Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Thu, 01 Dec 2022 05:16:00 +0000
Solar + wind, solar + storage, wind + storage—even fossil fuels combined with renewable energy—are supporting the growth of hybrid power plants that are breaking the norms of traditional power generation
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Read moreCredit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 03 Nov 2022 15:57:22 +0000
Economic development can be a challenge for leaders in rural communities. Often, it’s hard to attract businesses to rural areas because the local workforce may not have the skills or numbers required to meet companies’ needs. But opportunities that haven’t been widely available in the past exist today for rural communities due to the energy […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 01 Nov 2022 04:14:00 +0000
Governments and power generators continue to work to improve access to electricity on the African continent. Engie Energy Access, a subsidiary of French energy major Engie, recently signed a $60 million
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Read moreCredit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2022 04:13:00 +0000
An Australia-based company is designing a project that combines multiple power generation technologies into a system that not only creates electricity but also can result in production of hydrogen. Sunshine
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Read moreCredit to Author: Kennedy Maize| Date: Fri, 01 Jul 2022 04:13:00 +0000
An innovative project that combines solar power with electric buses is POWER’s Distributed Energy Award winner. The microgrid it created can help the community during emergencies, as well as during peak
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Read moreCredit to Author: Josef Daniel-Ivad| Date: Fri, 03 Jun 2022 12:28:20 +0000
As solar, wind and other renewable resources play a larger role on the power grid, renewables’ essential partner—energy storage—must keep pace to provide power at peak hours when the sun doesn’t shine, and the wind doesn’t blow. Rechargeable zinc batteries offer an ideal energy storage solution; they can release power back to the grid for […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: P.R. Kumar| Date: Thu, 02 Jun 2022 14:10:18 +0000
“Cyber-physical systems” are the next generation of closely integrated physical and cyber systems. Several critical systems such as the power grid, autonomous transportation systems, and process control systems are examples of cyber-physical systems. They are liable to be attacked by malicious agents who can compromise the sensor measurements being used to control them. Indeed, there […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2022 04:15:00 +0000
Commercial and industrial (C&I) entities want to ensure they have electricity when they need it. Businesses also are looking at sustainability, decarbonization, and control of their energy costs as factors
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Read moreCredit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2022 19:30:48 +0000
Idaho National Laboratory (INL) is exploring designing, building, and operating an onsite nuclear reactor resource as part of a broader effort to achieve net-zero emissions at its sprawling campus in Idaho Falls by 2031. Battelle Energy Alliance (BEA), an entity that manages and operates the Department of Energy (DOE) national laboratory, on April 29 launched […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sat, 04 Jan 2020 19:58:36 +0000
A Native American tribe in California created its own microgrid in 2011. During the rolling blackouts that hit the state last fall, it provided much needed electricity for critical community services.