January is always a tough month for us, with CES kicking off less than a week after New Year’s Eve, and now the Transformative Vertical Flight 2020 Conference is two weeks later.
The US Army is choosing electric vehicles at the expense of biofuels and compressed natural gas, and its EV charging infrastructure has to ramp up, too.
Researchers at the Army Research Laboratory say they have created a battery that uses no cobalt or nickel and no flammable electrolyte that is lighter than conventional Li ion batteries but has the same or greater energy density.
Despite all the fossil friendly rhetoric emanating from the White House, the US Department of Defense is still pursuing microgrids with renewable energy.
Trump says America needs coal for grid security. The military proves otherwise. Military bases are using wind, solar and battery storage to stay resilient in the face of extreme weather or attack.
The National Center for Manufacturing Sciences (NCMS) and the US Army Research Laboratory in Aberdeen are collaborating to launch the Advanced Manufacturing, Materials, and Processes (AMMP) program. The new program is intended to support US manufacturers with their large-scale additive manufacturing (3D printing) projects. Cosima N. Boswell-Koller, Ph.D., NCMS Senior Project Manager and AMMP Program Lead, answered some questions about the program for CleanTechnica.
The US Army is one of the funders behind new iron-based energy storage research that has huge implications for wind and solar grid integration.
The US Army’s Culture, Regional Expertise, and Language Management Office last year released a relatively even-handed study analyzing the drivers behind the current geopolitical tensions between the US and Russia, I recently found out. (Due to Nafeez Ahmed publishing an excellent piece on the matter.)
A federal judge has ordered stepped-up monitoring of the Dakota Access pipeline following an oil spill from the Keystone XL pipeline last month
Joseph has installed all five PV systems, though not always as he had planned. He has also distributed food, water purification systems, and seeds. He started in the San Juan area, in a place called San José. The first of the 1-kilowatt (kW) systems was installed in a bicycle shop. Local people can gather there and get hit by a breeze from a fan as they charge their cell phones.
