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Category Archives: Energy
Can Methane Act as a Storage Medium for Renewable Energy? | IEEE
Researchers from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in German have demonstrated a novel method of converting the outputs of biogas facilities into methane. The new type of methanation plant can fit inside a standard shipping container, and could be combined with … Continue reading
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Topaz Turns On 9 Million Solar Panels | IEEE Spectrum
Silence generally reigns across California’s Carrizo Plain, about 160 kilometers northwest of Los Angeles. But for much of the past three years, this expanse of grassland and farms was anything but silent, as up to 880 people trucked out each day … Continue reading
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Vortex Bladeless aims for lower-cost wind energy approach | PhysOrg
A technology leap forward in wind energy? Or, as the company in charge calls it, a “new paradigm” of wind power, lowering costs, requiring no training, using fewer supplies? They believe they have a great idea and they aim to … Continue reading
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Storing Solar Energy: A great idea caught on contested ground | IEEE Spectrum
Adding energy storage to sites with rooftop solar power generation offers a range of potential benefits. A battery can help smooth out solar’s inherently variable supply of power to the local grid, and even keep buildings powered during blackouts. Consequently, power-conversion innovators … Continue reading
Experiments Start on a Molten Salt Nuclear Reactor | MIT Technology Review
Transatomic Power a startup that’s developing a novel type of nuclear reactor, has begun a series of experiments that will either verify its design or send it back to the drawing board. The experiments were made possible by $2.5 million … Continue reading
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How Tesla Boosted Its Roadster’s Range by 50 Percent | MIT Technology Review
Tesla stopped making the $100,000-plus Roadster in 2011, but this spring those who already own one can upgrade it to travel 400 miles on a charge, a 50 percent increase. The new range is competitive with conventional cars, which typically … Continue reading
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NIMH Batteries Get an Energy Boost | MIT Technology Review
Almost every automaker interested in producing electric cars is betting on improvements to lithium-ion batteries to make the cars cheaper and extend their driving range. But scientists at BASF are exploring the possibilities of an older type of battery, nickel-metal … Continue reading
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VW Said to Buy Battery Startup Stake for Tesla Challenge | Bloomberg Business
Dec. 5 (Bloomberg) — Volkswagen AG bought a stake in battery startup QuantumScape Corp. with the aim of developing technology that can more than triple the range of its electric cars, according to people familiar with the matter. VW is … Continue reading
New Possibilities In Solar Power With New Multilayered Waveguide Taper Array | Cleantechnica
New possibilities in the field of solar energy — as well as in thermal energy recycling — have been opened up as the result of the development of a new way of improving the ability of nanoscale microchip components to … Continue reading
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Tagged solar energy, thermal energy
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Reversible Ammonia Batteries Convert Waste Heat to Electricity at 29% Efficiency — World of Chemicals
PENNSYLVANIA, US: According to Penn State engineers, an efficient method to harvest low-grade waste heat as electricity may be possible using reversible ammonia batteries. “The use of waste heat for power production would allow additional electricity generation without any added … Continue reading
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