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[/] IEEE.org | IEEE Xplore Digital Library | IEEE Standards | IEEE Spectrum | More Sites Follow on: Advertisement Engineering Topics Special Reports Blogs Multimedia The Magazine Professional Resources Search Energy SUBTOPICS: Environment Fossil Fuels Nuclear Policy Renewables The Smarter Grid Sort by Most: Recent Viewed Commented Layout Type: organic layout grid layout Energy Mexico Opens Its Grid to Competition National energy reforms include electricity market liberalization 14 Aug Semiconductors Raman Laser Could Identify Explosives at a Distance A new technique that causes powders to emit laser light could distinguish a harmless substance from an explosive 14 Aug Advertisement Semiconductors Used Cigarette Filters Could Enable Next Generation of Supercapacitors Where nanomaterials have thus far struggled, cigarette butts could offer the solution 8 Aug Energy An Energy-Storing Wind Turbine Would Provide Power 24/7 How reengineered wind turbines integrated with energy storage could help balance the grid 5 Aug Energy Gaza Power Station Wrecked The Gaza Strip's only power station could be down for a year 31 Jul Energy Winning Google's Little Box Challenge Will Take a 'Holistic Approach' Google and IEEE launch a million dollar prize for shrinking a power inverter 30 Jul Energy Green Mountain Power Goes Green, Saves Green Clean energy-promoting electric utility in Vermont has given its customers the best reason to support a shift from business as usual: a drop in rates 28 Jul Green Tech GE Claims Fuel Cell Breakthrough, Starts Pilot Production GE says a hybrid fuel cell with engine can improve efficiency of distributed generation from natural gas. 25 Jul Energy Survey: Climate Experts Favor Retiring Coal, Keeping Nuclear Given the choice, climate experts would kill off coal or sequester its emissions 24 Jul Green Tech Wind Farm Fires Far More Common Than Reported, Study Finds Technologies exist to increase fire safety in turbines 23 Jul Energy India Pledges $250 Million to Grid Improvements, Solar Power Critics say it won't even come close to solving India's immediate power needs 18 Jul Energy Australia Repeals Carbon Tax as Renewable Energy Industry Stagnates Controversial tax to disappear just as investment in clean energy had dipped precipitously 18 Jul Aerospace Freeman Dyson Predicts the Future IEEE Spectrum asks the celebrated physicist what the next 50 years will hold 18 Jul Advertisement At Work Where The Jobs Are: 2014 The manufacturing and petrochemical industries need electrical engineers 17 Jul Green Tech Construction Starts on World's Largest Post-Combustion Carbon Capture Project CO2 from Texas coal plant will be used for enhanced oil recovery 17 Jul Energy How Much Energy Storage Do You Need to Back Up the London Array? If you’re using underwater energy bags, you’d need 812,000 cubic meters’ worth 15 Jul Energy How Far Can Crowd-funded Nuclear Fusion Go? A net-roots campaign to finance alternative fusion research shoots for the moon 15 Jul Energy Hydrostor Wants to Stash Energy in Underwater Bags Submerged bags of air could turn wind and solar power into round-the-clock resources 10 Jul Gadgets Networked Gadgets Waste 400 Terawatt-Hours of Energy Every Year Our Net-connected devices waste a huge amount of energy—enough to power the entire United Kingdom 3 Jul Energy How an Algorithm is Uniting Europe's Electrical Fiefdoms Europe has started trading electricity across its borders in a day-ahead market 2 Jul Energy NASA Launches Carbon-Tracking Satellite The satellite will provide better intelligence on natural sources and sinks for CO2 2 Jul Green Tech Energy Department Backs Cape Wind With $150 Million Loan Guarantee Support for long-suffering offshore wind project signals administration's commitment to getting turbines in the water 2 Jul Energy California, Texas Hit New Records for Renewables on the Grid The records keep breaking 27 Jun Green Tech Thin-film Solar Cells Freed From Toxic Processing Cadmium chloride treatment replaced by benign magnesium chloride—a key ingredient in tofu 25 Jun Energy UK Approves World's Largest Offshore Wind Farm The UK continues to lead in offshore wind, but other countries show increased interest 25 Jun Energy Renewables Up, Nuclear Flat in French Energy Plan President Hollande follows through on vow to slash nuclear's contribution of power generation by 2025. Renewables will fill the gap. 24 Jun At Work Start-up: Transatomic Power Wants to Build a Better Reactor Its “walk-away safe” nuclear reactor would run on spent fuel 20 Jun Green Tech U.S. Will Auction Massive Tract for Offshore Wind Development Area the size of Rhode Island adds to areas where offshore wind should soon start to bloom 18 Jun Energy Amid Blackouts, India's New Leader Vows 24-7 Power for All Amid searing temperatures in and around Delhi that have kicked off another summer of blackouts, the new prime minister promises an end to power problems by 2022 13 Jun Energy Time to Swap Power Plants for Giant Batteries? Almost Technology companies predict a new generation of cheaper batteries will replace existing grid infrastructure 10 Jun Energy Unclean at Any Speed Electric cars don’t solve the automobile’s environmental problems 30 Jun 2013 Green Tech Tesla, Panasonic Team Up for "Giga" Battery Factory Battery supply is key to Tesla's car plans, but the output might also go into grid storage 1 Aug Green Tech Filling Up a Fuel-Cell Car With Hydrogen Gets One Step Closer Researchers test a hydrogen fuel pump for future fuel-cell filling stations 31 Jul Green Tech White Light, Stored Heat MIT researchers have developed a new solar thermal technology that collects and stores the sun's heat energy 15 Apr Energy Renewable Power Tops Climate Change Solutions in Expert Survey Climate experts gave their picks of the best climate change solutions. Which would you choose? 19 Feb Energy U.S. Climate Report Predicts Growing Problems for Energy Sector Study says climate change is already affecting the power grid, and problems will likely get worse 7 May Energy The Benefits of Airborne Wind Energy Tower-mounted wind turbines dot the landscape, but airborne systems offer some surprising advantages 28 Nov 2012 Green Tech A Cotton Powered Future for EVs? Big claims emerge from Power Japan Plus about cotton-derived, carbon-fiber battery 17 Jun Green Tech Floating Wind Turbines Headed for Offshore Farms Floating turbines could reduce the cost of offshore wind power 9 Jun Green Tech Electricity From Heat Could Power Electronics U.S. military-funded project develops thermoelectric generator 25 Jun Topics Aerospace At Work Biomedical Computing Energy Gadgets Geek Life Robotics Semiconductors Telecom Connect Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Google+ RSS IEEE Spectrum Contact Us About Newsletters Mobile Site IEEE Partners Advertising & Media Center IEEE Job Site Buyer’s Guide The Magazine Subscribe Now Digital Download © Copyright 2014 IEEE Spectrum Terms & Conditions | Privacy & Security | Nondiscrimination Policy About IEEE Conferences & Events Education & Careers Membership & Services Publications and Standards Societies & Communities