Over the past decade, there has been a significant change in the U.S. system of power generation in the lower 48 states. The major factors that resulted in these changes were the discovery of new ...

Latvian startup Deep Space Energy is developing a compact radioisotope power generator that it ...

Project employs technology that can be used to store and release renewable energy using even gentle slopes ...

Global electricity demand is accelerating faster than at any point in recent years, rising more than 3.5 percent annually through the end of the decade, according to the International Energy Agency ...

Latvian startup Deep Space Energy is developing a compact radioisotope power generator that it says can deliver the same output as legacy space nuclear systems while using five times less fuel. The ...

Look up in the sky, it's a bird, it's a plane, it's ... a 20,000 cubic-meter power-generating airship, floating 6,560 ft (2,000 meters) above the ground. Introducing the S2000 stratospheric airborne ...

Although not nearly as exciting as extra-terrestrials that may threaten our planet one day, there are existing threats to the quality of our power grid. Non-linear loads – fluorescent and LED lighting ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. For a few hours on April 12, engineers at Sandia National ...

Various power-generating system methods 2 can be applied to space-based electrical power subsystems (EPS) to power spacecraft (Fig. 1). CubeSat designers need to contend with thermal design, payloads, ...

Railroads and electric power companies are each an American Prometheus. Like steel, chemicals, transportation, energy, manufacturing and other fossil fuel-reliant American industries, they find ...

Electric companies have called the grid system "complex," saying the way the power grid is designed makes it complicated.