Scientists in the US have identified nearly 63,000 promising materials that could advance solid-state battery technology and speed up the development of safer and higher-performing energy storage. The researchers at Cornell University used an artificial intelligence (AI) framework called IonNet to search millions of possible materials for fast-ion conductors that are critical components of solid-state...
It’s no secret that gasoline prices at the pump are higher in California than any other state in the U.S. and have been so for many years. The daily publications of gas prices by state from sources like AAA and GasBuddy clearly show this for anyone who takes time to look. Amazingly, the Golden State’s...
The company booked orders for 15 GW from its gas services division this quarter, with sales up 62% from this time last year to €10 billion ($11.6 billion). It shipped 6 GW of turbines during the third quarter, bringing its total gas services backlog to 69 GW, according to an earnings presentation. Read more in...
A Texas A&M University research team is exploring whether microscopic, fish-like robots could recover lithium from seawater, potentially creating another supply option for battery and energy-storage manufacturers. The project has received a $1 million award from the U.S. Department of Energy. It is one of 19 federally funded initiatives focused on expanding domestic access to critical minerals...
Researchers at Chonnam National University in South Korea have developed an artificial intelligence mapping method that combines drone imagery with ground-based LiDAR data to improve how agricultural robots locate themselves and navigate commercial orchards. The work targets a familiar problem in agricultural automation. Orchard canopies can interfere with satellite positioning, while repeated rows and similar-looking...
I run a company trying to make American electricity cheaper and more reliable. The single biggest operational constraint is not the technology, the financing, or the physics of the grid. It is the thousands of city building departments that each have a different way of saying yes — and many more ways of saying no....
American Electric Power secured 3 GW of gas turbine capacity in the second quarter, bringing its total turbine supply that can be deployed by 2031 to about 13 GW, Bill Fehrman, AEP chairman, president and CEO, said Thursday during a quarterly earnings conference call. AEP has also secured options for an additional 10 GW of...
Wildfires in Washington and Oregon have forced evacuations, caused power outages, and burned hundreds of thousands of acres as firefighters battle dozens of massive fires across the Pacific Northwest. Why it matters: The blazes are among 99 active large fires burning across the U.S. as this year’s wildfire season exceeds the 10-year average for both the number of fires...
History keeps repeating itself in the smoldering forests of southwest France, now ash-covered and charred. Devastated by previous blazes in 2022 and 1949, when 82 people died, the largest human-made woodland in Western Europe has again been ravaged by wildfires which burned an area four times the size of Paris. The forests of Les Landes —...
The federal government is proposing potentially steep cuts to water used by California, Arizona and Nevada, a major step toward figuring out the management of the dwindling Colorado River. The river provides water to states throughout the West, including drinking water and water for agricultural, industrial and municipal uses. As the West becomes drier, figuring out...
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