Engineering
In a worldwide first that could jumpstart a clean energy economy built around the most abundant element in the universe, hydrogen fuel cells have powered a row of datacenter servers for 48 consecutive hours, Microsoft announced ...
Jul 28, 2020
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Energy & Green Tech
The UK electricity system is undergoing significant and rapid change. It has the world's largest installed capacity of offshore wind, has effectively stopped generating electricity from coal, and has recorded a 20% drop in ...
Jul 27, 2020
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Energy & Green Tech
Making the transition to a renewable energy future will have environmental and long-term economic benefits and is possible in terms of energy return on energy invested (EROI), UNSW Sydney researchers have found.
Jul 15, 2020
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Energy & Green Tech
Not too long ago, when the idea of solar and wind energy was still hotly debated, critics used to point out the limitations of these energy sources: the sun doesn't always shine and the wind doesn't always blow. But nowadays ...
Jun 5, 2020
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Energy & Green Tech
The power grid is evolving to include ever-higher levels of wind and solar generation—which do not provide inertia, historically a key source of grid reliability. Should system planners and operators panic? A new video ...
May 29, 2020
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Energy & Green Tech
Shadows are often associated with darkness and uncertainty. Now, researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) are giving shadows a positive spin by demonstrating a way to harness this common but often overlooked ...
May 21, 2020
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Energy & Green Tech
In 2010, Great Britain generated 75% of its electricity from coal and natural gas. But by the end of the decade, these fossil fuels accounted for just 40%, with coal generation collapsing from the decade's peak of 41% in ...
Jan 7, 2020
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Energy & Green Tech
The good news is that renewables account for nearly 50 percent of electricity generated in Germany. The bad news is that they lack the flexibility to adapt to the day's fluctuating electricity demand. They only furnish electrical ...
Jan 3, 2020
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Energy & Green Tech
Like any system of moving parts, the U.S. electricity sector maintains a delicate balance. Any shift in the variety of factors comprising it—whether technology, policy, or market changes—has the potential to steer its ...
Dec 19, 2019
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Energy & Green Tech
UT Dallas researchers have developed a generator prototype that uses liquid metal to convert waste heat into clean electricity. From left: Electrical engineering doctoral students Tianyu Chen and Mahshid Khoshlessan, and ...
Dec 2, 2019
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