Articles: Energy
Q&A: Energy
INSIDER: Energy
Researchers at Columbia University, supported in part by a grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation, conducted a study that modeled the seasonal variability of solar and...
INSIDER: Power
Princeton Engineering researchers have developed the first perovskite solar cell with a commercially viable lifetime, marking a major milestone for an emerging class of...
Q&A: Design
Special Reports: Information Technology
Power Electronics - August 2022
This compendium of recent articles from the editors of Tech Briefs and Aerospace & Defense Technology looks at the latest advances in power electronics and energy storage for a range of applications...
Briefs: Medical
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Briefs: Energy
Articles: Green Design & Manufacturing
Articles: Energy
This column presents technologies that have applications in commercial areas, possibly creating the products of tomorrow. To learn more about each technology, see the contact information provided for that innovation.
Articles: Energy
Briefs: Power
In steep mountain regions, the potential for generating electricity from a small stream of water is high, however, the hydropower potential of these regions remains untapped as it...
INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The largest ever simulation of its kind, modeled on the Texas power grid, concluded that consumers stand to save about 15 percent on their annual electric bills by partnering with...
INSIDER: Electronics & Computers
Renewable energy has an intermittency problem — the sun provides no power at night, while winds can stop suddenly.
INSIDER: Electronics & Computers
In a milestone for renewable energy integration, General Electric (GE) and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) operated a common class of wind turbines in grid-forming mode,...
Q&A: Energy
Briefs: Energy
Podcasts: Energy
Dr. Frits Bliek and his team at Ocean Grazer are building an "Ocean Battery" that brings hydrodam technology to the sea.
INSIDER: Energy
A newly completed solar microgrid system near Greensburg, Indiana, in Decatur County, is expected to generate enough emissions-free clean energy to offset nearly 4000...
INSIDER: Energy
Using ultrabright X-rays from the Advanced Photon Source at Argonne National Laboratory, a team of researchers led by Rice University has determined that sunlight itself can improve the efficiency of 2D...
INSIDER: Green Design & Manufacturing
The aging energy grid is being pushed to the breaking point. Power outages from extreme weather alone cost anywhere from $2 billion to $77 billion per year. And some isolated communities still rely...
INSIDER: Power
As we trend toward more renewables and distributed energy resources (DERs), the design of the electric distribution system itself imposes physical...
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
UpFront: Energy
INSIDER: Energy
Molten sodium batteries have been used for many years to store energy from renewable sources, such as solar panels and wind turbines. However, commercially available molten sodium-sulfur...
INSIDER: Power
If we are to transition to a world powered by renewable energy, efficient long-distance transport of electricity is essential, since the supply — renewable...
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