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DECEMBER 30, 2021

2021 was a big year for energy-related news, what with the ongoing hunt for new forms of energy storage and cleaner if not carbon-free electricity and events and research that spotlighted the weak links in our power grid. IEEE Spectrum did its best to cover those developments, and these were the stories that our readers liked best.

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DECEMBER 30, 2022

These high-flying, low-tech aircraft are already in use for surveillance, hovering at 18,000 to 27,000 meters to track drug runners. As a bonus, the tech onboard the balloons runs on solar power. United States’ Wind on the Wire The largest renewable-energy infrastructure project in U.S.

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JULY 14, 2023

But the use of hydrogen has never reached its potential as a renewable fuel, mostly because its production process drives up the cost. One useful application of direct control is adjusting electrolyzers’ energy consumption based on the power grid ’s current energy mix.

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AUGUST 24, 2023

That incident—as well as Orajaka’s new fascination with renewable energy technologies, specifically solar—changed his career trajectory. Today GVE is one of Nigeria’s leading renewable energy companies. The project received support from Power Africa and USAID.

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MARCH 11, 2023

It occurred in the wake of the California electricity crisis of 2000 and 2001, when mismanaged deregulation, market manipulation, and environmental catastrophe combined to unhinge the power grid. Once electricity is generated and passes into the grid, it is typically used almost immediately.

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DECEMBER 4, 2023

Many experts believe that the first step in overhauling the chemical industry will involve moving away from thermally-driven chemical reactions and separation processes that require heat from fossil fuel combustion and moving towards reactions that use electricity generated by renewable resources, like wind and solar. “DC-MUSE

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JULY 21, 2009

Improvements in physical and cyber security and information privacy will require consumers, manufacturers and utilities to closely follow a range of grid best practices. The DOE has also begun the development of a Smart Grid Information Clearinghouse. Zenergy Power Inc. American Superconductor Corporation.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2019

The 8 BREAKERS projects will work to develop new direct current (DC) devices to better manage power by eliminating electrical faults, improving efficiency and reaction times, and potentially enabling greater proliferation of energy storage and renewable resources.

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OCTOBER 15, 2020

Five of the 28 innovations will help protect the grid from wildfires/PSPSs, four of these five will provide climate and weather risk prediction to electric infrastructure and services, and one is a hard tech innovation to reinforce transmission lines. by at least 10 times.

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EV Connect

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Department of Energy (DOE), the growing demand from plug-in electric vehicles and many other technologies that require electricity could increase the load on our power grids by up to 38% by 2050. Power companies and government agencies are working hard to meet this demand, but it’s a challenging task. How Does V2G Work?

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JANUARY 8, 2013

At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Ford Motor Company announced a strategic collaboration that will demonstrate the integration of home appliance technology, plug-in vehicle and a renewable energy source to achieve an energy-efficient lifestyle. Connected appliances can use less energy during peak periods.

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JUNE 26, 2021

De Nora Tech, LLC (Concord, Ohio). DME as a Renewable Hydrogen Carrier: Innovative Approach to Renewable Hydrogen Production, $1,500,000. National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Grid-Edge Intelligent Distribution Automation System for Self-Healing Distribution Grids, $550,000. Watertown, Massachusetts).

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JANUARY 26, 2023

Rahman, a power expert and professor of electrical and computer engineering at Virginia Tech , is the former chair of the IEEE ad hoc committee on climate change. He also said low-cost, low-carbon hydrogen fuel should be considered as part of the renewable energy mix.

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DECEMBER 28, 2023

The 260-kilometer, 320-kilovolt high-voltage direct-current (HVDC) transmission system, based on technology from Hitachi Energy , in Zurich, marks a milestone in an ongoing transformation of the European power grid: It will plug into the first truly dynamic multiterminal HVDC network in Europe.

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MARCH 31, 2023

So when he called me on a Friday afternoon in the summer of 2021 to propose an article delving into the complexities of the global transition to electric vehicles, I knew that he’d do the research at a deeper level than any tech journalist, and that he’d explore angles that wouldn’t even occur to them. Take power-grid transformers.

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MARCH 27, 2023

Strickland: So we’ll get into some of these super tech details in a little bit. There’s a few areas like, for example, the power grid, that we have a good understanding of how we can actually decarbonize it. But before we get to those, let’s do a little basic tutorial on the climate science here. Witte: I think so.

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DECEMBER 24, 2023

An example, she says, is the task of balancing energy flows in the power grid. And there have been advances in grid-scale batteries involving liquid metal technology , and improved traditional flow-battery technology using lithium sulfur. and an expert in flow batteries. Both fuels aim to directly displace fossil fuels.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

National Renewable. for High Power Wind Generators The University of Houston will develop a new, low-cost. resulting in reduced cost for renewable solar electricity. Concentrating Solar Power/Nuclear: Advanced Molten Glass. stores energy from the sun to be released onto the grid at a. power grid.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Vehicle to Grid is a really interesting area to do projects. The idea here is that you can connect your EV to the power grid and flow power from your EV to the Grid. An electric car acts as a load or micro-generating station for the grid. Advantages of V2G in grid perspective 2.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

A compact electric motor (60 kW / 82 PS and 210 Nm starting torque), the lithium-ion battery integrated into the floor and the power electronics form the hub of the new high-tech car’s drive system. The electric motor’s power is transferred to the front wheels via a single-speed gearbox. Motor and gearbox assembly.

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APRIL 16, 2009

At the hub of the system would be a “smart electricity grid&# that allows electricity to flow where it is needed most and that dissipates energy spikes as weather systems sweep through. “It would help stabilize the energy flows, so you don’t come up against the limits of the grid. The infrastructure is already there.&#

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