DOE Announces $620 Million in Smart Grid Project Grants
While the Smart Grid we needed years ago is still years away, the Obama administration took a step forward today as Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced $620 million in stimulus awards for 32 Smart...
View ArticleTexas Town Installs a Monster Battery for Backup Power
An aging transmission line built in 1948 is the only link between the U.S. power grid and the little city of Presidio in West Texas. So Presidio has invested in a single huge…
View ArticleDOE Researchers Take Major Stride Towards Creating Room-Temperature...
The bright green energy future that surely awaits us exists in concept, but as we all know there are key pieces of technology that we still haven't quite figured out, like higher-capacity battery tech...
View ArticleDOE Exploring Superconducting Magnet Scheme for Grid Energy Storage
Throwing cost concerns and caution to the wind, the U.S. Department of Energy is getting behind a project that aims to prove that superconducting magnetic energy storage (SMES) can work at the grid...
View ArticlePanasonic Plans to Build a 'Sustainable Smart Town' in Japan by 2014
Japan may still be recovering from earthquake-related woes, but that's not stopping Panasonic and eight partner companies from pushing ahead with their own rebuilding effort…
View ArticleFederal Study of Power Grid Might Disrupt The Nation's Clocks
Soon, when you sleep through your Monday morning alarm, it may be Uncle Sam’s fault. Federal officials are considering an experiment on the nation’s electrical grid that…
View ArticleThe Recession's Toll on the Green Economy
For all their promise to save money and energy use, household energy management systems apparently can’t catch on. Do consumers just not want to know how much power their electronics guzzle on a daily...
View ArticleChina Builds the World's Largest Battery, a Building-Sized, 36-Megawatt-Hour...
The largest battery in the world has arrived, and you likely won't be surprised where it landed: Hebei Province, China. The State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC) and electric car maker BYD--the...
View ArticleFYI: What Caused The Power Outage At The Super Bowl?
Chill, people. Beyoncé did not cause the power outage at Super Bowl XLVII. (Her gajillion-watt halftime show had a separate generator.) What did contribute to the power outage--and the resulting...
View ArticleBrain Cells Will Control The Power Plants Of The Future
Talk about a mind meld. Researchers have hooked up living brain cells, grown in a petri dish, to a computer. The computer runs a simulation of a power plant and sends the neurons problems about...
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