Sandia National Laboratories is well-known for designing reliable and resilient microgrids for military bases and vital city services. Now, Sandia researchers are working with NASA to design one for the moon.
Space Exploration
May 12, 2022
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A group of Italian researchers has developed a method that enables more efficient use of energy by smart homes that are connected to a microgrid—a web of individualized units that are connected to one another and one common ...
Energy & Green Tech
Jun 5, 2019
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The electrical grid in the contiguous United States is a behemoth of interconnected systems. If one section fails or is sabotaged, millions of citizens could be without power. Remote villages in Alaska provide an example ...
Energy & Green Tech
Dec 26, 2017
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When the lights go out, most of us find flashlights, dig out board games and wait for the power to come back. But that’s not an option for hospitals and military installations, where lives are on the line. Power outages ...
Energy & Green Tech
Feb 22, 2012
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In 2016, the United States experienced 3,879 blackouts of more than 48 minutes that affected over 18 million people. A recent poll says nearly two-thirds of Americans believe the national power grid is vulnerable to a cyber ...
Energy & Green Tech
Apr 20, 2017
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Distributed microgrid tech can secure the electrical grids at military bases to reduce the impact of cyberattacks, physical attacks from terrorists and natural disasters.
Energy & Green Tech
May 8, 2017
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When Department of Energy and Oak Ridge National Laboratory researcher Yan Xu talks about "islanding," or isolating, from the grid, she's discussing a fundamental benefit of microgrids—small systems powered by renewables ...
Energy & Green Tech
Nov 5, 2014
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(PhysOrg.com) -- When the next “big one” hits northern California, chances are good that the power will be knocked out across large swaths of the Bay Area. But one place that is likely to stand unaffected is Alameda ...
Energy & Green Tech
Mar 21, 2012
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The future of electronic displays will be thin, flexible and durable. One barrier to this, however, is that one of the most widely used transparent conductors for electronic displays—indium tin oxide (ITO)—doesn't perform ...
Materials Science
Jun 2, 2021
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Ushering in winds of change in clean energy, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has deployed the nation's first long-span wind turbine at Semakau Landfill, which is one of several to be installed ...
Energy & Green Tech
Oct 20, 2017
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