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Video: Thermal storage blocks could be key to clean grid power
A new thermal storage material based on miscibility gap alloys has been engineered to enable intermittent renewable energy sources to provide base load electricity to the grid.
Unexpected currents in plasma could advance fusion energy
Electrical currents in tokamak fusion facilities form in ways not previously observed, potentially offering researchers greater ability to stabilize fusion reactions.
First US small modular reactor design approved by NRC
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) recently issued its final safety evaluation report on NuScale Power’s small modular reactor design.
Ultrathin solar cells are inkjet printed
The manufacturing method overcomes constraints imposed by the more conventional use of spin-coating or thermal evaporation, which are not scalable and which limit device geometry.
New eBook covers cables for factory automation
The eBook guides engineers through the proper implementation of industrial-grade cables essential to a factory automation setting.
Toyota and Honda test mobile power generation system to help with disasters
The system consists of a fuel cell bus carrying a large amount of hydrogen, portable external power devices and portable batteries.
Video: Tests of 3D-printed nuclear reactor components underway
Researchers are refining the design of a 3D-printed nuclear reactor core and advancing the additive manufacturing technology needed to build it.
Watch: A matchmaking service for utilities and battery providers
CBI Battery Match presents systems specifiers and integrators for utility and renewable energy companies with potential lead battery partners before linking them directly with battery manufacturers.
How VPPs can help manage an increasingly electric future
Virtual power plants can optimize distributed energy resources, especially as more renewables and vehicles are factored into the grid.
Video: US Versatile Test Reactor program advances
The fast neutron research reactor to be built at the U.S. Idaho National Laboratory will test components and fuels for advanced nuclear reactor designs.
California hosts the world’s biggest battery storage system
The Gateway Energy Storage project recently launched in San Diego County, California, has been crowned as the largest battery energy storage system in the world.
Improving power grid resiliency with artificial intelligence
A new artificial neural network model handles both static and dynamic features of a power system with a relatively high degree of accuracy.
SPOC advances as a logical approach to reliable power generation
The staged pressurized oxy-combustion (SPOC) process offers the potential to deliver low-carbon power at a reduced cost.
First nuclear reactor in UAE now supplying power
The first of four South Korean-designed APR-1400 reactors is now delivering nuclear-based electricity to the national transmission grid of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for the first time.
Power-generating windows appear closer with efficient, semi-transparent solar cells
A semi-transparent organic photovoltaic cell developed by an international research team achieved a power conversion efficiency of 8.1% and visible transparency of 43%.
Suborbital flight tests thin-film solar cell performance
The suitability of hybrid perovskite and organic photovoltaic devices for space applications was tested on a suborbital rocket flight.
Watch a demo of the world’s first shaft hydropower system
The ecologically benign approach to hydropower system design conceals the turbine in a shaft in the riverbed upstream of a weir.
Watch: Solar-powered stratospheric telecommunications platform completes more test flights
The solar-powered aircraft is designed to carry telecommunications payloads to the stratosphere and provide connectivity between devices as far as 700 km apart.
Video: Cable protection system designed for fixed offshore wind turbines
The system is available in three standard sizes and includes a combination of bend restrictors and a bend stiffener, foundation interface device, standard dynamic unit and a detachable pull head.