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Dec 17, 2020

Renewable Energy on the Outer Continental Shelf

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BOEM is responsible for offshore renewable energy development in Federal waters. The program began in 2009, when the Department of the Interior (DOI) announced the final regulations for the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Renewable Energy Program, which was authorized by the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct). These regulations provide a framework for all of the activities needed to support production and transmission of energy from sources other than oil and natural gas. BOEM anticipates future development on the OCS from these general sources:

Offshore Wind Energy

Offshore wind is an abundant, domestic energy resource that is located close to major coastal load centers. It provides an efficient alternative to long-distance transmission or development of electricity generation in these land-constrained regions.

Dec 17, 2020

Iron’s in the Fire: Smokeless, Carbon Free Combustion

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Did you know iron could burn? The combustion of iron powder seen here is taking place on an entirely smokeless, carbon free basis.

Tested in microgravity aboard ESA sounding rockets by a team from McGill University in Canada and Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands, this technique has now been harnessed by Swinkels Family Brewers in the Netherlands, helping to free their brewing process from reliance on fossil fuels.

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Dec 17, 2020

The batteries that could make fossil fuels obsolete

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The advent of “big battery” technology addresses a key challenge for green energy – the intermittency of wind and solar.

Dec 17, 2020

Kitchen Temperature Superconductivity From Stacked 2D Materials

Posted by in categories: energy, food

Ultra-low-energy electronics ‘straight out of the fridge’? Could a stack of 2D materials allow for supercurrents at ground-breakingly warm temperatures, easily achievable in the household kitchen? An international study published in August opens a new route to high-temperature supercurrents at t.

Dec 13, 2020

Solar-based Electronic Skin Generates Its Own Power

Posted by in categories: energy, innovation

Scientists demonstrate a innovative e-skin with touch and proximity-sensing capabilities without using dedicated touch sensors.

Dec 13, 2020

How A Colorado Startup Could Change The Game For Electric Cars

Posted by in categories: energy, sustainability, transportation

“What our technology does is it improves range and lowers vehicle cost,” Campbell said. “It’s as simple as that.”

As the name of his company suggests, Campbell thinks the key is a more-solid electric car battery. The lithium-ion batteries powering almost all of today’s electric vehicles rely on a liquid electrolyte, which ferries charged ions from a cathode to an anode. While the technology makes it practical to charge and recharge, the liquid can catch fire if overloaded.

For decades, scientists have seen a potential answer in solid electrolytes, which could allow a battery to soak up more energy without overheating.

Dec 13, 2020

New Material Can Store Energy From The Sun For Months or Even Years

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If we’re going to get better at powering the planet with renewable energy, we need to get better at finding ways of efficiently storing that energy until it’s needed – and scientists have identified a particular material that could give us exactly that.

The material is known as a metal-organic framework (MOF), in which carbon-based molecules form structures by linking metal ions. Crucially, MOFs are porous, so they can form composite materials with other small molecules.

That’s what the team did here, adding molecules of the light-absorbing compound azobenzene. The finished composite material was able to store energy from ultraviolet light for at least four months at room temperature before releasing it again – a big improvement over the days or weeks that most light-responsive materials can manage.

Dec 12, 2020

New metamaterial enhances natural cooling without power input

Posted by in categories: energy, materials

Thin glass-polymer sheet increases passive radiative cooling.


A new metamaterial film provides cooling without needing a power input. Made out of glass microspher.

Dec 11, 2020

Future batteries, coming soon: Charge in seconds, last months and power over the air

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Energy capture, storage and generation remains a vibrant area of research. Here we examine show of the research breakthrough in future battery tech.

Dec 10, 2020

Solid Power Is Now Producing a Multi-Layer 20 Ah Solid-State Battery

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Solid Power is now producing a 22-layer ASSB (all-solid-state battery) with 330 Wh/kg and 20 Ah, and it intends to enter automotive validation in 2022.