Engineering
Investment in electrical transmission and distribution (T&D) systems could significantly reduce air pollution, according to a study led Lauren Janicke, an undergraduate in civil and environmental engineering (CEE), and Destenie ...
Feb 27, 2023
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Engineering
Ships, bridges and wind turbines can all be made safe using sensors that are just a few millimeters across. Researchers have borrowed a principle behind the technology from a vibrating guitar string for their device. But ...
Feb 8, 2023
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Business
JPL-developed technologies, including VITAL, FINDER, 3D-printing methods, and Voyager spacecraft communications, are featured in the agency's technology publication.
Feb 1, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
"We know a great deal about windmills on land, and something about fixed-bottom wind turbines at sea, but much less about floating wind turbines," says Geir Grasmo, Professor at the University of Agder (UiA).
Jan 26, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Off the coast of Portugal, a team of underwater robots is scanning the base of turbines on a wind farm and looking for signs of damage while aerial drones check the blades. The activity is part of a project to reduce inspection ...
Jan 23, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Europe's largest known deposit of rare earth elements, essential for the manufacturing of electric vehicles, has been discovered in Sweden's far north, boosting Europe's hopes of cutting its dependence on China.
Jan 12, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
The world is at the "dawn of a new industrial age" of clean energy technology manufacturing that will triple in value by 2030 and create millions of jobs, the International Energy Agency said on Thursday.
Jan 12, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
In 2023, some 100 miles off the coast of north-east England, the world's largest wind turbines will start generating electricity. This first phase of the Dogger Bank offshore wind farm development uses General Electric's ...
Jan 3, 2023
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Researcher Sveinung Attestog shows in a new study how we can more quickly detect faults in machines that are widely used in wind turbines and electric cars. This is something that could pay off for electricity customers and ...
Dec 20, 2022
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Software
Standing among solar arrays and power grid equipment at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), you might hear a faint, distorted melody buzzing from somewhere. You are not hallucinating—that gray box really is ...
Dec 14, 2022
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A wind turbine is a rotating machine which converts the kinetic energy in wind into mechanical energy. If the mechanical energy is used directly by machinery, such as a pump or grinding stones, the machine is usually called a windmill. If the mechanical energy is then converted to electricity, the machine is called a wind generator, wind power unit (WPU), or wind energy converter (WEC).
This article discusses electric power generation machinery. The windmill article discusses machines used for grain-grinding, water pumping, etc. The article on wind power describes turbine placement, economics and public concerns. The wind energy section of that article describes the distribution of wind energy over time, and how that affects wind-turbine design.
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