Engineering
Over 100 years ago, the hydropower industry, which today generates 32% of all U.S. renewable energy, was built using traditional manufacturing processes. Surging energy demand, higher material costs, and supply chain hurdles ...
Mar 27, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
A team in Turkey has tested different machine-learning algorithms for predicting electricity demand from different sources. They trained the algorithms on electricity demand data for the period 2000–2022 and used them to ...
Jan 25, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
Rolling blackouts. Erratic prices. Limited storage for excess energy generated by renewables.
Apr 15, 2020
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Energy & Green Tech
In the spring of 2020, most offices and schools shuttered, causing people to move work and school to their homes. This created an unprecedented source of uncertainty for the electrical grid. How would COVID-19 affect electricity ...
Mar 22, 2022
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Business
Renewable energy technologies such as solar photovoltaics and onshore wind power can help sub-Saharan Africa meet its energy requirements from sources that have lower emissions than fossil fuels.
Nov 16, 2022
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Consumer & Gadgets
This week, technology news has been abuzz as Apple introduced its latest iPhones into the market. Among the usual new feature announcements, one stunning change has stood out in particular. The long-standing rumors are true—the ...
Sep 19, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Road traffic is currently responsible for more than 30% of Switzerland's greenhouse gas emissions. Reducing these emissions is complex because the switch from fossil-based mobility to electricity-based mobility will only ...
Apr 7, 2022
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Automotive
Automakers reported huge jumps in second-quarter US sales Thursday, but face a challenging summer as the global semiconductor shortage continues to plague the industry.
Jul 1, 2021
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Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI have collaborated with British economists to study how energy consumption by Swiss industry develops depending on energy pricing. To this end, they examined in particular the ...
May 5, 2020
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Energy & Green Tech
Electricity prices in the short-term ("spot") wholesale markets in Australia are surging again.
May 11, 2022
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