For parts of the U.S., the best place to store massive amounts energy for the electric grid could be right beneath our feet.
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The new approach moves energy efficiently and could reduce energy losses converting light into electricity.
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Plants use light waves from only a portion of the spectrum for photosynthesis – the remainder can be recovered and used to generate solar power. That’s the idea behind the solar modules developed by EPFL startup Voltiris.
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The shift to renewable energy is on the rise as fossil fuel reserves deplete. Learn about the growing interest in pairing energy storage with solar power, the tradeoffs that come with doing so, and how Capacitech’s flexible supercapacitor technology can help customers overcome these challenges.
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Gas turbines are widely used for power generation and aircraft propulsion. According to the laws of thermodynamics, the higher the temperature of an engine, the higher the efficiency. Because of these laws, there is an emerging interest in increasing turbines’ operating temperature.
Meet companies and researchers working on making steel with renewable energy and fewer emissions.
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By modeling the conditions of an entire wind farm rather than individual turbines, engineers can squeeze more power out of existing installations.
UTEP 2022 ends with 12 submissions in the final month. The recent articles covered different areas of technology like smart farming, AI, 3D printing, wind energy, structural engineering, biotechnology, and more. As we eagerly wait for the results, here is an article summarizing the new submissions.
After taking a hit during the pandemic, utilities around the globe are getting back on track to modernize aging electricity distribution grids.
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This student article explains the concept of Bladeless Wind Turbine wind power plants that can work optimally in areas with low wind speeds (3 to 8 m/s). We explore how the design can be optimized further to work at places with even lower wind availability.
In this episode, we talk about how researchers are making advancements in the energy harvesting and energy storage fronts to make renewable energy a more viable alternative to fossil fuels.
Researchers at Texas A&M University and ExxonMobil are developing a method to reprocess petroleum coke — a byproduct of refining crude oil — into a sustainable, high-value alternative.
Researchers at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), in collaboration with colleagues at the University of Cambridge, have developed a new method to dramatically extend the lifetime of organic aqueous flow batteries
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PerPetum is an innovative renewable energy company and one of the largest constructors of solar parks in the Benelux. Headquartered in Belgium and active in The Netherlands for over five years they opened an office at High Tech Campus Eindhoven in early 2020
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In order to operate wind turbines more efficiently in the future and also to be able to use them in locations that are less wind-intensive, even larger and at the same time lighter blades are needed.
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