Energy & Green Tech
Electric vehicles are often seen as the panacea to cutting emissions—and air pollution—from transport.
May 4, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
A model charts the most cost-efficient path to a fully renewable electricity grid for Australia.
May 3, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
Much of Alaska is empty—of humans, at least. Vast tundra and forest separate cities and villages, dividing the state into more than 150 isolated power grids. The largest of these grids, known as the Railbelt, carries 70% ...
May 3, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
A pair of environmental engineers at the University of California, Davis, has found that in order to meet the needs of the growing number of electric vehicles (EV) in that state in the coming decades, California power producers ...
Engineering
When hurricanes threaten tropical shores, "super grids" could come to the rescue.
Apr 24, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
The future is looking sunny for Kennedy Airport's long-term parking lot No. 9. Construction began on April 23 on a solar array meant to cover some 21 acres of the lot while maintaining the car park beneath.
Apr 24, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
Ninety miles west of Chicago, the corn and soybean fields stretch to the sky, and dreams of the clean energy future dangle—just out of reach.
Apr 22, 2024
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Consumer & Gadgets
Climate change will increase the future value of residential rooftop solar panels across the United States by up to 19% by the end of the century, according to a new University of Michigan-led study.
Apr 19, 2024
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Engineering
Most people do not give the U.S. electric grid a second thought—we flip a switch, and the lights come on. Behind the scenes are thousands of power plants and utilities linked by millions of miles of transmission lines. ...
Apr 16, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
The U.S. power grid is the largest and most complex machine ever built. It's also aging and under increasing stress from climate-driven disasters such as wildfires, hurricanes and heat waves.
Apr 15, 2024
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