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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Adding up renewable energy

Do the overall efficiencies of renewable energy sources, such as wind, solar, and geothermal add up in terms of their complete life cycle from materials…

Does renewable energy make sense?

Increasing energy consumption and a growing world population implies shrinking reserves of fossil fuels. While the use of fossil fuels brings with it the…

University of Leicester team develops way of purifying biodiesel made from vegetable oils

The team, led by Professor Andrew Abbott is able to remove glycerol, the main by-product of vegetable oil-based biodiesel, using ionic liquids made in part by…

MIT team building robotic fin for submarines

The propeller-driven submarines, or autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs), currently perform a variety of functions, from mapping the ocean floor to surveying…

Researchers Think Pink to Produce "Green" Solar Energy

Scientists here have developed new dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) that get their pink color from a mixture of red dye and white metal oxide powder in…

Laser sets records in power and energy efficiency

Next-generation laser-based defense systems are now being designed for this need, including the use of infrared countermeasures to protect aircraft from…

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