Energy Harvesting Articles & Analysis

Sage Geosystems Inc., a geothermal baseload and energy storage company, this week (Sept 12) announced groundbreaking results and data from their full-scale commercial pilot confirming the performance of its energy storage system that can provide short- or long-duration storage (EarthStore ). Further, the results show Sage's technology is cost-competitive with lithium-ion batteries, pumped storage ...

By Smart Grid Observer

Virtual and augmented reality are becoming more prevalent in recreational and professional applications. Augmented and virtual reality technologies are increasingly useful for manufacturing, maintenance, construction and surveying activities. Whether it’s to create a safe and effective way to provide training for a task or to utilize a more immersive way of sharing visual information, AR ...

By Capacitech Energy

Array Technologies, a market leader in single-axis solar tracking, have made its performance enhancing software SmarTrack even smarter – adding functionality to increase utility-scale energy harvest. Detailed research and projections from independent engineers at DNV GL spotlight the real-world and accurate energy gains now available to Array customers with SmarTrack. During extensive beta ...

By Array Technologies Inc

In order to increase the energy yield from a noise barrier, we can make use of albedo. A large portion of the sunlight is, depending on their albedo, reflected by buildings, plants, roads and forests. By developing double sided solar cells, we can harvest extra energy from this diffuse light. And last Friday, we tested the first double sided thin-film module that we made in the project ...

By Solliance Solar Research

Shielded Metal arc welding is the process of joining two metal pieces using a flux covered electrode which is melted can an electrical arc and becomes a fused section of the pieces being welded. This composition will mean the use of flux-coated welding rods and a simple, transformer organize cracker box welding machine. 1) know the process of shielded Metal arc welding. An electric arc is formed ...

By Anhui Aacc Welding

Wind Energy Magazine, Dutch trade magazine for professionals involved in the design, construction, installation, maintenance and operation of wind turbines, came to our office in The Hague for an interview. Wind Energy Magazine will continue to follow us and write about us in the coming year. Read the online article in Wind Energy Magazine No 4 – 2018 ...

By Ampyx Power B.V

Fluence Corporation Limited (ASX: FLC) is pleased to announce that it has received a €1.7 million contract for a waste-to-energy system for its customer ArreBeef Energia S.A., a prominent beef processor in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The system will be designed and built using anaerobic digestion technology developed by Fluence to produce biogas, as well as electrical and thermal energy. The ...

By Fluence Corporation

The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) responded to the Administration’s infrastructure principles released today. Importantly, the principles address energy and rural infrastructure along with roads, bridges, airports and other projects.“We see significant promise in President Trump’s plan,” said Amy Farrell, Senior Vice President, Government and Public Affairs, for the American Wind Energy ...

By Smart Grid Observer

NRG Energy recently launched new offers for commercial and industrial customers to take advantage of more than 60 MWs of Preferred Resources under contracts executed with Southern California Edison (SCE). Through three new programs, NRG and its partners can provide SCE customers with innovative, cost saving commercial and industrial products and services. These products and services are expected ...

By Smart Grid Observer

India wants to provide its entire population with electricity and lift millions out of poverty, but in order to prevent the world overheating it also needs to switch away from fossil fuels. Although India is blessed with ample sunshine and wind, its main source of energy is coal, followed by oil and gas. Together, they provide around 90% of the total energy demand of the subcontinent – ...

By Climate News Network

Ground vehicles are not the only form of transportation making strides in eco-friendly technology. Before long, your aircraft tugs may be pulling electric planes and helicopters in and out of hangars. What’s New in Alternative Power Sources for Aircraft? Rapidly developing technology is advancing a number of potential green alternatives to traditional fuel-dependent aircraft. Options in ...

By DJProducts, Inc.

Researchers at the Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) discovered single-walled carbon nanotube semiconductors could be favorable for photovoltaic systems because they can potentially convert sunlight to electricity or fuels without losing much energy. The research builds on the Nobel Prize-winning work of Rudolph Marcus, who developed a fundamental tenet of physical ...

By National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

A new process using light to reduce dinitrogen into ammonia, the main ingredient in chemical fertilizers could inspire development of new, more sustainable processes that eliminate the energy-intensive, lengthier processes now commonly in use. According to researchers at the Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), photochemical (photon) energy can serve as a substitute ...

By National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

Original story at MIT News Imagine if your clothing could, on demand, release just enough heat to keep you warm and cozy, allowing you to dial back on your thermostat settings and stay comfortable in a cooler room. Or, picture a car windshield that stores the sun’s energy and then releases it as a burst of heat to melt away a layer of ice. According to a team of researchers at MIT, both ...

By MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Original story at MIT News Researchers at MIT and elsewhere have found a way to significantly boost the energy that can be harnessed from sunlight, a finding that could lead to better solar cells or light detectors. The new approach is based on the discovery that unexpected quantum effects increase the number of charge carriers, known as electrons and “holes,” that are knocked loose ...

By MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Power management company Eaton will highlight a range of solutions and engineering services to help customers maximize their renewable energy investments at Solar Power International 2015, from September 15 through 17 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. At booth #2922, visitors can meet with the company’s application experts and see its industry-leading products. Eaton ...

By Eaton Corporation

Power management company Eaton will showcase an expanded range of electrical balance of system (BOS) solutions for utility, commercial, and OEM solar customers at Intersolar North America 2015, from July 14 through 16, in booth #8221, at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, California. Eaton will also deliver a presentation on deploying utility-scale solar and energy storage systems at the event, ...

By Eaton Corporation

Power management company Eaton today announced multiple contracts to provide engineering services, a solar inverter, and electrical distribution equipment for a 1.9-megawatt (MW) solar project at Fort Campbell in Kentucky. The project is the first phase of a planned 5 MW solar array that will help the U.S. Army installation reduce operating costs while contributing to the renewable energy goals ...

By Eaton Corporation

Organisations in Wales could be cutting thousands of pounds from energy, water and waste costs thanks to free advice and support provided by the Carbon Trust and WRAP Cymru under the Welsh Government’s new Resource Efficient Wales service. Businesses and public sector bodies in Wales could be cutting thousands of pounds from their energy, water and waste costs thanks to free advice and ...

By Carbon Trust

Boeing [NYSE:BA] and South African Airways (SAA) announced today that South African farmers will soon harvest their first crop of energy-rich tobacco plants, an important step towards using the plants to make sustainable aviation biofuel. Boeing and SAA, along with partners SkyNRG and Sunchem SA, also officially launched Project Solaris, their collaborative effort to develop an aviation biofuel ...

By The Boeing Company