Engineering
To deal with the current climate and energy crisis, the world is moving towards a sustainable energy economy. Concentrated solar power (CSP) plants are becoming a major player in this field. CSP plants use lenses and mirrors ...
May 23, 2022
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Engineering
Engineers at MIT and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have designed a heat engine with no moving parts. Their new demonstrations show that it converts heat to electricity with over 40 percent efficiency—a ...
Apr 13, 2022
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Engineering
Additive manufacturing (AM), also known as metal 3D printing, creates objects by addition of material, layer by layer. A major source material for AM is metal powder, which is predominantly produced using a technique called ...
Apr 6, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Many of China's households still rely on small coal stoves for heat, which causes air pollution that damages health. To address these problems, the Chinese government launched a five-year "Clean Heating Plan" in 2017 with ...
Jan 10, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Every year, 50% of the energy produced worldwide from coal, oil, natural gas, nuclear, and renewable energy sources is lost as heat. This untapped resource could be a promising additional source of useful energy, and for ...
Dec 18, 2021
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Other
The goal of creating a cleaner fuel for aircraft engines is creating a spark at UBC Okanagan.
Nov 2, 2021
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Engineering
The summer of 2018 saw temperatures far above the long-term average in the Northern Hemisphere. It was England's hottest ever summer, with four heat waves resulting in 1,067 excess deaths. The temperatures experienced in ...
Jul 26, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
Solar power accounts for about 2% of U.S. electricity, but it could become more widespread if it were cheaper to generate this electricity and make it readily available on cloudy days and at nighttime.
Apr 29, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
In order to combat the rise in the average temperature on earth, the emission of greenhouse gases will have to be reduced. In the transport sector, one way to do this is to increase the energy efficiency of the driveline ...
Apr 21, 2021
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Engineering
In the quest for advanced vehicles with higher energy efficiency and ultra-low emissions, Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers are accelerating a research engine that gives scientists and engineers an unprecedented view ...
Dec 21, 2020
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