The Power Electronic Grid Interface (PEGI) Platform at NREL Will Move Power Grid Innovations Rapidly From Prototype to the Field As the electrical grid makes a historic transition to renewable and distributed energy, even its organizing principles are in flux. Incoming power electronics, like the inverters that interconnect solar panels … [continued]
Human society will not look the same in 2050 as it does today. We all know that. What we don’t know yet is how much it will be destroyed and disrupted by an out-of-control climate catastrophe. Various scientists and policymakers have tried to determine and show the best path forward … [continued]
From River-Powered Villages to Hydropower Regulations, NREL Projects Earn Spotlight in Water Power Technologies, WPTO, Office 2020–2021 Accomplishments Report This year, several of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s (NREL’s) recent water power successes earned spots in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Water Power Technologies Office’s (WPTO) 2020–2021 Accomplishments Report. “This report … [continued]
Centuries ago, alchemists tried to turn lead into gold. While they were not successful, the prospect of coaxing valuable materials from abundant sources remains tantalizingly attractive. Today, scientists at the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory are working with industry to test an approach that uses magnetic nanoparticles to capture critical … [continued]
Human activities in distant watersheds influence the potential for contamination of urban drinking water supplies Every day, people across the United States turn on their faucets for a glass of drinking water, but few ever think about where their water originates. For the millions who dwell in urban areas, that … [continued]
BP, Eni, Repsol, Shell, and TotalEnergies have paid back just 5% of the €13 trillion in societal and environmental debt.
Berkeley Lab researchers are developing a gamut of technologies for direct air capture The need for negative emissions technologies to address our climate crisis has become increasingly clear. At the rate that our planet is emitting carbon dioxide — adding about 50 gigatons every year — we will have to … [continued]
A New Software Model Helps Us Consider What To Do With End-of-Life Solar Modules, Guiding Us Toward a Circular Solar Economy for These Materials As solar grows rapidly as an energy source, the number of photovoltaic (PV) modules that are manufactured and installed each year will continue to expand. By … [continued]
Biodiversity takes center stage on the flat-topped “islands in the sky” that lurch out of the Amazon in South America.
As I write this, it’s 83 degrees Fahrenheit in Washington, DC, and I can’t help but long for those years when I was a kid, when spring felt like spring and seasons were demarcated. Each year, summer-like temperatures arrive all too soon during spring, thanks to human-induced climate change. Research finds that … [continued]
