This Intelligent Charging System Could Protect EV Owners from Fuel Sticker Shock
Flower Power: Energy From Plant Waste Helps Farmers Grow Weapons Against Pests
When Big Data Plays a Matchmaker Between the Environment and Economics
From space, Norfolk Southern’s 20,000-mile rail system resembles a neural network and it increasingly works like one, too. The railroad has rolled out a big data system called Movement Planner, which helps intelligently direct the hundreds of trains that ply its rails through 22 states from the Atlantic coast to the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River every day.
Will the Sun Become the World’s Dominant Source of Power?
This Gas Engine Passes the Smell Test. Watch Baratunde Thurston Find Out How it Works
Earlier this year, a Brazilian landfill started using three massive Jenbacher gas engines to burn methane produced by rotting garbage. They now generate enough electricity to power 13,000 homes.
Debora Frodl: Data Driving the Future of Clean Tech
Clean tech is increasingly about IT-enabled distributed and fully integrated energy systems that have the potential to transform lives around the world — as well as the prosperity and productivity of countries across the globe.
Forget the Iron Horse, Here Comes the Iron Snake
How Loud Is A Wind Turbine?
So just how noisy are these turbines?
The New Power Generation: This Fuel Cell Startup Could Spark a Revolution
A fuel cell works like a battery, using a simple chemical reaction to provide energy. In fuel cells, this reaction involves hydrogen molecules abundant in natural gas and oxygen from ordinary air.
New Engineering Challenge Offers $1 Million in Seed Money to Inventors. Iguanas Might Hold Some Clues.
Few people mention marine iguanas, honey bees and oil sands in the same breath, but scientist Brian Gregg believes the combination might hold an elegant solution to a hard engineering riddle.