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Power Distribution Grids Made Stable WIth High Voltage Lithium Ion Battery System

Li-ion battery system will provide dynamic energy storage to help respond to disruptions in the grid due to increasing penetration of renewables

25 Nov 2008

New Zealand Moves to Make Electricity Grid More Reliable and Adds More Renewable Energy

With goals of improving power reliability for consumers and adding more renewable energy, such as wind and solar to the grid, WEL Networks of Hamilton, New Zealand, is implementing GE smart grid technology

25 Nov 2008

Weak Points of Wind Turbines to be Studied at New Experimental Research Facility

On 25 November a new research facility will be inaugurated. Here, scientists will be able to experiment with different physical loads on wind turbine blades, corresponding exactly to what the wind does to the blades during a lifetime

24 Nov 2008

Ocean Currents and Their Role in Transporting Carbon Dioxide and Dampening Climate Change

The Antarctic Circumpolar Current is responsible for transporting a substantial fraction of the anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions from the atmosphere to the deep ocean, thereby effectively damping the rate of global warming

24 Nov 2008

Bright, Efficient LED Lighting from OSRAM for 2010 Ford Mustang

Along with the 2010 Mustang's distinctive rear combination taillamps, OSRAM supplied the complete exterior package including the fog lamps, LED CHMSL, front and rear side marker lamps and the D3S XENON headlamp

24 Nov 2008

"Green" Electricity to Help Meet 2050 UK Carbon Emissions Target

Extensive use of low-carbon "green" electricity could help the UK dramatically cut its carbon emissions by 2050, say the leaders of a new research programme to be announced this week at Imperial College London....

24 Nov 2008

Lead Levels in Christmas Lights Found to be Dangerously High

New Research shows that Christmas light sets contain such high levels of lead that they exceed limits set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

24 Nov 2008

Generating Energy from Slow Flowing Currents by Thinking Like a Fish

Low-moving ocean and river currents could be a new, reliable and affordable alternative energy source. A University of Michigan engineer has made a machine that works like a fish to turn potentially destructive vibrations in fluid flows into clean, renewable power

24 Nov 2008

WindWorks Celebrates Washington State Supreme Court Decision in Controversial Wind Farm Case

The regional wind power advocacy group WindWorks Northwest joined with Washington environmentalists, consumers, union and business advocates in celebrating today’s Supreme Court decision upholding the authority of the Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council

23 Nov 2008

Students Return to a Greener UC San Diego

More than 28,500 students who came back to UC San Diego this year found a campus that is getting greener every day, as the university solidifies its position as a leader in sustainability among the nation’s higher education institutions

23 Nov 2008