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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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
Distributed energy resources (DERs) like rooftop solar or energy storage could provide a lot of value to the evolving grid. Because these systems can be sited near demand, they can help meet local energy, capacity, and resilience ...
Jul 26, 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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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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Energy & Green Tech
A novel energy model suggests the overall costs of a net-zero emissions electricity grid are substantially lowered with the integration of long-duration energy storage options, like pumped-storage hydroelectricity that can ...
May 24, 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
Renewable energy prices have fallen by more than 70 percent in the last decade, driving more Americans to abandon fossil fuels for greener, less-polluting energy sources. But as wind and solar power continue to make inroads, ...
Apr 12, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
During a power outage, we might not think of using the sun as a backup generator. But solar energy is playing a key role in keeping the lights on when the power is knocked out.
Apr 4, 2022
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