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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Smarter energy storage for solar and wind power

CSIRO and Cleantech Ventures have invested in technology start-up Smart Storage Pty Ltd to develop and commercialise battery-based storage solutions.Director…

The power of multiples: Connecting wind farms can make a more reliable – and cheaper – power source

The key is connecting wind farms throughout a given geographic area with transmission lines, thus combining the electric outputs of the farms into one powerful…

Ulster-India Teams Probe How Robotics Can Help People With Disabilities

The project involves researchers from Ulster’s Intelligent Systems Research Centre on its Magee campus in Londonderry, and scientists at the Indian Institute…

Thermoelectric materials are one key to energy savings

Breathing new life into an old idea, MIT Institute Professor Mildred S. Dresselhaus and co-workers are developing innovative materials for controlling…

Baker Institute finds increased domestic production won't make US self-sufficient in natural gas

Natural gas is already an important fuel in the United States, representing 22 percent of total primary energy use in 2006. About 20 percent of that gas was…

Portable electricity, life-like prosthetics on the way

The technology that makes a cell phone vibrate is the same technology that provides more natural movements to prosthetic limbs.A University of Houston research…

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