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Startup Makes It Easier to Detect Fires With IoT and Flir Cameras

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Fires at recycling sorting facilities, ignited by combustible materials in the waste stream, can cause millions of dollars in damage, injuring workers and first responders and contaminating the air. Once the module is connected to a camera, it starts monitoring. Startup MoviTHERM aims to do that.

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MIT researchers propose subsea version of pumped hydro for renewable energy storage

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The 1,000 wind turbines that the spheres could anchor could, on average, replace a conventional on-shore coal or nuclear plant. The team hopes to extend its testing to a 3-meter sphere, and then scale up to a 10-meter version to be tested in an undersea environment, if funding becomes available.

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Why the Next Microgrids Will Be Well Connected

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People, Power, and the Sun: Honnold Foundation x Adjuntas, Puerto Rico Although most microgrids today operate independently, one way to get the maximum benefit from them is to connect them, letting them share resources wherever and whenever possible. To that end, engineers at the U.S. percent to 2.8 percent to 2.8 megawatts to 224.6

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Wind-to-Hydrogen Tech Goes to Sea

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Then, as now, wind farms are operating off the world’s coasts—but not all of these offshore sites are connected to the mainland via underwater power cables. Almost all hydrogen produced today is designated as brown, black, or gray, meaning it was generated by burning natural gas or coal.

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WHO: 9 out of 10 people worldwide breathe polluted air; 7M deaths per year

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For example, in just two years, India’s Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana Scheme has provided some 37 million women living below the poverty line with free LPG connections to support them to switch to clean household energy use. In some regions, sand and desert dust, waste burning and deforestation are additional sources of air pollution.

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ARPA-E Selects 37 Projects for $106M in Funding in Second Round; Electrofuels, Better Batteries and Carbon Capture

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The project also includes a proprietary process to convert waste biomass into carbon dioxide and hydrogen to feed the bioreactor, allowing butanol production from waste feedstocks. Zero-Carbon Coal: Innovative Materials & Processes for Advanced Carbon Capture Technologies (IMPACCT). Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (UC

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Must Read 40+ Electric Vehicle Interview Questions & Answers

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Moreover, I’m concerned about the environment and eco-friendly transportation. It typically consists of numerous individual battery cells connected to provide the required voltage and capacity. EVs convert a higher percentage of electrical energy from the battery into actual propulsion, resulting in less energy waste.