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2023’s Top Stories About Energy

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NASA Battery Tech to Deliver for the Grid EnerVenue’s nickel-hydrogen battery cells are 1.8 The company is one of a growing group targeting grid-scale applications, particularly for solar installations. meters long, weigh 62 kilograms, and store 3 kilowatt-hours. consumer,” reported Prachi Patel.

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The Vacuum Tube’s Forgotten Rival

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An old-fashioned triode vacuum tube does that using a voltage applied to its grid electrode. Naval Ordnance Laboratory , in Maryland, had figured out how to manufacture this alloy, which was soon marketed by an outfit called Arnold Engineering Co. So here I’ll offer the little-known story of the mag amp. An amplifier, by.

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ARPA-E awards $175M to 68 novel clean energy OPEN 2021 projects

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Specifically, the project will demonstrate a 50-kW capacitive wireless charging system with 150 kW/m 2 power transfer density and 95% efficiency, while meeting fringing-field safety standards and increasing grid reliability by minimizing power pulsations. University of Maryland. Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

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The new ARPA-E selections focus on accelerating innovations in clean technology while increasing US competitiveness in rare earth alternatives and breakthroughs in biofuels, thermal storage, grid controls, and solar power electronics. Research Center, University of Maryland, University of Texas at. Pacific Northwest. Arlington).

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IEEE Celebrates Engineering Brilliance

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CHAN MIT “For pioneering technical contributions and leadership in the fields of space and terrestrial optical communications and networks.” IEEE ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL MEDAL Sponsor: Nokia Bell Labs JENNIFER REXFORD Princeton “For contributions to Internet wide-area routing and software-defined networking.” VINCENT W.S. IEEE RICHARD W.

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