Tag: tech

July 19, 2017

Asked to look ahead to a grid powered by renewables, executives from leading electric utilities Monday identified what they’ll need to make it work, from new kinds of equipment to new kinds of employees. The executives from ComEd, Edison International, ENEL, and […]

June 22, 2017

Several U.K. cities are looking to initiate smart projects and developments to improve the efficiency of local services, enhance sustainability and develop their competitiveness. Smart city initiatives improve the ‘liveability’ of a city, helping to attract business and talent to […]

June 2, 2016

THE COSTS OF digital processing, storage and bandwidth drop about 33% per year. That’s why you can buy a 50″ flat-screen HDTV for $300 (I paid $3,000 for one in 2008, and it still works great), a laptop for $200 and […]

April 28, 2016

Volatile oil prices, global competitive pressure, and the costs and challenges associated with corrosion and erosion mean that oil & gas production and refining operations need to operate more reliably than ever and at lower costs. GE Oil & Gas […]

January 13, 2016

The most popular sport on the planet, football – or soccer as it’s known in the U.S. – is watched and played by billions of people. Now, one crowdfunding campaign is looking to use it to bring clean energy and […]

January 12, 2016

A new study from the Forensic and Investigative Sciences Program of the School of Science at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis explores the illicit treatment of racing tires with volatile chemicals to improve function and presents a new and effective method […]

January 8, 2016

The move to replace legacy lighting with LEDs is one of the decade’s most important and well documented steps toward energy efficiency. The next innovation is upon us: Vendors are boosting the benefits of the LED themselves – and introducing […]

December 31, 2015

The basic building blocks of atoms, molecules and solids are positively charged nuclei and negatively charged electrons. Their mutual interactions determine most of the physical and chemical properties of matter, such as electrical conductivity or the absorption of light. The […]

December 24, 2015

MIT researchers have developed a simple procedure for making a promising type of solar cell using lead recovered from discarded lead-acid car batteries — a practice that could benefit both the environment and human health. As new lead-free car batteries […]

December 22, 2015

Energy storage system owners could see significant savings from a new flow battery technology that is projected to cost 60 percent less than today’s standard flow batteries. The organic aqueous flow battery, described in a paper published in the journal […]

December 18, 2015

Luleå University of Technology is the first in the world to produce renewable fuels from pyrolysis bio-oil in its facility LTU Green Fuels. Pyrolysis bio-oil is produced by rapidly heating the forest residues in an oxygen-free environment and then rapidly […]

December 18, 2015

Work of physicists at the University of Geneva (UNIGE), Switzerland, and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH Zurich), in which they connected two materials with unusual quantum-mechanical properties through a quantum constriction, could open up a novel […]

December 16, 2015

California’s utility regulator has ruled that the state’s flagship net metering regime will be maintained in broadly its current form beyond 2017, in what is being hailed as a major victory for the pro-solar lobby. The California Public Utilities Commission […]

October 12, 2015

One of the biggest problems with hydrogen is storing it and transporting it. The easiest and safest way is have it in another form like water or ammonia. The trouble is the energy it takes to release the hydrogen from […]

October 12, 2015

Sometimes looking at the big picture is the best way to understand what’s going on. That’s definitely the case for figuring out where the world’s energy comes from and goes. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory makes these energy flow maps showing […]

October 12, 2015

Unit 1 of the Changjiang nuclear power plant, under construction on China’s southern island province of Hainan, achieved first criticality at 3.39am today, China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) announced. Initial approval for the Changjiang plant’s construction was granted by China’s […]

October 12, 2015

Tesla Motors’ rise as a competitive automaker selling exclusively electric powertrains — with an alluring, even sexy, aesthetic — has come amid a flurry of electric vehicle (EV) models from traditionally internal-combustion automakers. Now Tesla is bringing an SUV to […]

October 12, 2015

SHANGHAI— Ford Motor Co. is betting that a new generation of smart cars will help its rides stand out in China, where its sales have been slipping amid industrywide weakness and rising competition. The U.S. car marker said on Monday […]

October 12, 2015

The monthly natural gas share of total U.S. electricity generation surpassed the coal share in July for the second time ever, with natural gas fueling 35.0% of total generation to coal’s 34.9% share. Compared to the previous July, coal-fired generation […]

October 12, 2015

What does solar energy have to do with mobility? The long-awaited alternative energy availability comes with a twist, when an initiative envisions the entire glass surface of the office buildings converted into a huge energy factory. Considering all the tech […]