Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2023 21:49:41 +0000
One of the largest studies to date finds the current generation of EV owners drive far fewer miles than owners … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2023 22:35:27 +0000
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Sandia National Laboratories, co-leads of the Heliostat Consortium, announced seven awardees from a request for proposals (RFP) aimed at achieving DOE’s goals for heliostat cost reduction, sustained multifaceted innovation, and improved solar field performance. Heliostats are mirrors that track the sun in order […]
Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2023 04:29:14 +0000
One concern some observers raise about the growth of inverter-based resources, such as solar, wind, and battery storage, supplying the power grid is that they don’t provide inertia. Inertia has historically
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Read moreCredit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Tue, 23 May 2023 02:08:51 +0000
The long wait for low-cost, high-performance perovskite solar cells is coming to a close. Now the fun begins.
Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2023 02:23:27 +0000
This spring, the U.S. Department of Energy announced $7 million in funding for seven projects focused on creating regional infrastructure plans to support electric charging and hydrogen fueling for medium- and heavy-duty trucks along the nation’s most heavily trafficked corridors. The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) will collaborate with industry partners on four of the […]
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2023 18:35:00 +0000
The revolutions in power generation and vehicle technology are gaining momentum, and given the climate crisis, they can’t come too soon. Last year, renewables generated more electricity in the United States than coal for the first time, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). US electric car sales, meanwhile, jumped 65% compared to 2021, […]
Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2023 11:10:53 +0000
Experts Warn Waiting No Longer an Option for Commitment to Multi-Terawatt Photovoltaic Production Worldwide Global experts on solar power strongly urge a commitment to the continued growth of photovoltaic (PV) manufacturing and deployment to power the planet, arguing that lowballing projections for PV growth while waiting for a consensus on other energy pathways or the […]
Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2023 16:35:59 +0000
Collegiate teams competing in the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon® 2023 Build Challenge will hold community open houses for their zero energy homes April 4–18. Eleven collegiate teams across the globe have spent nearly two years designing and building full-size, high-performance, low-carbon houses for the competition. These dwellings demonstrate creative solutions to real-world climate […]
Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2023 13:52:20 +0000
The spectrum of geothermal technologies is quickly evolving. This supplement to POWER’s April 2023 feature, “Startups Are Shaking Up Geothermal Power’s Potential,” briefly explains the differences between some engineered geothermal systems. Conventional geothermal energy is largely produced by hydrothermal systems, which consist of hot water circulated in deep-seated permeable rocks. Resource temperature ranges from high (greater […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2023 19:09:11 +0000
U.S. utility Entergy and global power giant RWE are partnering to jointly assess the best means to develop an offshore wind market in the Gulf of Mexico. The two companies on March 30 unveiled a memorandum of understanding (MoU) under which they will analyze the Gulf of Mexico offshore wind market and define an optimal […]
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