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Replacing Diesel Gensets with 'Pop-up' Solar Energy Systems
The factory assembled, relocatable solar array was developed to reduce the logistics challenges associated with deploying solar PV generators. Source: ECLIPS EngineeringThis Utility Just Won Approval to Add More Wind Energy
Credit: GE RenewablesWith Nuke Licenses in Hand a Utility Asks, Now What?
Turkey Point Nuclear Station. Credit: BechtelHow Minerals are Converted from Inorganic Compounds to Useful Metals
Morenci mine open pit in 2012 | Source: Stephanie Salisbury | CC BY 2.0
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Wind Power Strategy Could Harvest Maximum Potential Energy from Wind Farms
This new method could increase wind power potential by 6-7 percent.
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New Production Method Creates Greener and Stronger Concrete With Nanotechnology
The new concrete is created out of graphene and it could potentially change the construction industry.
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Meet the World's Largest Electric Truck
The vehicle just started transporting lime and marl rocks from a higher mining area to a lower processing plant in Switzerland.
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Work Set to Start on Next Phase of Oroville Dam Repair
A California state agency says it wants to maximize the 2018 construction window to ensure the dam's main spillway is fully reconstructed before next winter.
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Merger to Create $29b Natural Gas and Electric Utility
Companies in Texas and Indiana plan to merge into an energy delivery, infrastructure, and services company serving more than 7 million customers across the U.S.
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Report Lists Top Corporate Solar Adopters in the U.S.
The report contains data from over 4,000 companies, totaling more than 2.5 GW of solar capacity across approximately 7,400 solar projects.
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Carbon Intensities Decline for U.S. Industrial and Electric Power Sectors
The transportation sector produced the most, and industrial sector the least, carbon dioxide/unit of primary energy consumed in 2016.
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Aerospace and Defense Aerospace and Defense
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Meet OmegA: A New Heavy-lift Rocket for National Security and Commercial Missions
The three-stage launch vehicle features first- and second-stage solid propellant motors, a cryogenic liquid third stage and up to six strap-on solid rocket boosters.
Automotive Automotive
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Watch: Sweden's Electrified Road Charges Electric Vehicles on the Go
As part of its drive toward carbon neutrality in 2050, the Swedish Transport Administration just opened a 2-km (1.2-mile) stretch of electrified road near Stockholm.
Building and Construction Building and Construction
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With Nuke Licenses in Hand a Utility Asks, Now What?
Florida Power & Light will review challenges involving the AP1000 reactor before making its decision on two new nuclear reactors.
Consumer Consumer
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These 8 Cities Have the Most Distracted Drivers
Research shows that the evening commute has the greatest amount of distraction, and most distractions occur at speeds of 30–40 mph.
Electronics Electronics
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Cyber Defense Tool Is an Early Warning System for Grid Attacks
The tool uses micro phasor measurement units to collect information about the physical state of the power distribution grid to detect even the most subtle of intrusions.
Environmental, Health and Safety Environmental, Health and Safety
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Wetland Losses Are Outpacing Land Building in Mississippi Delta
Over the past century, the rate of land loss in coastal Louisiana has averaged 15 to 20 square miles per year, reversing centuries of land growth.
Food and Beverage Food and Beverage
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How Industrial Gases Help Keep Food Fresh
Food-grade industrial gases are an effective and natural alternative that can be used to extend product shelf-life and reduce waste while the market shifts away from preservative-laden foods like processed meat and dairy products.
Life Sciences Life Sciences
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Artificial Mole Could Warn of Cancer
An encapsulated gene network implanted under the skin produces a tattoo as an early indicator of cancer.
Maritime Maritime
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7 Types of Mechanical Engineering Degrees
In this first article in our series on engineering degrees, we focus on the many types of mechanical engineering.
Materials and Chemicals Materials and Chemicals
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Watch: Bacteria-Killing Graphene Spikes May Prevent Implant Infections
A layer of vertical graphene flakes forms a protective surface, preventing bacterial attachment to implants.
Supply Chain Supply Chain
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Harvesting Near-Earth Asteroids to Fuel Human Expansion into Space
Private space companies Planetary Resources and Deep Space Industries aim to identify, extract and refine materials from near-Earth asteroids, creating a plentiful supply of affordable in-space resources to drive the expansion of human activity in space.