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A call for electric car charging points at home
One of the many changes needed for Switzerland to eliminate greenhouse gas emissions is to make its road mobility electric, with sales on new internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles to cease by 2030 or soon after. As numerous ...
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Researchers develop roadside barrier design to mitigate air pollution
Imperial researchers have designed a unique curved barrier which can protect people from the damaging effects of air pollution.
Engineering
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New sustainable building simulation method points to the future of design
A team from Cornell University's Environmental Systems Lab, led by recent graduate Allison Bernett, has put forth a new framework for injecting as much information as possible into the pre-design and early design phases of ...
Engineering
Feb 26, 2021
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Weakness is strength for this low-temperature battery
Nanoengineers at the University of California San Diego have discovered new fundamental insights for developing lithium metal batteries that perform well at ultra-low temperatures; mainly, that the weaker the electrolyte ...
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Feb 25, 2021
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Low-income Californians pay unequal share of state's power costs
Californians not only pay some of the highest electricity rates in the country, but they pay two-to-three-times more for power than it costs to provide, according to a report by researchers at the Energy Institute at Haas ...
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Feb 25, 2021
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Why Canada should invest in 'macrogrids' for greener more reliable electricity
As the recent disaster in Texas showed, climate change requires electricity utilities to prepare for extreme events. This "global weirding" leads to more intense storms, higher wind speeds, heatwaves and droughts that can ...
Energy & Green Tech
Feb 25, 2021
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The Texas deep freeze left the state in crisis: 3 lessons for Australia
The US state of Texas has this month experienced some of its coldest weather on record. Houston recorded a temperature of -10.6℃, which is around 20℃ below average. And Dallas-Fort Worth recorded its lowest-ever temperature ...
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Feb 25, 2021
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Image: Greener way to get satellites moving
A sustained test firing of a 'green' satellite thruster at Poland's Institute of Aviation, intended as a future alternative to today's hydrazine-based apogee engines, typically used by telecommunication satellites to maneuver ...
Engineering
Feb 25, 2021
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Experts call for home battery storage to protect vulnerable during outages
Extreme weather driven by climate change is making power outages more commonplace even as the need for electricity-dependent home health equipment grows. In this context, battery storage can help protect medically vulnerable ...
Energy & Green Tech
Feb 24, 2021
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What's behind $15,000 electricity bills in Texas?
Texans who made it through February's extreme cold weather without losing power or natural gas must have felt lucky.
Business
Feb 24, 2021
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AI predicts if storms will cause blackouts many days in advance
In Finland, stormy weather can happen at any time of year. This is an issue because Finland is heavily forested, and falling trees can knock out power lines and disable transformers, causing power blackouts for hundreds of ...
Energy & Green Tech
Feb 24, 2021
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NASA takes steps to reduce aviation emissions, invigorate U.S. economy
NASA is seeking proposals for ground and flight demonstrations of integrated megawatt-class powertrain systems for subsonic aircraft. The deadline for proposals for this solicitation is 5 p.m. EST April 20.
Energy & Green Tech
Feb 24, 2021
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USPS selects Oshkosh Defense to build greener mail truck
The United States Post Office said Tuesday that it has chosen Oshkosh Defense to build its next-generation mail-delivery vehicle, part of an effort to make the USPS more environmentally friendly by switching a portion of ...
Energy & Green Tech
Feb 24, 2021
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Positive reinforcements help algorithm forecast underground natural reserves
Texas A&M University researchers have designed a reinforcement-based algorithm that automates the process of predicting the properties of the underground environment, facilitating the accurate forecasting of oil and gas reserves.
Energy & Green Tech
Feb 23, 2021
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Low-level jets create winds of change for turbines
As one of the leading sources of clean and renewable energy, global wind power capacity has increased more than fivefold over the past decade, leading to larger turbines and pushing wind technology to its limits.
Energy & Green Tech
Feb 23, 2021
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New material is next step toward stable, high-voltage, long-life, solid-state batteries
A team of researchers designed and manufactured a new sodium-ion conductor for solid-state sodium-ion batteries that is stable when incorporated into higher-voltage oxide cathodes. This new solid electrolyte could dramatically ...
Energy & Green Tech
Feb 23, 2021
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Experts discuss what went wrong with Texas power grid
On Feb. 13, a severe winter storm swept across Texas and nearby southern states, bringing sub-zero temperatures and snowfall as far south as the border with Mexico. The polar air that descended on Texas lasted many days, ...
Energy & Green Tech
Feb 23, 2021
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After Texas crisis, Biden's climate plan hangs on fragile power grid
The millions of people who struggled to keep warm in Texas, with blackouts crippling life inside a dominant energy hub, have laid bare the desperate state of U.S. electricity grids. To fix nationwide vulnerabilities, President ...
Energy & Green Tech
Feb 22, 2021
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Fukushima nuclear plant operator: Seismometers were broken
The operator of the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant said Monday that two seismometers at one of its three melted reactors have been out of order since last year and did not collect data when a powerful earthquake struck ...
Energy & Green Tech
Feb 22, 2021
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Should Uber and Lyft be electrifying more vehicles?
Professor Jeremy Michalek and his Ph.D student Matthew Bruchon have published a study investigating what vehicle electrification would look like in a world where ridesourcing companies like Uber and Lyft were held responsible ...
Energy & Green Tech
Feb 22, 2021
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