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Morris Tanenbaum, Inventor of the Silicon Microchip, Dies at 94

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Adolf Goetzberger Photovoltaics pioneer Life Fellow, 94; died 24 February Goetzberger was an early proponent of solar energy technologies. Today solar is the third largest renewable-electricity sector behind hydropower and wind. The research paved the way for more effective solar power generation.

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CMU study finds that coal retirement is needed for EVs to reduce air pollution

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The study, which was funded by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, the Richard King Mellon Foundation, the Electric Power Research Institute, the Heinz Endowment, the National Science Foundation, and Toyota Motor Corporation, also examined a hypothetical case with increased wind power.

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Video Friday: Strandbeest

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ICRA 2022 : 23–27 May 2022, Philadelphia IEEE ARSO 2022 : 28–30 May 2022, Long Beach, Calif. During the summer I do all kinds of experiments with the wind, sand and water. It’s the most zoomed-in, highest frame-rate observation of a Phobos solar eclipse ever taken from the Martian surface. [ Palantir ] Dr.

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How Roboticists Can Tackle Climate Change

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For electricity generation, this means the United States alone needs to increase renewable-energy capacities by 10 times over the next 12 years , which roughly translates to a mind-boggling 400,000 more wind turbines and 2.5 billion more solar panels. SS MAPR prepares for its maiden voyage on the Schuylkill River, in Philadelphia.

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More Electric Cars in Las Vegas with Stan Hanel's Story on the RAR'ster. with EVJerr Back to Webblogging, Sunday, 13 September 2009

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Georg also enlisted the help of University of Iowa computer programmer/engineer Karen Pease. Seeing the inside operation of a wind turbine generator in Iowa and solar arrays throughout the country brought renewed hope for continued advances in renewable energy technologies and power generation.