Special Delivery: Tapping Water for Energy Storage
For those energy-generating sites that create electricity but are far from areas that need it: If they have plentiful access to water, they could use the generated electricity to split water into...
View ArticleEco EV Range Extender
Range anxiety is the fear that an Electric Vehicle has insufficient range to reach its destination and would thus strand the vehicle’s occupants. This is the main reason why many car buyers say...
View ArticleOffshore Wind Energy Transport
More energy from the sun hits Earth in one hour than all the energy consumed on our planet in an entire year. Water covers approximately 70 percent of our world’s surface. The greatest opportunity to...
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Blackouts Call for Rethinking the Grid
Video by Ethan Oser and Shivan Sarna A map showing the eight states that suffered from the power outage in northern India. (Photo courtesy Voice of America) This past summer, the collapse of power...
View ArticleSolar Panels at Ole Miss
At the University of Mississippi, solar panels are generating energy on the roof of the Center for Manufacturing Excellence.
View ArticleWatts the Hold Up? Mississippi Adopts Smart Grids
Austin Jones and Randall Haley interview Anne McCauley, Assistant Director of Campus Sustainability at Ole Miss, on their new Smart Grid Technology.
View ArticleEndless Energy – New Material for Storing Hydrogen
Hydrogen is on of the world’s most plentiful energy sources. It’s clean and abundant. But storing hydrogen has been the issue. A UNSW researcher has now solved that problem with an innovative new...
View ArticleA.E. for City Blocks
Above: Block diagram of City Block Stored Energy Supply The homes, shops and big buildings in almost any city block can be made almost self-sufficient for their energy needs if the block has a shared...
View ArticleSwing Low, Sweet Tractor
The Dragon is an electric vehicle to serve as a personal tractor for farm workers doing hand work in the field. It provides a low seating position on a special seat to enable comfortable access to low...
View ArticleLarge Ships Generate Abundant Electricity
Large particles of slow moving mass in the forms of ships and vessels rise and fall every day with the incoming and outgoing tide. The rising tide literally lifts all boats. Attaching these vessels to...
View ArticleWestern State Colorado University’s Renewable Energy Fund: Students Making a...
In spring 2012, Western State Colorado University student Kyle Brookens pioneered the opportunity for students to make a voluntary renewable energy contribution, in an effort to reduce WSCU’s...
View ArticleSustainability at Kaua‘i Community College
Kaua’i Community College has partnered with the local county government to develop an entirely new form of sustainable living center. Students from KCC are currently building a prototype...
View ArticleOne With the Land
Cathy Grace, Geology Profesor at the University of Mississippi also known as Ole Miss, takes you inside her world through her thoughts on the environment and how she plans on improving her home to...
View ArticleThe Birth and Evolution of the IPAT Equation – Pamela Torres
The tension between environmental impact, population and technology led scientist Paul Ehrlich, John Holdren and Barry Commoner to formulate an equation that describes the relationship between these...
View ArticleDC Power: Then and Now – Sheena Mathew
What role does DC (direct current) power played in our society today compared to the initial years of electricity distribution? Energy Technology & Policy Spring 2013, Dr. Michael Webber, UT Austin.
View ArticleGraphene Energy Storage: Powering Change – Andrew King
Brief history and possible application of graphene as an energy storage material. Energy Technology & Policy Spring 2013, Dr. Michael Webber, UT Austin.
View ArticleMN2020: Sun Water
Heating water eats up a lot of energy. In Minnesota, the colder climate puts even more demand on hot water systems. However, the state’s potential for solar energy can help offset that negative....
View ArticleMN2020: Animating Minnesota’s Energy Future
We have an opportunity for energy utilities to diversify, from just generating and selling power to being a comprehensive energy services and management provider. Companies like Xcel are already...
View ArticleRejuvenating batteries to cut down on waste
Own a smartphone? A laptop? Anything electronic made in the last few years? Chances are you’re also the proud owner of a lithium ion battery – a cornerstone of modern power technology and also one of...
View ArticleLithium-Polysulfide Flow Battery
Among the most promising batteries for grid storage of renewable energy are “flow” batteries, because it’s relatively simple to scale their tanks, pumps and pipes to the sizes needed to handle large...
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