Engineering
Having worked with renewables for the last 15 years, and listening to the lofty goals political leaders make to achieve net-zero carbon emissions, UMass Lowell mechanical engineering Professor Christopher Niezrecki can tell ...
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Energy & Green Tech
In the cradle of France's atomic program, researchers are using their nuclear know-how for a key project in the country's energy transition: recycling the raw materials in old electric car batteries, solar panels and wind ...
Sep 27, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
The U.S. offshore wind energy project development and operational pipeline reached a potential generating capacity of 52,687 megawatts (MW) at the end of May 2023, according to a National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) ...
Sep 26, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
While the United States has excellent wind resources over much of the country, some locations are less windy and, as a result, have not seen much wind energy development. Harnessing wind power in a cost-effective manner has ...
Sep 25, 2023
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Engineering
The output of wind turbines can rise or fall by 50% in a matter of seconds. Such fluctuations in the megawatt range put a strain on both power grids and the turbines themselves. A new study by researchers from the University ...
Sep 19, 2023
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Software
Sound signals, lights, painting the rotor blades, and rapid shutdowns have all been tried in an attempt to reduce bird mortality.
Sep 11, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
With the provision of a swathe of new oil and gas exploration licenses and a crisis in offshore wind energy, clouds are gathering over the UK's net zero promises.
Sep 10, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
The UK government eased a de facto ban on onshore wind in England on Tuesday, after growing pressure from environmental campaigners and some ruling Conservative lawmakers.
Sep 5, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
As Europe turns increasingly to clean sources of energy, EU researchers are on a quest to make hydrogen from solar rays and heat.
Sep 4, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Norway inaugurated the world's biggest floating wind park in the North Sea on Wednesday, an emerging technology considered promising for the transition from fossil fuels to green energy.
Aug 23, 2023
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