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Nuclear Fusion’s New Idea: An Off-the-Shelf Stellarator

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And unlike conventional nuclear fission, fusion comes with no risk of meltdowns or weaponization, and no long-lived nuclear waste. According to the lab’s lore, Spitzer came up with the idea while riding a ski lift at Aspen Mountain in 1951. Fusion reactions have powered the sun since it formed an estimated 4.6

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World Engineering Day Focuses on Shaping a Sustainable Future

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Circular economy and waste management. Adopt new technologies and solutions for recycling and converting waste to energy, and develop and use more biodegradable materials. Combined with traditional models, machine learning efforts such as DeepMind can predict weather patterns, help optimize energy grids, and enhance climate modeling.

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Here Comes the World Wide Web of Everything

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It combined the age-old idea of hypertext with the Internet’s global reach. The original World Wide Web introduced the idea of URLs that point to HTML files, which are accessed remotely via the HTTP standard. HTML, hypertext markup language, represented a daring leap. Now the Spatial Web puts forward a new set of defining principles.

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Pando’s minimalist solution allows more EV charging in less space at less cost

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We are the first one to have revenue grid metering. We believe this is a really good idea. If the company dies or if you move out of the multi-family, that cable will be wasted. So, the number-one idea for Pando is to be able to adaptively increase the load. We have done a lot of things that are firsts.

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Space-based Solar Power: A Great Idea Whose Time May Never Come

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It’s pretty clear Asimov had no idea how a system like the Converter would actually work, except in the most basic terms. Harnessing the power of the sun in space is certainly an enticing idea. Most of the story centers around Asimov’s Three Laws of Robotics and the humans’ relationship with the robot. For example, U.K.-based

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Audi e-gas plant qualified to participate in balancing market to stabilize grid

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The Audi e-gas plant in the city of Werlte in Lower Saxony ( earlier post ) produces CO 2 neutral-fuel (synthetic methane from water, renewable electricity and CO 2 ); it now also contributes toward stabilizing the public power grid. This has resulted in the plant being accepted under the direction of grid operator Tennet TSO GmbH.

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ARPA-E trying to assist non-funded applicants find other funding sources; energy storage, biofuels and renewable power the top categories

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Since its first funding opportunity announcement in April 2009, the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) ARPA-E (Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy) has received scores of promising ideas for the next generation of energy technologies. However, ARPA-E can only fund a fraction of these promising ideas at the levels required.