NASA scientists are helping California create a detailed, statewide inventory of methane point sources—highly concentrated methane releases from single sources—using a specialized airborne sensor. The new data, published ...
Environment
Nov 7, 2019
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All those cars on California's famously gridlocked highways could be doing more than just using energy - they could be producing it.
Energy & Green Tech
Sep 25, 2016
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A yearlong experiment with the nation's electric grid could mess up traffic lights, security systems and some computers - and make plug-in clocks and appliances like programmable coffeemakers run up to 20 minutes fast.
Other
Jun 24, 2011
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California now gets about 5 percent of its electricity from wind power, according to data released Tuesday by the California Wind Energy Association.
Energy & Green Tech
Feb 7, 2012
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The largest solar power plant of its type in the world—once promoted as a turning point in green energy—isn't producing as much energy as planned.
Energy & Green Tech
Nov 17, 2014
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The Farmington River, "the top priority watershed in the state," according to the state's environmental agency, has been named one of America's Most Endangered Rivers by the organization American Rivers.
Ecology
Apr 17, 2024
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Federal regulators on Friday issued a draft environmental impact statement saying there were significant benefits to a plan to demolish four massive dams on Northern California's Klamath River to save imperiled migratory ...
Environment
Feb 26, 2022
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Everyone is looking for alternative forms of energy, and one company proposes to generate electricity from the flow of the river Mississippi in the US, without using dams to control the water flow.
The sun makes sidewalks hot enough to fry eggs, the wind blows hard enough to tear fences, but if solar and wind energy can't be converted to the 60-hertz alternating current (AC) standard in the United States, it can't be ...
Energy & Green Tech
Aug 1, 2011
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When Lawrence Livermore scientist Tadashi Ogitsu leased a hydrogen fuel-cell car in 2017, he knew that his daily commute would change forever. There are no greenhouse gases that come out of the tailpipe, just a bit of water ...
Materials Science
Jan 18, 2018
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