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NY’s Biggest Wastewater Treatment Plant Accepts Food Waste, Produces Biogas For Grid

Mila Luleva — Mon, 30 Dec 2013 19:18:34 +0000

New York City is about to become the proud owner of the biggest wastewater biogas plant, which will supply sustainable energy to the national grid, thanks to the Newtown Creek project. The new technology is a real breakthrough, which has the potential to convert 100% of the food waste and wastewater into gas, which is […]

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Some US Grid System Operators Curtail Wind Power by 33%

Leigh Hutchens — Fri, 16 Aug 2013 03:44:42 +0000

Wind turbines are being reduced to a third of their capacity by some grid system operators in Vermont, Maine, New Hampshire, across Texas, and parts of the Midwest. These grid operators are concerned that intermittent energy surges will overload the system. These curtailments, as they are called, are taking place because of the strong bursts […]

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Wind Turbines + Batteries = Stable Power Supplies

Leigh Hutchens — Thu, 09 May 2013 05:18:33 +0000

By pairing a hybrid wind turbine’s battery with a wind-forecasting algorithm, wind farm operators might be able to guarantee a specified amount of power output for nearly an hour. If this pairing is possible, then integrating intermittent renewable energy might become much easier and lower the cost of wind power. It’s difficult to determine the […]

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Liquid Metal Battery on the Way, According to Ambri

Leigh Hutchens — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 07:50:13 +0000

Small energy startup company Ambri plans to transform the energy sector with their liquid metal battery. By stringing together a number of large battery cells shaped like large round cake pans, Ambri plans to create enormous batteries, some as large as 40-foot shipping containers. The size of Ambri’s planned batteries is impressive, but what makes them […]

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Antiquated Electric Grid Needs a Reboot

Leigh Hutchens — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 18:46:01 +0000

Electric companies played soothsayer to customers days before Hurricane Sandy’s arrival. They warned of extensive power failure and potential widespread outages. Their predictions were accurate and Sandy affected an immense number of customers in New York and New Jersey. Sadly, none of the power outages resulting from Sandy should be surprising. The hurricane only served […]

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EU Planning on Building An European Renewable Energy "Supergrid"

Ovidiu Sandru — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 19:45:52 +0000

The first electricity grid dedicated to renewable power becomes a political reality this month, because nine European countries draw up plans to link their clean energy projects around the North Sea.

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Recycle your boost: highway-based wind turbines

Ovidiu Sandru — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 09:31:22 +0000

I found a blog that describes an extraordinary idea for making electricity from wind. It is a highway-based wind turbine, and I have never heard anything like that before. The idea is a student’s semester project. The original site is written at the end of the article. Parasite- an organism that lives on or in […]

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