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Alstom researchers seek longer-lasting, better hydropower
Alstom’s new Global Technology Center (GTC) in Canada will focus on innovative ways to retrofit hydroelectric plants to help them last longer, become more
Is it a plane? A wind turbine? New 3D radar tech can tell
Look, up in the sky: it’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a … wind turbine. If comic-book air-traffic controllers never had trouble distinguishing
Solar and oil: New energy helps extract old in California
Think about the uses solar energy can be put to, and what comes to mind? Solar panels for making electricity, certainly. Solar thermal for
‘Heat batteries,’ pine-tree fuel on new US research funding list
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Smarter energy markets: Another benefit of smart grids
One challenge in connecting more renewables to the grid is how to balance
What is the smart grid?
Governments, energy companies and tech firms all talk about the “smart grid” a
Clean-energy incentives: Here … then gone
Call it penny-wise, pound-foolish (or Euro-foolish) … although “cutting off your nose to
New buildings – even the ‘green’ ones – aren’t so green
The sustainable-living mantra of “reduce, reuse, recycle” is usually
There will be energy … or trade wars … or something
The year 2012 might not see the fulfillment of
