Power and Electrical Engineering

Power and Electrical Engineering

Inexpensive 'nano-camera' can operate at the speed of light

A $500 “nano-camera” that can operate at the speed of light has been developed by researchers in the MIT Media Lab.The three-dimensional camera, which was…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Offshore Wind Energy: A Stable Future Power Supply Study

This is the result of a Fraunhofer IWES study commisioned by the Offshore Wind Energy Foundation. The IWES research team around Dr. Kurt Rohrig has analysed…

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Electric taxi „EVA“ for tropical Megacities

TUM CREATE presents an electric taxi for use in tropical megacities at the 43rd Tokyo Motor Show. “EVA” showcases a new super-fast charging system recharging…

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Wireless Sensors Enhance Rail Vehicle Commissioning Process

Experts from Siemens have developed a wireless sensor system that measures the mechanical loads to which a rail vehicle is subjected during operation.As…

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Enhanced HVDC Power Transmission Boosts Renewable Efficiency

This minimizes losses during power transmission and is one of the key technologies required to make better use of renewable sources of energy for the power…

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Berkeley Lab’s Holistic Cell Design Boosts Lithium-Sulfur Batteries

Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have demonstrated in the laboratory a lithium-sulfur…

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New program offers blueprint and 'Golden Rules' for increasing sustainable electricity in …

Global outreach effort by electricity giants fosters bottom-up approach to strong Public-Private Partnerships; 'Golden Rules' draw on lessons worldwideThe…

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Innovative Pressure Cooking Method Enhances Electric Car Batteries

Batteries that power electric cars have problems. They take a long time to charge. The charge doesn’t hold long enough to drive long distances. They don’t…

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Maximizing Solar Power: Balancing Efficiency and Energy Loss

There is a trade-off in harvesting this light, so that solar cells are efficient in the infrared but waste much of the energy available from the more energetic…

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Siemens Unveils Off-Gas Steam Generation Solution for EAFs

Siemens Metals Technologies has developed a system for recovering heat from the hot off-gases of electric arc furnaces. The thermal energy that was previously…

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New Hologram Tech: Tiny Nanoantennas Enable Planar Photonics

The metasurface, thousands of V-shaped nanoantennas formed into an ultrathin gold foil, could make possible “planar photonics” devices and optical switches…

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Innovative Power Supply Systems for Deep Sea Factories

Located thousands of meters under water, the factories must operate reliably for several decades. However, there is still no empirical data about the high…

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Storage Heaters Enhance Wind Power Efficiency in RWE Project

In the RWE Wind Heating project, the two companies have worked together with tekmar Regelsysteme GmbH to equip the storage heating systems in two neighborhoods…

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"EcoTram" research project: further reducing the energy consumption of trams

The “EcoTram” research project is intended to demonstrate how this figure can be reduced. For this purpose, in the first stage of the project in the climatic…

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Accidental Discovery Boosts Electrical Conductivity 400%

Quite by accident, Washington State University researchers have achieved a 400-fold increase in the electrical conductivity of a crystal simply by exposing it…

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Enhancing E-Vehicle Energy Management Through Smart Communication

The aim is to create a system in which electric vehicles use and temporarily store energy. The charging station serves as an active node that communicates with…

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