As Texas’ energy demand soars, a pilot program looks to bolster grid with “virtual power plants” fueled by people’s homes
Some Texans who install residential batteries, solar panels and smart thermostats can now send power back to the grid and get ...
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China explores solar ponds shaded by panels to farm sea cucumbers, generate power
This approach integrates solar energy production with sea cucumber farming. Sea cucumbers are marine animals related to ...
The ‘turbine-in-a-box’ that turns Dallas Love Field jet wind into renewable energy
Jetwind Power just completed a pilot program at Dallas Love Field with plans to expand at Love Field and globally. The energy ...
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Thermophotovoltaic device turns waste heat into electricity—while defying a physical limit
A team of engineers and material scientists in the Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering at CU Boulder has ...
The Milky Way’s Black Hole Is Producing a Brilliant Light Show
NASA's flagship space telescope captured flares from the disk of superheated material around the black hole, revealing the dynamic—and explosive—physics at our galaxy's core.
Flickers and flares: Milky Way's central black hole constantly bubbles with light
Astrophysicists have observed our central supermassive black hole. They found the accretion disk is constantly emitting flares without periods of rest. Shorter, faint flares and longer, bright flares ...
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China's new 'artificial sun' sets world record — here's how it could change energy production forever
If nuclear fusion technology can be safely harnessed, it will provide a practically infinite source of clean energy. China's ...