Credit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2023 18:22:53 +0000
Extreme temperature and weather events have become more prevalent in the past decade. In fact, July 2023 is shaping up to be “the hottest single month on Earth on record, […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2023 08:47:11 +0000
What would be the largest single-employer strike in US history may soon be avoided if UPS and the Teamsters union reach an agreement on adding life-saving cooling equipment in more than 90,000 fleet vehicles. UPS is the largest employer here in Louisville, Kentucky, so a strike would have serious implications for the metro region as […]
Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2023 16:45:32 +0000
I had the opportunity to sit down for 90 minutes with Dilip Chandrasekaran, engineer, materials science PhD and SVP of industrial heat leader Kanthal.
Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2023 05:18:00 +0000
Few power-generating resources present the combination of workhouse abilities that combined heat and power (CHP) does. But, powered predominantly by fossil fuels, will CHP find its unique footing within the
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Read moreCredit to Author: Mike Ting| Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2022 12:54:22 +0000
Climate change is continuing to drive temperatures to unprecedented levels. In just a single day in late June, the United States set or broke at least 21 high-temperature records. So, what do we do to cool down? We crank up the air conditioner. But with each surge in energy demand, our aging grid is being […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Mon, 30 May 2022 22:29:50 +0000
India’s Power Ministry, despite the country facing shortages of electricity in recent years and as recently as the past month, said it plans to reduce the amount of power generation from at least 81 of the country’s 173 coal-fired power plants over the next four years. The agency, in a letter dated May 26 that […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2022 01:25:42 +0000
As I write this, it’s 83 degrees Fahrenheit in Washington, DC, and I can’t help but long for those years when I was a kid, when spring felt like spring and seasons were demarcated. Each year, summer-like temperatures arrive all too soon during spring, thanks to human-induced climate change. Research finds that even if we halt heat-trapping […]
Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2019 20:53:22 +0000
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China has started up its first commercial nuclear cogeneration system, using two newly operational AP1000 reactors at the Haiyang Nuclear Power Plant to heat 700,000 square meters of housing. Shandong Nuclear Power Co. (SDNPC), a subsidiary of State Power Investment Corp. (SPIC), and owner of the Haiyang plant, on Nov. 15 said the first phase […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2019 23:28:33 +0000
BERLIN – Germany has recorded a new high temperature for June just days after an early summer heat wave toppled a 72-year-old record.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 01 May 2019 04:01:04 +0000
Geothermal energy has been around forever, used as a heating source across the world. Today it has surfaced as another renewable resource, with advancements in drilling technology bringing down costs and opening new areas to development. In conjunction with the feature article on geothermal in the May 2019 issue of POWER, we sought opinions from […]
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