Energy & Green Tech
Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), in partnership with Malta, Inc., has completed assembly and commissioning of the first-of-its-kind pumped heat (or thermal) energy storage (PTES) demonstration facility. Long-duration, ...
Aug 30, 2022
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Software
When Hurricane Maria, a Category 4 storm with 155-mph winds, made a direct hit on Puerto Rico in 2017, it ravaged the island's power grid and caused the longest blackout in U.S. history. Maria left many residents without ...
Aug 10, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
The power sector accounts for 25% of global CO2 emissions and decarbonization of the entire energy system is critical to meeting the Paris Agreement goal of reducing global temperature rise to below 2◦C above pre-industrial ...
Aug 1, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
As the climate crisis looms, scientists are racing to find solutions to common clean energy problems, including solar energy storage. Solar energy is one of the best renewable resources we have, but it has challenges that ...
Jun 24, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Less than a mile from a sea otter-filled estuary popular with kayakers sit row upon row of tall, steel white cabinets perched on low concrete platforms, the space between them crisscrossed with gravel paths. All is quiet, ...
Jun 15, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
In the last few years, U.S. summers have looked a little apocalyptic. Wildfires raged across the West Coast. Floods stole homes. In July 2021, the Earth's hottest month ever was recorded, and power grids flickered, causing ...
Jun 8, 2022
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Engineering
Working with research partners from Arup, the UTS team, led by Head of Geotechnical and Transport Engineering Associate Professor Behzad Fatahi with Ph.D. student Ms Noor Sharari, has developed a rigorous computer simulation ...
Jun 2, 2022
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Business
As one of the world's largest greenhouse gas emitters, Indonesia has pledged to achieve carbon neutrality by 2060.
May 26, 2022
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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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Energy & Green Tech
In deeply decarbonized energy systems utilizing high penetrations of variable renewable energy (VRE), energy storage is needed to keep the lights on and the electricity flowing when the sun isn't shining and the wind isn't ...
May 16, 2022
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