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Energy refers to the application of engineering to energy efficiency and services, facility management, ecology, and alternative energy technologies. It includes renewable energy sources such as solar, wind, geothermal power, biofuels, and hydro power.
Machine Learning Sensors Could Cut Methane Emissions by 90%
Natural gas and petroleum systems, according to the EPA, are the largest anthropogenic source of methane in the…
Supercapacitors Increasingly Preferred for Wind Power
First orders have been taken for Airborne Wind Energy AWE by tethered kite or drone. AWE flies higher than a wind…
Vertical Farming: How Big Is Too Big?
The concept of vertical farming, the idea that crops can be grown far more efficiently indoors under controlled…
Energy-Harvesting Graphene Circuit Could Provide Limitless Clean Power
In 2012, the global market for graphene, driven by R&D in semiconductor, electronics, and composites, was $9…
Sea Water Electrolysis Generates Renewable Hydrogen
Hydrogen, whose only byproduct is water, has to be produced from other energy sources: natural gas, nuclear,…
Novel Polymer Electrolytes Make Redox Flow Batteries Heat Resistant
As countries around the world increase energy generation from renewable — and variable — sources like wind and…
3 Promises Elon Musk Made at Tesla’s Battery Day
The long-awaited Battery Day at Tesla took place immediately following the Annual Meeting of Shareholders for 2020.…
Key Materials for a Circular Economy
As waste has piled up and as carbon emissions have instigated climate dangers, there is an increasing urgency to…
Game Boy Device Harvests Solar, Human Energy
By 2015, Americans were consuming nearly 3 billion dry-cell batteries per year to power their radios, toys,…
The Evolving Energy Grid Demands High Energy Storage
The electricity grid is undergoing its first evolution since the invention of the power transmission system, and…