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Perspective Pivot: Mapping a Landscape of Voices in Oahu Changes Energy Planning

August 20, 2024 admin batteries, clean power, clean transport, Energy Storage, Hawaii, hawaiian electric, lithium-ion batteries, national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), oahu, sandia national laboratories, Solar energy, university of hawaii, us department of energy (doe), wind energy

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2024 21:12:16 +0000

At the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), researchers often serve as guides who help communities navigate the world of renewable energy solutions. But in community-based technical assistance projects, the guiding role goes both ways: Researchers need local perspectives to fill contextual knowledge gaps and create more meaningful energy solutions. “Energy … [continued]

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New Battery Center in South Carolina, Athens Wants Electric Taxis, Solar Cleans Up Wine Country in Australia — News Roundup

June 28, 2024 admin ATHENS, Australia, batteries, clean power, clean transport, community solar, concentrating solar power, detroit, electric cars, electric taxis, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, ev charging, ev charging stations, exxonmobil, Greece, lithium, lithium-ion batteries, mass transit / public transit, meyer burger, Michigan, mobility house, motorcycles + scooters, netherlands, sandia national laboratories, schneider electric, sk on, sodium-ion batteries, Solar energy, SOUTH CAROLINA

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2024 15:26:10 +0000

The green revolution is accelerating in Athens! By 2026, the city hopes to have ten times as many electric taxis on the road as there currently are. There are currently 13,661 taxis in Athens, and only 100 of them are electric. In solar news, a ramp-up of solar module production … [continued]

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How Two Rookie Engineers Expertly Designed a Tidal Energy Turbine

June 13, 2024 admin clean power, marine energy, national renewable energy laboratory, national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), new hampshire, nrel, pacific northwest national laboratory, pacific northwest national laboratory (pnnl), sandia national laboratories, tidal energy, Water

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2024 11:10:32 +0000

The Turbine Will Collect and Share Data To Deepen Our Understanding of Tidal Energy To innovate in marine energy requires some extracurriculars: turning wrenches at the barge, conducting trial runs in the wave pool, and talking through ideas with a supportive team. All this appeals to University of New Hampshire … [continued]

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DuraMAT Forecasts How New Photovoltaic Module Technologies Might Perform Over 20, 30, Or 50 Years

May 24, 2024 admin clean power, lawrence berkeley national laboratory, national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), nrel, research, sandia national laboratories, solar cells, Solar energy, solar energy technologies office (seto), solar panels

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Tue, 21 May 2024 12:54:33 +0000

As the Solar Industry Grows Rapidly, Materials, Designs, and Solar Panels Are Changing Quickly For the solar photovoltaics (PV) industry, rapid growth can produce rapid—and sometimes unpredictable—changes. As the industry continued to see a major period of growth in 2023, the Durable Module Materials (DuraMAT) Consortium seized the opportunity to … [continued]

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Instant Offshore Floating Wind Turbine: Just Remove Tower

February 2, 2024 admin clean power, Energy, floating wind, floating wind turbine, offshore wind energy, renewable energy, sandia national laboratories, us department of energy (doe), usa, vertical axis wind turbines, wind energy, wind turbines

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2024 03:51:51 +0000

A sleek new design for a floating offshore wind turbine cuts the cost of wind power by cutting mass to the bone.

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Creating the Self-Healing Grid of the Future

January 27, 2024 admin clean power, demand response, grid, grid storage, microgrids, sandia labs, sandia national laboratories, Smart Grid, Solar energy, wind energy

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2024 18:00:38 +0000

Sandia leads development of algorithms for resilient microgrids ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Self-healing electrical grids: It may sound like a concept … [continued]

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Solar-Powered Balloons Detect Mysterious Sounds in the Stratosphere

May 15, 2023 admin clean power, research, sandia national laboratories, SCIENCE

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Thu, 11 May 2023 22:10:42 +0000

Solar-Powered Balloons Detect Mysterious Sounds in the Stratosphere #ASA184

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Remote & Rural Communities Boosted By Distributed Wind Energy

March 14, 2023 admin clean power, idaho national laboratory, national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), pacific northwest national laboratory (pnnl), sandia national laboratories, sandia national laboratory, us department of energy (doe), wind energy

Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2023 03:43:31 +0000

Four-Year, Multilab Project Evaluates How Communities Can Safely, Effectively, and Efficiently Benefit from Distributed Wind Energy No roads lead to St. Mary’s, Alaska. To get there, most people boat down the nearby Yukon River, which is almost as wide as the village itself. That same route is used to bring in supplies, like the diesel […]

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DOE Just Can’t Quit Concentrating Solar Power (& That’s A Good Thing)

February 21, 2023 admin clean power, concentrating solar power, heliogen, sandia national laboratories, Solar energy, supercritical carbon dioxide, us department of energy (doe)

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2023 18:31:03 +0000

New Mexico will host a new concentrating solar power plant that could kill coal, gas, and nuclear energy all at once.

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“We’ve Got the Power” — Sandia Technology Test Delivers Electricity to the Grid

August 16, 2022 admin grid, research, sandia national laboratories, SCIENCE

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2022 10:30:32 +0000

This carbon dioxide, which stays within the system and is not released as a greenhouse gas, can get much hotter than steam — 1,290 degrees Fahrenheit or 700 Celsius.

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