Energy & Green Tech
Germany's power supply is one of the most reliable in the world. Yet the growth in renewable energy has introduced a host of unpredictable factors into the power mix. The increasing number of irregular power sources can bring ...
Aug 04, 2020
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Energy & Green Tech
Following the 2011 earthquake in Japan, a tsunami disabled the power supply and cooling in three Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant reactors. The reactors' cores largely melted in the first 72 hours.
Aug 04, 2020
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Engineering
Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers have developed an intelligent power electronic inverter platform that can connect locally sited energy resources such as solar panels, energy storage and electric vehicles and smoothly ...
Jul 29, 2020
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Energy & Green Tech
Amid the constant stream of news on the coronavirus pandemic, one event passed relatively unnoticed. On the afternoon of May 14, a company named Elexon was hacked. You probably haven't heard of it, but Elexon plays a key ...
Jun 05, 2020
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Energy & Green Tech
Hydropower plants can support solar and wind power, rather unpredictable by nature, in a climate-friendly manner. A new study in the scientific journal Nature Sustainability has now mapped the potential for such "solar-wind-water" ...
May 28, 2020
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Energy & Green Tech
Turning those lights off when you leave has a benefit.
Apr 09, 2020
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Hardware
The coastline of Norway is peppered with more than a thousand oil wells, most of which will be plugged once they're no longer profitable. They have to be monitored in case they leak—but keeping an eye on them isn't easy. ...
Apr 07, 2020
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Energy & Green Tech
Extreme weather events—such as severe drought, storms, and heat waves—have been forecast to become more commonplace and are already starting to occur. What has been less studied is the impact on energy systems and how ...
Apr 01, 2020
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Engineering
Australia is the world's third largest fossil fuels exporter – a fact that generates intense debate as climate change intensifies. While the economy is heavily reliant on coal and gas export revenues, these fuels create ...
Feb 27, 2020
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Energy & Green Tech
The transition to renewable energy makes it more important for power producers to get accurate information about the weather that is to come. Climate scientists are currently investing considerable effort and resources to ...
Feb 18, 2020
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