Renewable Energy

December 2022

Andrew Wojtovich, Ph.D., associate professor of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine and Pharmacology & Physiology at the University of Rochester Medical Center

Solar-Powered Cells: Light-Activated Proton Pumps Generate Cellular Energy, Extend Life

UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER

New research in the journal Nature Aging takes a page from the field of renewable energy and shows that genetically engineered mitochondria can convert light energy into chemical energy that cells can use, ultimately extending the life of the roundworm C. elegans. While the prospect of sunlight-charged ce

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12/30/2022

Reza Abdolvand, professor and chair of UCF’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

UCF Researchers Create Technology that Harvests Radio Waves for Energy

UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA

To meet the growing energy needs of the internet of things (IoT) and wireless communication systems, University of Central Florida researchers have developed a technology for converting radio frequency signals into direct current electricity. The technology can reduce the electronic industry’s reliance

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12/20/2022

Kevin Kohlstedt from Energy Shares

PSDcast – The Outlook for Renewable Energy in 2023

Every once in a while, we like to take a top-down appraisal of the issues affecting our industry, and nothing’s more pertinent, especially these days, than renewable energy.

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12/16/2022

Kam Mahdi, CEO of Clean Energy Technologies

Clean Energy Technologies, Inc. Enters Into Agreement with Synergy Bioproducts to Develop Vermont Renewable Energy Biomass Plant

Clean Energy Technologies, Inc. announced that it has entered into an agreement with Synergy Bioproducts Corporation to design, build and operate a biomass renewable energy processing facility using its revolutionary high temperature ablative fast pyrolysis reactor (HTAP Biomass Reactor). Located in Vermont, th

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12/15/2022

SHARC Energy Supplies City of Vancouver in the Largest Wastewater Energy Transfer Project in North America

SHARC International Systems Inc. is pleased to announce that it has entered into a Supply and Maintenance Agreement with the City of Vancouver, for the provision and maintenance of five SHARC Systems for the False Creek Neighbourhood Energy Utility (“False Creek NEU”) Expansion. The expansion is

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12/15/2022

Autofleet Launches First Self-Serve Electrification Simulator to Accurately Plan the Transition to Electric Vehicles for Fleets and Charging Point Operators

Autofleet Launches First Self-Serve Electrification Simulator

Autofleet has introduced a new, self-serve Fleet Planning Simulator that makes it quick and easy to accurately plan all aspects of the deployment of Electric Vehicles (EVs) and build-out of Charging Infrastructure. This includes considerations such as vehicle models and range, as well as charger placement, ty

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12/15/2022

Inna Braverman, Founder and CEO of Eco Wave Power

Eco Wave Power's Wave Energy Conversion Unit Arrives at AltaSea at the Port of Los Angeles

Eco Wave Power Global AB announced that the energy conversion unit, formerly deployed in Gibraltar, has officially arrived at its new home, AltaSea at the Port of Los Angeles, United States, where it will be installed as a pilot station in the coming months. This is the first U.S. location for Eco Wave Power’s te

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12/14/2022

TDK releases ModCap HF DC link capacitors with ultra-low ESL

HF DC Link Capacitors Feature Ultra-Low ESL

TDK Corporation presents ModCapTM HF, a modular capacitor concept for DC link applications that is able to work at very high switching frequencies. The six newly developed power capacitors of the B25647A* series are available for rated voltages from 900 V to 1600 V and cover a capacitance spectrum fr

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12/13/2022

General Fusion’s plasma injector exceeds requirements with 10-millisecond self-sustaining energy confinement time without requiring active magnetic stabilization, auxiliary heating, or a conventional divertor.

General Fusion Exceeds Core Technology Performance Targets with Plasma and Compression Prototypes

General Fusion has demonstrated plasma energy confinement times, plasma temperatures, and compression system performance that support meeting its goal of 10 keV (100 million degrees Celsius) in the company’s integrated Magnetized Target Fusion (MTF) demonstration, being built to 70 percent scale of

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12/12/2022

Mustafa Kemal Macit, President and CEO of OREN Ordu Enerji and Inna Braverman, Founder and CEO of Eco Wave Power, signing a 77 MW Concession Agreement in EWP offices

Eco Wave Power Inks Historic Concession Agreement to build 77-Megawatt Power Station

Eco Wave Power Global AB (publ) announced that it has entered into an agreement with OREN Ordu Enerji (“Ordu Energji”), a fully owned subsidiary of Ordu Municipality, for the potential construction of an up to 77-megawatt (MW) wave energy installation in Ordu, Turkey – the largest agreement in the Company’s hi

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12/08/2022

The new, state-of-the-art gas engine CHP plant in Dresden generates 90 MW of electricity and 84 MW of heat, and is also black start capable.

Wärtsilä-Built Flexible 94 MW Power Plant in Dresden is Ready to Support Germany’s Energy Transition

The flexible Combined Heat and Power (CHP) plant, supplied and built by the technology group Wärtsilä for the German public utility SachsenEnergie, has been commissioned and handed over for commercial operation. The plant was extensively tested to verify its reliability and performance before the hand-over in

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12/08/2022

Caine Finnerty, WATT Fuel Cell's president, chief operating officer and founder

WATT Fuel Cell Continues Business Momentum Growth With Generac Investment

WATT Fuel Cell is excited to announce an investment from Generac Power Systems, a market leader in residential energy technology. The new investment closes 2022 with growing momentum toward commercial launch of fuel cell-driven power for homeowners. As a part of the transaction, a member from the Generac ex

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12/07/2022

Menlo Micro Delivers World's Highest Power MEMS Switch

Menlo Micro introduced the world’s first micromechanical power switch capable of handling 10A in a miniature 5mm x 5mm surface-mount package. With its ultra-low 0.010 ohm contact resistance, the new MM9200 Ideal Switch is the lowest-loss and highest power capable micro-mechanical switch ever cr

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12/01/2022

Ally Winning, European Editor, PSD

Renewable Energy Has Problems to be Considered

Ally Winning, European Editor, PSD

One of the problems with renewable energy is that the generators generally tend to take up a lot of space. Whether it is a solar farm or a wind farm, the area required to provide a decent amount of power is usually quite extensive. This is always inconvenient when areas that need the power most, such as cities, ar

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12/01/2022

Jason Lomberg, North American Editor, PSD

Why Solar Windows Could be the Future of Renewable Energy

Jason Lomberg, North American Editor, PSD

Solar power is growing rapidly across the globe, but it faces several roadblocks, not the least of which are aesthetic factors. And now Swiss scientists have announced an efficiency record for a type of solar cell – “dye-sensitized” solar cells (DSCs) – that could help bypass one of the average consumer’s bi

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12/01/2022