Oct 24, 2024 | Artificial Intelligence, Electric Vehicles, Energy, Michigan
As electric vehicles land in driveways across Michigan, one of the state’s largest utilities will deploy 18,000 artificial intelligence-powered devices to better understand their impact on the electric grid. Consumers Energy says the modules, to be installed on...
Oct 24, 2024 | Batteries, Energy, Robots
A battery designed by MIT chemical engineer Michael Strano and colleagues could make it possible for cell-size autonomous robots to deliver drugs in the human body or find leaks in gas pipelines, among other applications. Seeking to allow microscale devices to operate...
Jul 25, 2024 | Energy, Featured, Solar, Space
Space-based solar power may not remain a mere sci-fi dream for much longer. Florida startup Star Catcher Industries just scored $12.25 million in seed funding to develop its planned constellation of power-beaming satellites in low Earth...
May 16, 2024 | Diesel, Energy, Hybrids, Trucks
When full-size pickup trucks were first equipped with diesel engines in the late 1970s, it wasn’t part of an effort to post huge performance numbers. Instead, General Motors’ much-maligned 350-cubic-inch diesel V8 was tuned primarily to sip fuel and spun out a paltry...
May 16, 2024 | Energy, Featured, Solar
Solar farms produced over 60% of Germany’s electricity for several hours a day over the past week as bright sunshine combined with new solar generation capacity helped accelerate the country’s energy transition away from fossil fuels. During the week to...
May 8, 2024 | Energy, Hydrogen, Jobs
Fortescue Future Industries, an Australian green energy titan, has kicked off a major endeavor in Buckeye, carving out 158 acres for a hydrogen hub projected to cost $550 million, as ABC15 reported. Nestled west of State Route 85, this will be...
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