Heat Pumps Are Scaling Up & Taking On Big Industry
Heat pumps are big enough, and efficient enough, to replace gas-fired steam boilers at commercial and industrial sites all over the US.
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1st Look: Gaming On Steam In A Tesla
The features inside Tesla’s vehicles are ever expanding, and many have high hopes for what future software updates could bring to their cars. One such feature, the ability to play video games when parked, has finally arrived with the introduction of Steam in Tesla’s vehicles. Tesla has finally debuted a … [continued]
Elon Musk: Tesla Will Show Steam Integration Next Month
Tesla is getting serious about video games in its cars.
Procter & Gamble and Constellation Announce Completion of 50 Megawatt Biomass Cogeneration Facility
Consumer products giant Procter and Gamble has completed a 50 megawatt biomass-fired cogeneration facility at its paper products factory in Albany, Georgia in partnership with retail energy supplier Constellation.
Climate-Proofing The Western US Power Grid
New research from Arizona State University has raised the issue of climate-proofing the United States’ electricity infrastructure due to possible negative impacts from climate change presently taking place. According to EurekAlert, two Arizona State University engineers contend the electricity generation and distribution infrastructure in the Western United States must be … [continued]
Energy, & How It Becomes Electric Power
Since the days when we humans learned to use fire and developed six simple machines, we have progressed a lot in our ability to harness external sources of energy. In fact, we have defined and redefined its use. But what is energy? Scientists define it as “the ability to do … [continued]
MIT Turns Solar Steam Into Cheaper Energy, Clean Water
MIT scientists and engineers have a new twist on phase-changing renewable technology. It combines the most efficient generation of solar steam to date by our favorite energy machine, the sun, and a new graphite-based collection system. This method puts out the lowest optical concentration reported thus far: steam generation at an … [continued]
