Energy & Green Tech
Research at the Vitoria-Gasteiz Faculty of Engineering of the UPV/EHU has used convolutional neural networks to predict airflow characteristics in the aerodynamic profiles of high-power wind turbines, and has shown that flow ...
Aug 8, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Wind energy contributes significantly to the energy sector's sustainable, low-CO2 transformation. However, the efficiency of wind turbines depends on available wind resources and the technical characteristics of the turbines. ...
Jun 21, 2022
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Engineering
When the power grid goes down, there's a step-by-step recovery process—a "blackstart" that up to now has depended on power from gas or hydro turbines spinning away inside a power plant.
May 31, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
A major challenge for producers of electricity from solar panels and wind turbines is akin to capturing lightning in a bottle. Both solar and wind increasingly generate electricity amid little demand, when market prices are ...
Apr 21, 2022
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Computer Sciences
Predicting how climate and the environment will change over time or how air flows over an aircraft are problems too complex even for the most powerful supercomputers to solve. Scientists rely on models to fill in the gap ...
Apr 8, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Wind energy relies on efficient wind turbine blades, which act as airfoils, structures akin to an airplane wing. Air flow control accessories similar to those found in aircraft improve the turbine blade's aerodynamic performance.
Mar 22, 2022
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Consumer & Gadgets
A wind turbine sitting idle on a calm day or spinning swiftly when power demand is already met poses a problem for renewables, and is one researchers think can be tackled under the sea.
Jan 7, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
For some, visions of a future powered by clean, renewable energy are clouded by fears of blackouts driven by intermittent electricity supplies. Those fears are misplaced, according to a new Stanford University study that ...
Dec 7, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
Tidal stream power has the potential to deliver 11% of the UK's current annual electricity and play a significant role in the government's drive for net-zero, according to new research.
Nov 3, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
New Cornell research shows how to make offshore wind farms more efficient in the face of impending rapid expansion—crucial information as the U.S. Department of the Interior affirmed White House plans to lease federal waters ...
Oct 28, 2021
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