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Chemical Cluster Could Revolutionize Storage of Energy for Electrical Grids

To power whole communities with clean energy, such as wind and solar power, a reliable backup storage unit is required to provide energy.

19 Feb 2018

Amazon Launches New Wind and Solar Projects Across the U.S.

On October 19, 2017, Amazon announced that its largest wind farm yet — Amazon Wind Farm Texas — is presently up and running, adding more than 1,000,000 MWh of clean energy to the grid every year.

20 Oct 2017

Innovative Lithium-Sulfur Rechargeable Flow Battery for Storing Renewable Power

It is well known that solar power and wind power are the most sought-after renewable energy sources. However, they have not been extensively connected to the U.S. grid due to intermittency issues. That is, they mandate the use of energy-storage systems that, at the least, run nearly $100 per kilowatt hour and can be operated in only specific locations.

12 Oct 2017

Researchers Test Optimal Configurations for Vertical Axis Wind Turbines to Enable Cheaper Electricity for Cities

The U.S. Department of Energy has made a prediction that by the year 2030, wind energy could provide 20% of electricity in the U.S. This has driven researchers from the University of Utah’s Department of Mechanical Engineering to examine the performance capabilities and financial advantages of vertical axis wind turbines (VAWTs) in suburban and urban areas.

7 Aug 2017

Researchers Discover New Way to Optimize the Use of Wind Power

A recent paper in IEEE/CAA Journal of Automatica Sinica (JAS), a combined publication of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) and the Chinese Association of Automation, pointed out the possibility of using wind power in a better way.

12 Jun 2017

Compressed Air for Renewable Energy Storage Could Lower Costs, Improve Storage Capacity

In Europe, the two unpredictable resources sun and wind are becoming more and more important as key sources of energy. This underscores the fact that there is an increasing need for energy storage facilities because if the generated energy cannot be used instantly then it must be stored until it is required.

29 Mar 2017

Stanford Researchers Create Cutting-Edge Lab Model of Vertical-Axis Wind Turbine Arrangements

Many people are familiar with the sight of propeller-like rotating blades placed high up the pole of a high horizontal-axis wind turbine (HAWT). HAWTs are often grouped in wind farms and they provide large amounts of energy for local communities.

1 Mar 2017

U.S. Grid can Handle More Offshore Wind Power and Reduce Pollution, Say Researchers

Scientists at the University of Delaware and Princeton University have completed a first-of-its-kind simulation with the electric power industry. According to the scientists injecting large quantities of offshore wind power into the electrical grid in the U.S. is manageable, and it will reduce electricity costs and minimize pollution compared to existing fossil fuel sources.

22 Feb 2017

Research on Advanced Energy Storage System

A novel marine pumped storage system has been created by a team of researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energy and Energy System Technology (IWES).

14 Nov 2016

Chemists Build High-Functioning Electrode Material with Promising Characteristics in Dual-Ion Batteries

Oregon State University chemists have identified that one or more organic compounds that belongs to a family of pollutants can potentially contribute to an important advancement in manufacturing cost-effective and reliable batteries.

19 Oct 2016