Tag: Energy & Green Tech
Postal Service, once chided for slow adoption of EVs, announces plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions
United States Postal Service logo on delivery vehicle outside the post office, Sept. 20, 2023, in Deadwood, S.D. The U.S. Postal Service said announced sweeping plans Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024…
Ultrafast reservoir production forecasting boasts speed and accuracy
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Imagine a task that used to take 11 minutes now taking less time than the blink of an eye. Couple that speed increase with 97% accuracy,…
New method monitors grid stability with hydropower project signals
ORNL and UT researchers created a new method to calculate the power grid’s inertia in real time, using signals from pumped storage hydropower facilities such as TVA’s Raccoon Mountain project,…
County-by-county study maps the energy transition’s effects on jobs
Credit: CC0 Public Domain A new analysis by MIT researchers shows the places in the U.S. where jobs are most linked to fossil fuels. The research could help policymakers better…
A strategy to design lithium anode interlayer for all-solid-state lithium-metal batteries
The evolution of Li/interlayer interface after cells assemble, Li nucleation, Li growth and Li stripping. Credit: Wang et al. Over the past decades, engineers and chemists have been working to…
Can ocean energy power carbon removal?
The team examined many marine carbon management methods, including marine carbon capture, which separates carbon dioxide from the air or ocean; sequestration, which permanently stores that captured carbon; and removal,…
Fairly sharing the pains and the gains of energy systems
A ‘flood center’ in Sundarbans. Credit: Natascha van Bommel Our energy systems are characterized by two important injustices. First of all, not all people have the same degree of access…
