Startup Nanoport Wants Your Obsolete Smart Phones to Be Your New Best Friends
Spinning out of the company that helped turn spherical magnets into the ultimate desk toy, Nanoport thinks old smart phones could be the next big thing
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Dutch Will Use Wind Power to Green Airports, But Solar is the Future Elsewhere
Unused acreage at airports is being used for renewable energy facilities, especially solar. But some restrictions apply
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A Road Map to 100 Percent Renewable Energy in 139 Countries by 2050
Wind, solar, hydropower, and geothermal could power most of the world, argues Mark Jacobson and team
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How California Grid Operators Managed the Eclipse
Today's total solar eclipse was a high-profile demonstration of California's deft management of shifting solar output—a feat the state's grid operators manage on a regular basis.
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Automation Is Engineering the Jobs Out of Power Plants
New gas-fired power plants are so automated that they require a relative handful of staff to operate them, leading to a fundamental shift in the power industry
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South Carolina's $9 Billion Nuclear Boondoggle Fits a Global Pattern of Troubles
South Carolina utilities abandoned a pair of troubled reactors projected to cost more than twice their original price
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Bespoke Processors: A New Path to Cheap Chips
Engineers can cut size and power in half by stripping away unused logic gates from general-purpose microcontrollers
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Chip Hall of Fame: Transmeta Corp. Crusoe Processor
Ahead of its time, this chip heralded the mobile era when energy use, not processing power, would become the most important spec
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Smart Transformers Will Make the Grid Cleaner and More Flexible
The solid-state transformer is poised to remake the electrical distribution grid
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For the First Time, Offshore Wind Power Will Be Profitable Without Subsidies
In Europe, new tech boosts the appeal of previously pricey offshore wind