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Powering a Green Future: Insights from Infineon’s Peter Wawer

Powering a Green Future: Insights from Infineon’s Peter Wawer

Dr. Peter Wawer brings insights from a distinguished career that has touched three unique major semiconductor technologies: silicon photovoltaics,…


Coastal Phenomenon Could Disrupt or Enhance Offshore Wind

Coastal Phenomenon Could Disrupt or Enhance Offshore Wind

A vastly complex computer simulation helps researchers develop strategies for dealing with wind events that could damage offshore wind turbines.


Report: Strategies to Boost Advanced Nuclear Reactor Technology

Report: Strategies to Boost Advanced Nuclear Reactor Technology

An exhaustive report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine examined opportunities and barriers to bringing advanced…


Using Annual Energy Density to Determine Energy’s Environmental Impact

Using Annual Energy Density to Determine Energy’s Environmental Impact

A study introduces the concept of annual energy density to measure the environmental footprint of electric power generation.


Funding Initiatives Address Job Skills Issues for Energy Engineers

Funding Initiatives Address Job Skills Issues for Energy Engineers

The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funds five DOE-selected Regional Centers of Excellence to support the training of students and workers for clean…


Energy Price Volatility Could Hit Manufacturing Hard

Energy Price Volatility Could Hit Manufacturing Hard

With energy price swings becoming more common, the manufacturing sector faces more pressure to upgrade its efficiency and hedge risk exposure. 


US Partners With Geothermal-rich Japan on Renewables Research

US Partners With Geothermal-rich Japan on Renewables Research

Energy officials in the United States and Japan recently penned a commitment to work together on geothermal energy research and development…


Breaking Down Advances in Wind Technology

Breaking Down Advances in Wind Technology

Renewable energy continues to grow as wind power gets bigger and moves offshore. 


Carbon Capture: Decarbonization Maturation

Carbon Capture: Decarbonization Maturation

Carbon capture and creative waste management could be keys to putting less carbon into the atmosphere.


Hydrogen Might Be the Best Hope for the Steel Industry

Hydrogen Might Be the Best Hope for the Steel Industry

To meet climate goals, carbon emissions from steel must drop 50 percent by 2050.


US Solar Panel Manufacturing Could Cut Emissions

US Solar Panel Manufacturing Could Cut Emissions

Research from Cornell suggests moving solar panel manufacturing back to the U.S. could help further cut carbon emissions. Reshoring and expanding…


Decentralization and the Energy Transition

Decentralization and the Energy Transition

Decentralization describes the activity needed to make the energy system more sustainable and resilient, using decentralized energy resources…


Tuning Thermoelectric Materials for Efficient Power Generation

Tuning Thermoelectric Materials for Efficient Power Generation

Researchers discover a new way to tune the transport properties of thermoelectric materials for efficient energy conversion.


Innovations Driving Sustainability: Hydrogen Fuel Cells

Innovations Driving Sustainability: Hydrogen Fuel Cells

Could hydrogen fuel cells be the sustainable savior industries battling climate change have been looking for?


Why and How Fast: The Energy Transition

Why and How Fast: The Energy Transition

Putting the energy transition and the effort required in perspective.


Sodium-aluminum Battery Heats Up Grid Storage

Sodium-aluminum Battery Heats Up Grid Storage

A new design of a molten sodium battery could find large-scale grid storage applications.


Putting the Energy Transition in Perspective

Putting the Energy Transition in Perspective

To put the energy transition in perspective, some questions must be answered–like, how will we master producing, distributing, and consuming…


Mobile Computing Technology to Support Renewables Demand

Mobile Computing Technology to Support Renewables Demand

As renewable energy investment and infrastructure grow, the energy sector must use connected, adaptable, and rugged technology to build and service…


tech insights Mar 16, 2023 by Chad Hall
Chien-Shiung Wu: First Lady of Physics

Chien-Shiung Wu: First Lady of Physics

Dr. Chien-Shiung Wu played an important role in nuclear and particle physics during World War II. Her accomplishments include disproving parity…


Marie Curie: Dual Nobel Prize Recipient

Marie Curie: Dual Nobel Prize Recipient

Marie Curie received Nobel Prizes in physics and chemistry before being director of her research lab at the University of Paris. Her radioactivity…