How to prepare your home for extreme cold
As night falls earlier and temperatures drop, it's time to get cozy under a blanket and brew your favorite tea.
Nov 16, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Asian economies must ramp up wind and solar power to keep global warming under 1.5C, report says
To meet the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit), nine major Asian economies must increase the share of electricity they get from renewable energy from the current 6% to at least ...
Nov 15, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Novel framework improves resilience to extreme weather
Electricity production and distribution in the U.S. currently depends on more than 10,000 power plants, 642,000 miles of high voltage lines, 56,000 substations and 6.3 million miles of local distribution lines. Much of that ...
Oct 17, 2023
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Engineering
New system to harness 40% of the sun's heat to produce clean hydrogen fuel
MIT engineers aim to produce totally green, carbon-free hydrogen fuel with a new, train-like system of reactors that is driven solely by the sun.
Oct 16, 2023
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Finding the exact location of a power fault in minutes
Some of Victoria's worst bushfires have been started by power lines. So, power distribution companies have installed devices that limit the energy flowing to the fault to cut the fire risk. However, in networks equipped with ...
Sep 27, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
New global model uses 40 years of meteorological data to map energy demand at multiple spatial scales
A model to map energy demand down to street level shows cooling demand in London grew by 5% per year between 1980 and 2022 as summers heat up.
Sep 14, 2023
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Engineering
Machines can't always take the heat: How heat waves threaten everything from cars to computers
Not only people need to stay cool, especially in a summer of record-breaking heat waves. Many machines, including cellphones, data centers, cars and airplanes, become less efficient and degrade more quickly in extreme heat. ...
Aug 30, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
World's biggest wind power projects are in crisis just when world needs them most
Offshore wind projects are facing an economic crisis that erased billions of U.S. dollars in planned spending this weekâjust as the world needs clean energy more than ever.
Jul 24, 2023
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Engineering
Cookin' with gas: Professor earns patent for flameless industrial oven
Pawel Olszewski, a University of Wisconsin Oshkosh associate mechanical engineering technology professor, recently was granted a U.S. patent for his flameless impingement oven, designed and built in the Teaching and Energy ...
Apr 3, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Study: Carbon-neutral pavements are possible by 2050, but rapid policy and industry action are needed
Almost 2.8 million lane-miles, or about 4.6 million lane-kilometers, of the United States are paved.
Feb 22, 2023
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