Using Temperature Changes to Generate Electricity
An exciting new system takes changes in the temperature around us and converts them into usable energy.
Major Cable Failure Causes Detroit Power Outage
On Tuesday, December 2, 2014, a portion of Detroit experienced a power outage due to a major cable failure at the Mistersky Power Generation Plant shutting down the electrical grid around 9:30 am. The Publi... Read More...
High-Tech Mirror Reflects Heat and Sunlight From Buildings
A new coating material developed by Stanford University engineers can be used to cool buildings by releasing building heat into space and also reflecting sunlight. The ultrathin multilayer material, only 1.... Read More...
Topaz Makes History as the Largest Solar Plant Operating in the World
The final 40 megawatt phase was recently completed at the Topaz solar plant making it the first 500-megawatt plus solar farm in the United States. The 550 megawatt plant located in San Luis Obispo County, C... Read More...
New Method to Generate Electrical Energy Developed
A new method to generate electrical energy using mechanical vibrations has been developed by scientists at the VTT Technical Research Center in Finland. The scientists used the charging phenomenon that natu... Read More...
Engineers Produce Electricity from Jet Fuel Without High Heat
Converting jet fuel into electricity has been a challenge for engineers using traditional methods because jet fuel contains sulfur that weakens metal catalysts used to oxide the fuel in standard fuel cells.... Read More...
Short-Range Radio Waves Power Electric Car
Japanese researchers developed a system that converts electricity into short-range radio waves to power an electric car. The system features high-speed inverters that deliver the radio waves to the car usin... Read More...
Public Utilities Commission Requests Evidence of Smart Meter Safety
The State of Nevada Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has started an investigation into the safety of smart meters. The PUC received calls from local fire chiefs that smart meters could not be ruled out as ... Read More...
IEC Publishes IEC 60364-8-1 Standard
The International Electrotechnical Commission has published the IEC 60364-8-1. IEC 60364-8-1 ed1.0 applies to “Low-voltage electrical installations - Part 8-1: Energy efficiency.” The standard is available... Read More...
New Release of Smart Grid Framework and Roadmap Published
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released the final version of its NIST Framework and Roadmap for Smart Grid Interoperability Standards. Release 3.0 updates previous plans to tr... Read More...