Energy & Green Tech
As states reach higher toward 100% renewable operation, energy storage will be key to enabling a more variable power supply. But no single technology will be a silver bullet for all our energy storage needs.
Oct 21, 2021
0
95
Automotive
In the 1930s and 1940s, the Rural Electrification Act wired farms to the grid, turning on lights across the American countryside. Parallel efforts added phone service in these sprawling, sparsely populated areas. At long ...
Oct 14, 2021
0
13
Energy & Green Tech
As electric vehicles (EVs) grow in popularity, innovative technologies must meet the rising energy demand by significantly increasing system efficiency. Although light-duty EVs have been the focus for many electrification ...
Sep 29, 2021
0
4
Energy & Green Tech
For commercial medium- and heavy-duty electric vehicles, the adoption of a new technology relies heavily on its cost relative to alternatives. A new report from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) seeks to pinpoint ...
Sep 22, 2021
0
8
Energy & Green Tech
A self-described surf junkie, Muglia catches waves on his surfboard off the coast of the Outer Banks in North Carolina. Further into those waters—15 nautical miles to be exact—sits another surfer. Aptly named Waverider, ...
Sep 20, 2021
0
12
Business
Agriculture accounts for about 90% of total water consumption in the western United States and around 80% in the rest of the country.
Sep 10, 2021
0
34
Energy & Green Tech
Imagine an electric grid powered by clean, renewable energy. Now imagine that this grid provides all the comfort and convenience consumers have come to expect as well as grid reliability and resiliency services that are similar ...
Sep 2, 2021
0
21
Energy & Green Tech
Transportation is the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States. Reducing those emissions requires a significant shift away from gasoline- and diesel-fueled internal combustion engines to electric motors ...
Aug 31, 2021
0
108
Energy & Green Tech
Offshore industries, like marine research, fish farming, and mineral mining, often rely on big ships with large crews. Without clean energy to power these vessels, each trip out to sea and back to shore is not only expensive ...
Aug 23, 2021
0
162
Energy & Green Tech
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) researchers have been exploring the use of thermoplastic composite materials for wind turbines for several years, but they have only just begun to scrape the surface of how these ...
Aug 13, 2021
0
6
