The Obama administration announced a number of new initiatives to help the US modernize power grids across the country. The US has seen increasing penetration of … Continue reading White House Aims to Modernize US Grids
Utility provider ConEdison has partnered with residential solar provider SunPower to launch a virtual power plant pilot program in New York. The program will offer 300 … Continue reading NY Homeowners Connect to ‘Virtual Power Grid’
Zigbee Alliance has unveiled a wireless network protocol for industrial Internet of Things (IoT) applications. JupiterMesh is a low power wireless mesh field area network — … Continue reading Zigbee Takes on Smart Utility Networks with JupiterMesh
Carbon capture systems used to reduce the amount of CO2 released into the atmosphere are much worse for the environment than renewable sources of energy generation, … Continue reading Renewables Are Clean but Carbon-Capture Systems Aren’t
NASA’s Glenn Research Center is exploring new designs for aircraft that’ll need less carbon-emitting fuels to be powered. NASA is hoping to help advance a new … Continue reading NASA Tackles Low-Carbon Aviation
Wave energy company Oscilla Power has developed an energy generation system that uses the movement of the ocean’s waves to generate electricity, with the help of … Continue reading Wave Energy Tech Turns Magnetic Energy into Power
Arizona’s power utility APS is the first in the US to use new advanced inverters to help manage the growing number of rooftop solar installations across … Continue reading Advanced Inverters Help Utility Manage Rooftop Solar in Arizona
Kite Power Solutions (KPS) and its consortium of technology partners has secured a $1.4 million (USD) grant from the UK government to accelerate the development of … Continue reading Flying Kite Generates Energy from the Wind
Local government officials in the Australian city of Adelaide have pledged to see the town become the country’s first carbon-neutral smart city. Australia has become a … Continue reading Ambitious Adelaide’s Plan to Become Australia’s Carbon-Neutral Smart City
Panasonic has partnered with Nomura Real Estate Development and the Tsunashima Sustainable Smart Town (SST) Council to build a “smart city” pilot community in Yokohama, Japan. … Continue reading Panasonic Builds ‘Sustainable Smart Town’ in Japan
Nations around the world saw increased commitments to energy alternatives in 2015, as the global community begins its transition towards a post-fossil fuel world order. Renewables … Continue reading Record-Breaking 2015 Sees Unprecedented Global Investment in Renewable Energy
Commuters in 20 cities across the US are now able to make more informed and sustainable decisions about getting from one place to the next, thanks … Continue reading TransitScreen Helps Commuters Make Smart Transport Decisions
City and local governments can serve as leaders in key sectors that’ll impact the global transition to a low carbon society. That’s according to a large … Continue reading Cities Can Be ‘Lighthouses’ for Curbing Emissions
A study from NOAA and University of Colorado at Boulder has found US could reduce GHG emissions from power production by up to 78% below 1990 … Continue reading ‘Energy Interstate’ Makes Low-Carbon Goals Feasible
The first phase of one of the world’s largest solar farms is now generating power in Morocco, as the country aims to derive 52% of its … Continue reading First Phase of City-Sized Saharan Solar Farm Is Now Complete
Germany-based firm Heliatek has developed organic photovoltaic (OPV) solar cell film that’s able to convert solar energy into electricity with record conversion efficiency. The flexible “Heliafilm” … Continue reading Organic Photovoltaic Film Sets Record for Efficiency
SheerWind, a Minnesota-based wind energy company, has developed a striking tower funnel structure that generates power from slow wind. This week, SheerWind was one of 14 … Continue reading Giant Funnel Generates Power from ‘Slow Wind’
Energy storage advancements will become an important enabler for communities transitioning to cleaner methods of energy production, according to EnergyNest CEO Christian Thiel. EnergyNest is an energy … Continue reading Concrete ‘Nest’ Saves Energy in the Form of Heat for Later Use
In 2015, UPS became the largest user of renewable energy in the shipping industry, when it began using a source of natural gas that is derived … Continue reading UPS Drives Market for Drop-In Renewable Fuels
Chip maker Broadcom unveiled a new high-powered router processor that can deliver over 5 Gbps of system data throughput “without taxing the CPU,” the company claims. … Continue reading Broadcom’s 64Bit Quad-Core Router Processor Is an ‘Industry First’
