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Released: 12-Jan-2023 10:20 AM EST
Turning abandoned mines into batteries
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)

A novel technique called Underground Gravity Energy Storage turns decommissioned mines into long-term energy storage solutions, thereby supporting the sustainable energy transition.

Newswise: A new tool helps map out where to develop clean energy infrastructure
Released: 10-Jan-2023 3:15 PM EST
A new tool helps map out where to develop clean energy infrastructure
Argonne National Laboratory

An update to the Energy Zones Mapping Tool, the Geospatial Energy Mapper is an online tool with an extensive catalog of mapping data for energy planning. It can help identify areas that are suitable for clean energy infrastructure projects.

Newswise: Brittle concrete walls: Empa researchers find the cause
Released: 20-Dec-2022 4:05 AM EST
Brittle concrete walls: Empa researchers find the cause
Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology

After extensive analyses, Empa researchers found the cause of the concrete scandal in County Donegal, Ireland, where structural damage has been causing red faces and protests for years: Concrete walls of thousands of houses are riddled with cracks, necessitating expensive repairs or even demolition.

Released: 19-Dec-2022 10:05 AM EST
Research in Japan Suggests Using Built Environment Design to Fight Depression
Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

Improving urban spaces by making them safer from crime and traffic and improving perceptions of neighborhood walkability can help with depression.

   
Released: 19-Dec-2022 9:30 AM EST
Greener cities promote social and climate inequalities
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

An ICTA-UAB project establishes the direct relationship between green spaces and green gentrification processes in 28 cities in North America and Europe.

Newswise: Researchers propose new structures to harvest untapped source of freshwater
Released: 6-Dec-2022 11:05 AM EST
Researchers propose new structures to harvest untapped source of freshwater
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

An almost limitless supply of fresh water exists in the form of water vapor above Earth’s oceans, yet remains untapped, researchers said.

Newswise: Argonne Distinguished Fellows 2022 announced
Released: 14-Nov-2022 10:05 AM EST
Argonne Distinguished Fellows 2022 announced
Argonne National Laboratory

Only 3% of the research staff at Argonne National Laboratory are named Argonne Distinguished Fellows. The 2022 honorees are Amgad Elgowainy, Zein-Eddine Meziani and Rajeev Thakur.

Released: 27-Oct-2022 2:05 PM EDT
The Assembly Achieves LEED Gold Status
University of Pittsburgh

University of Pittsburgh, Wexford Science & Technology partner to breathe new life of environmental sustainability into 100-year-old-plus Ford plant.

   
Newswise: University of Oklahoma Engineers Help Build Power Grid of the Future
Released: 24-Oct-2022 1:35 PM EDT
University of Oklahoma Engineers Help Build Power Grid of the Future
University of Oklahoma, Gallogly College of Engineering

University of Oklahoma assistant professor OU engineer Jie Cai and a team of researchers were awarded funding to study thermal energy storage in commercial and residential buildings to promote renewable energy utilization.

Released: 21-Oct-2022 9:00 AM EDT
Double trouble when 2 disasters strike electrical transmission infrastructure
Ohio State University

One natural disaster can knock out electric service to millions. A new study suggests that back-to-back disasters could cause catastrophic damage, but the research also identifies new ways to monitor and maintain power grids.

Released: 11-Oct-2022 10:05 AM EDT
Tapping the potential of wastewater for a sustainable future
Argonne National Laboratory

Argonne publishes new report assessing the potential for recovering resources including energy and nutrients from U.S. wastewater facilities.

Newswise: Power Supply: Understanding Unstable Grids
Released: 6-Oct-2022 8:05 AM EDT
Power Supply: Understanding Unstable Grids
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

A sustainable energy supply requires the expansion of power grids. However, new transmission lines can also lead to grids becoming more unstable rather than more stable, as would be expected. This phenomenon is referred to as the Braess paradox. For the first time, an international team, including researchers from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), has now simulated this phenomenon in detail for power grids, demonstrated it on a larger scale, and developed a prediction tool, which is to support grid operators in decision-making. The researchers report in the journal Nature Communications. (DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-32917-6)

Newswise: Bad roads reduce trade volumes by 18%
Released: 4-Oct-2022 2:40 PM EDT
Bad roads reduce trade volumes by 18%
National Research University - Higher School of Economics (HSE)

Economists from HSE University and the Vienna University of Economics and Business have figured out why, all else equal, trading goods across borders can be more expensive than trading the same goods within state borders.

Newswise: Report reveals inequity in electricity pricing, calls for rate reform to help fight climate change
Released: 22-Sep-2022 11:05 AM EDT
Report reveals inequity in electricity pricing, calls for rate reform to help fight climate change
University of California, Berkeley Haas School of Business

In a report released today, UC Berkeley researchers analyze the impact of a hidden electricity "tax” on Californians. They recommend two significant policy reforms to ease the burden on low-income households and spur consumer interest in the adoption of electric vehicles, heat pumps, and other electric technology.

   
Newswise: In the Face of Drought, Hydropower Still Delivers Electricity
Released: 21-Sep-2022 6:05 PM EDT
In the Face of Drought, Hydropower Still Delivers Electricity
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Despite severe drought, a new report shows that hydropower remains a strong and steadfast contributor of renewable energy in the West.

Newswise: Passive cooling system could benefit off-grid locations
Released: 20-Sep-2022 3:10 PM EDT
Passive cooling system could benefit off-grid locations
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

As the world gets warmer, the use of power-hungry air conditioning systems is projected to increase significantly, putting a strain on existing power grids and bypassing many locations with little or no reliable electric power.

Released: 20-Sep-2022 10:25 AM EDT
Breakthrough software platform supports grid services, empowers utilities and consumers
Argonne National Laboratory

Packetized Energy and Argonne partnered to advance a software platform that can aggregate millions of power devices, like solar panels and batteries, and uses them to deliver a wide range of grid services, including reducing peak loads, supporting grid stability, responding to extreme blackout events.

Released: 14-Sep-2022 11:05 AM EDT
New U.S. reports illuminate clean energy supply chain challenges and opportunities
Argonne National Laboratory

Argonne researchers recently contributed to new Department of Energy reports aimed at securing America’s clean energy supply chain and minimizing potential disruptions.

Released: 13-Sep-2022 10:35 AM EDT
Researchers identify how science can help cities and companies to operate within Earth system limits
University of Exeter

What businesses and cities must do to stay within ‘safe and just’ environmental limits for carbon, water, nutrients, land and other natural resources is the subject of a new set of recommendations from Earth Commission experts.

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Released: 13-Sep-2022 9:45 AM EDT
Investigación de ORNL maximiza la operación resiliente de microrredes en Puerto Rico
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Los científicos del Laboratorio Nacional Oak Ridge, en colaboración con múltiples universidades, ONGs y organizaciones locales, están investigando como las microrredes pueden proporcionar electricidad más asequible, confiable y sostenible a comunidades históricamente desatendidas en Puerto Rico. En este proyecto, ORNL está desarrollando un control que permite operar un grupo de microrredes en un clúster, lo cual mejora la resiliencia en su operación inclusive cuando parte de la microrred está afectada por un desastre natural.

12-Sep-2022 4:00 PM EDT
The Sorenson Impact Center Unveils Playbook for Catalyzing Investment in Rural Communities Across the U.S., for Opportunity Zones and Beyond
University of Utah

Leveraging infrastructure developed through the Opportunity Zone policy framework, the growing number of investment funds and investors concerned about social causes, rural communities now have a blueprint to help seek investment from private sector partners for vital community and capital improvement projects.

Newswise: ORNL research to bring more reliable electricity to Puerto Rican microgrids
Released: 12-Sep-2022 1:05 PM EDT
ORNL research to bring more reliable electricity to Puerto Rican microgrids
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

To provide more affordable, reliable and sustainable electricity to underserved communities like these, scientists from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory are partnering with local organizations, nonprofits and universities to build resilience into independent microgrids powered by renewable energy. ORNL is developing a technology that will manage groups of small microgrids as a cluster, enhancing their reliability even when damaged.

Newswise: UAH professor's $505,000 NSF CAREER grant aims to improve community severe weather resilience
Released: 7-Sep-2022 10:05 AM EDT
UAH professor's $505,000 NSF CAREER grant aims to improve community severe weather resilience
University of Alabama Huntsville

Improving overall hurricane and severe weather resilience of coastal communities is the goal of a five-year, $505,000 National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER grant awarded to a researcher at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH).

Newswise: Soaking Up the Sun with Artificial Intelligence
Released: 31-Aug-2022 3:35 PM EDT
Soaking Up the Sun with Artificial Intelligence
Argonne National Laboratory

Scientists have developed a machine learning method capable screening tens of thousands of compounds as solar absorbers. They used this method to identify the best candidate materials for further investigation.

Newswise: Back to the drawing board: Reinventing offshore wind turbines
Released: 16-Aug-2022 10:35 AM EDT
Back to the drawing board: Reinventing offshore wind turbines
Sandia National Laboratories

In order to design radically new idea offshore wind turbines, Sandia National Laboratories engineers first needed to build a design tool capable of modeling the physics vertical-axis wind turbine, or a new "drawing board."

Newswise: Strengthening Puerto Rico's Power Grid
Released: 9-Aug-2022 2:05 PM EDT
Strengthening Puerto Rico's Power Grid
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

EGRASS helps prepare and fortify critical structures to protect against the worst consequences of new hurricanes.

   
Newswise: “We’ve Got the Power”: Sandia technology test delivers electricity to the grid
Released: 9-Aug-2022 9:55 AM EDT
“We’ve Got the Power”: Sandia technology test delivers electricity to the grid
Sandia National Laboratories

For the first time, Sandia National Laboratories researchers delivered electricity produced by a new power-generating system to the Sandia-Kirtland Air Force Base electrical grid.

Released: 8-Aug-2022 5:05 PM EDT
Energizing Africa
University of California, Santa Barbara

The economy of Southern Africa is rapidly developing, driving a growing demand for electricity.

Released: 2-Aug-2022 2:05 PM EDT
Wildfires are intensifying around the world. Here are the latest headlines in wildfires research for media
Newswise

California’s McKinney Fire grew to become the state’s largest fire so far this year. The risk of wildfire is rising globally due to climate change. Below are some of the latest articles that have been added to the Wildfires channel on Newswise.

       
Newswise: New Public-Private Partnership to Upgrade Tool That Estimates Costs of Power Interruptions
Released: 27-Jul-2022 11:00 AM EDT
New Public-Private Partnership to Upgrade Tool That Estimates Costs of Power Interruptions
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Berkeley Lab has initiated a national public-private partnership to update and upgrade the Interruption Cost Estimate (ICE) Calculator – a publicly available, online tool – which estimates the economic consequences of power interruptions.

Newswise: Grid (un)locked: Carbon neutral future depends on updating how we make, move and store electricity
Released: 21-Jul-2022 12:30 PM EDT
Grid (un)locked: Carbon neutral future depends on updating how we make, move and store electricity
Los Alamos National Laboratory

In the push to decarbonize the economy throughout the Intermountain West and beyond, the public conversation often centers on wind and solar energy, electric cars, hydrogen power and carbon capture and storage. The grid—the interconnected power plants, transmission lines and control centers that keep the lights on across the country—is the indispensable enabler of this future carbon-neutral electrified world. Yet the grid is often left out of the discussion. It shouldn’t be.

Newswise: Call for Abstracts – The 17th APRU Multi-Hazards Symposium 2022
Released: 18-Jul-2022 8:55 AM EDT
Call for Abstracts – The 17th APRU Multi-Hazards Symposium 2022
Chulalongkorn University

The Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, would like to cordially invite you to join the 17th APRU Multi-Hazards Symposium 2022, which will be held during November 29 – November 30, 2022 at the Mandarin Hotel Bangkok Samyan, Thailand.

Released: 13-Jul-2022 9:45 AM EDT
Smart Thermostats Inadvertently Strain Electric Power Grids
Cornell University

Set by default to turn on before dawn, smart thermostats unintentionally work in concert with other thermostats throughout neighborhoods and regions to prompt inadvertent, widespread energy-demand spikes on the grid.

Newswise: Collapsed Bridge Helps Inform Future Flood-Resistant Designs
Released: 30-Jun-2022 10:30 AM EDT
Collapsed Bridge Helps Inform Future Flood-Resistant Designs
Hiroshima University

Before record rainfall in July of 2018, the Misasa Railroad Bridge spanned a small river some nine miles inland from Japan’s western coast.

Newswise: Engineers Develop Cybersecurity Tools to Protect Solar, Wind Power on the Grid
Released: 16-Jun-2022 8:00 AM EDT
Engineers Develop Cybersecurity Tools to Protect Solar, Wind Power on the Grid
Iowa State University

Iowa State engineers are leading a team developing cybersecurity systems that prevent, detect and mitigate attacks on renewable sources sending power to the grid. The U.S. Department of Energy is supporting the project with a $2 million grant.

Released: 1-Jun-2022 4:05 PM EDT
Argonne Helps Prepare Communities for Dam-Related Emergencies
Argonne National Laboratory

Argonne is working with local jurisdictions to develop dam-related emergency action plans through FEMA’s Collaborative Technical Assistance (CTA) program.

Newswise: As the Grid Adds Wind Power, Researchers Have to Reengineer Recovery From Blackouts
Released: 31-May-2022 3:05 PM EDT
As the Grid Adds Wind Power, Researchers Have to Reengineer Recovery From Blackouts
Iowa State University

When electric grids go down, there's no way to restore them -- "blackstart" them -- with power from wind turbines. Iowa State's Hugo Villegas Pico is leading a team that's working to develop strategies and controllers that would reenergize power grids dominated by wind power.

Newswise: FAU Experts for the 2022 Hurricane Season
Released: 26-May-2022 8:30 AM EDT
FAU Experts for the 2022 Hurricane Season
Florida Atlantic University

With the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season forecast to be above average activity with a higher probability of major hurricanes making landfall along the continental U.S. coastline, several FAU faculty experts are available to discuss various issues surrounding hurricane preparedness, evacuation and aftermath.

Released: 19-May-2022 1:05 AM EDT
15-minute city within reach for Vancouver
Simon Fraser University

The idea of a 15-minute city – one where everyone’s essential needs can be met within walking distance – is within reach for Vancouver, but more needs to be done to provide access in neighbourhoods with higher proportions of children, older adults, and racialized populations.

Newswise: An Electric Connection: Homes Helping the Grid
Released: 16-May-2022 5:05 PM EDT
An Electric Connection: Homes Helping the Grid
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

A new control system shows promise in making millions of homes contributors to improved power grid operations, reaping cost and environmental benefits.

Released: 12-May-2022 9:30 AM EDT
The deadly impact of urban streets that look like highways
Ohio State University

Serious auto crashes in urban areas are more likely on city streets that look to drivers like highways, new research suggests.

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Released: 6-May-2022 2:25 PM EDT
FSU Faculty Available to Comment for 2022 Hurricane Season
Florida State University

By: Bill Wellock | Published: May 2, 2022 | 4:03 pm | SHARE: Florida State University faculty are leaders in the study of hurricanes and the effects of these destructive storms.Their scholarship has led to research on infrastructure challenges, evacuation routes, sustainable tools and mental health challenges for those affected by hurricanes.

     
4-May-2022 8:05 AM EDT
Identifying Global Poverty From Space
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)

A new IIASA-led study proposes a novel method to estimate global economic wellbeing using nighttime satellite images.



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