. Understanding these potential costs ...
Sep 14, 2022
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On the road to 100% clean electricity: Six potential strategies to break through the last 10%
A growing body of research has demonstrated that cost-effective high-renewable power systems are possible, but costs increase as systems approach 100% carbon-free electricity—what has become known as the "last 10% problem."
Sep 13, 2022
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Protecting power system frequency with increasing distributed energy resources
Distributed energy resources (DERs) with advanced controls can provide services to the grid such as frequency response. However, to do so, unlike conventional generators, DERs typically have to regularly exchange signals ...
Sep 9, 2022
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Updated Marine Energy Atlas could give communities greater energy autonomy
Nags Head, North Carolina, claims to have some of the best surfing—and the best waves—on the United States' East Coast. But their powerful waves are not just for surfboards. Some of the newest renewable energy technologies ...
Aug 22, 2022
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