Power and Electrical Engineering

Power and Electrical Engineering

New biomass charcoal heater: A 'new era' of efficiency and sustainability

Scientists in Japan are now reporting development of an improved “biomass charcoal combustion heater” that they say could open a new era in sustainable and…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Research Advances Lightning Damage Protection for Utilities

The 2.2 million-volt impulse generator needed to produce artificial lightning is just one part of the test gear used to evaluate utility industry equipment…

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Toward “Invisible Electronics” and Transparent Displays

The scientists describe development of tiny, transparent electronic circuits — the most powerful of their kind to date — that could pave the way for…

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NCAR Partners With Xcel Energy for Enhanced Wind Forecasts

The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) has reached an agreement with Xcel Energy to provide highly detailed, localized weather forecasts to enable…

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NRL Unveils Compact Biosensor for Versatile Applications

NRL has developed a highly sensitive, portable biosensor system called the compact Bead Array Sensor System (cBASS®). This innovative instrument utilizes a…

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Generate Electricity From Straw: A Sustainable Innovation

“Corn belongs in the kitchen, not in biogas facilities” – objections like this can be heard more and more frequently. They are protesting against the…

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New Mapping Technique for Underground Oil Reserves Unveiled

Picture this: an accurate map of a large underground oil reservoir that can guide engineers' efforts to coax the oil from the vast rocky subsurface into wells…

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Finland’s Bold Steps in Challenging Fusion Energy Project

Fusion is a promising option for a large scale energy production for the second half of this century and beyond. Fusion has practically unlimited fuel…

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Low-Cost LEDs Cut Household Electric Bills Efficiently

Gallium Nitride (GaN), a man-made semiconductor used to make LEDs (light emitting diodes), emits brilliant light but uses very little electricity. Until now…

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Chicago Firm Advances Solar Innovation With New Prototype

The company is on track to complete a commercial-grade prototype later this year, said Dina Lozofsky, vice president of IP development and strategic alliances…

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SUNRISE Initiative Turns Crop Oils Into Jet Biofuels

The area is affectionately known among “REAC 1” (Research Enterprise and Commercialization) builders and tenants as “Wayne’s World,” a reference to a classic —…

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University of Miami Engineer Unveils Stretchable Electronics

Jizhou Song, a professor in the University of Miami College of Engineering and his collaborators Professor John Rogers, at the University of Illinois and…

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Electrochemical Capacitors: A New Solution for Water Desalination

Existing technologies for hard, brackish and sea water desalination are highly energy consuming even in the case of the best available technology nowadays,…

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Microbes: A Sustainable Solution for Our Energy Crisis

Microbes may well be the answer to our global energy crisis. By fermenting biomass to produce biofuels, they offer a possible climate-friendly solution to the…

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‘Smart’ fridges stay cool by talking to each other

CSIRO Engineer, Sam West, says the smart fridges work as a network of distributed fridges, each fitted with control technology that allows them to communicate…

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Enhanced Gas Yield: CLEAN Project Kicks Off at GFZ

On 15. and 16. January more than 70 scientists came together at the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences for the start of the project CLEAN (CO2…

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