Power and Electrical Engineering

This topic covers issues related to energy generation, conversion, transportation and consumption and how the industry is addressing the challenge of energy efficiency in general.

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Fuel Prices and Environmental Charges Slow down the Speed of Ships

Challenged by high energy costs and rising environmental requirements, more and more shipping companies are looking to new propulsion concepts as a solution to…

New Hybrid Propulsion Solution for Small Vessels Saves Energy

The central feature of this new diesel hybrid propulsion is the capability to provide an extremely flexible and compact propulsion solution in the power range…

Squeezing Juice from the Sun: Tapping Solar Energy Could Provide Limitless Power

Focusing on creating autonomous power systems based on flexible thin-film solar cells, Desu is hoping to increase efficiency through novel design and…

New process derives 'green gasoline' from plant sugars

That's because the new fuels are identical at the molecular level to their petroleum-based counterparts. The only difference is where they come from.Funded by…

A cautionary note in the use of carbon nanotubes as interconnects

The work reported in Nano Letters (reference below) reveals that squashing and twisting a double-walled nanotube opens an electronic band gap in an otherwise…

New mechanism to produce energy from biomass

One of the challenges that chemical engineers face is placing solid materials in contact with gases to generate certain reactions. One of the options is to use…

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