US Aims To Disrupt Floating Offshore Wind Turbine Field
Trump or no Trump, the US is forging ahead with a next-generation floating offshore wind turbine project that will kick fossil power plants to the curb.
Trump or no Trump, the US is forging ahead with a next-generation floating offshore wind turbine project that will kick fossil power plants to the curb.
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) may be sitting on approximately $600 million in Fiscal Year 2018 (FY18) funding for clean energy research and development (R&D), despite clear and strong congressional guidance to invest public dollars in new technologies and innovation that will pave the way for America to be a leader in a clean energy future.
The ancient air bellows has been repurposed once again, to drive solar tracker arrays created by Sunfolding, of San Francisco, in a 39 megawatt installation at an undisclosed California location. The cost-saving design has attracted the attention of the ARPA-e program, DOE’s SunShot program, and several venture capitalists.
Recent developments in this energy and storage sectors are bringing new light to emerging technologies. We’re looking at a few of the most interesting energy storage technology developments below.
The US Department of Energy is looking for new cutting edge, bulk energy storage technology to boot fossil fuels out of the power generation picture.
President Trump is pushing to slash spending on clean energy research, even as America’s chief economic rivals aim to double public funding for the same. In doing so, experts say, the president is threatening to undermine US competitiveness.
Avangrid Renewables is investing in a large wind farm in New Mexico and one of three bidders to supply 800 MW of offshore wind power off the coast of Massachusetts.
Trump or no Trump, US Energy Dept. to pour $100 million into “transformational” renewable energy and energy efficiency projects.
Despite the President’s happy talk about oil and gas, his own Energy Dept. foresees replacing them with renewables including a big dose of seaweed biofuel.
The US Army has been focusing on wearable electronics and advanced lithium-ion batteries to power the fighting force of the future, and they’ve come up with a new approach to energy storage that is tailor-made for your home electronics, too.