Renewable Energy

January 2023

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Figure 1: Typical Isat and Irms Ratings

Don’t Overlook These Keys to Optimized Converter Performance

Len Crane, Senior Technologist, Coilcraft

Inductors function as circuit elements by reaction to current flow in the windings. Inductors are fundamentally current-driven devices, and anyone who has designed a dc-dc converter knows power inductor datasheets are covered with Irms and Isat current ratings. Picking a power inductor is all about current ratin

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01/31/2023

An innovative, cost-effective Mobile CPD is facilitating shore power connections.

Power Play: Innovative Mobile Device Connects Vessels to Shoreside Electricity

One of the keys to reaching Cruise Lines International Association’s (CLIA) target of net-zero carbon cruising globally by 2050 is switching from diesel burning engines to shoreside electricity while in port. Although the technology can significantly reduce emissions to address climate change and improve ai

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01/30/2023

Dr. Christian Voigt, bat specialist from the Leibniz Insitute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, conducting fieldwork at wind energy sites in Brandenburg forests, Germany

Collision Risk and Habitat Loss: Wind Turbines in Forests Impair Threatened Bat Species

LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH (IZW)

In order to meet climate protection goals, renewable energies are booming – often wind power. More than 30,000 turbines have already been installed on the German mainland so far, and the industry is currently scrambling to locate increasingly rare suitable sites. Thus, forests are coming into focus as potential si

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01/23/2023

Polymer P-Doping Improves Perovskite Solar Cell Stability

ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FÉDÉRALE DE LAUSANNE

Perovskite solar cells have drawn a significant amount of research attention as a promising alternative to conventional silicon-based solar cells, due to their efficiency in converting sunlight into electricity. Perovskite solar cells are a hybrid of organic and inorganic materials and consist of a light-harvesting la

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01/23/2023

Harish Krishnamoorthy, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Houston

UH Professor Developing new Technologies to Improve Safety, Resiliency of Offshore Energy Systems

UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON

Harish Krishnamoorthy, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Houston, has been selected by the Gulf Research Program (GRP) of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine as an early-career research fellow in the Offshore Energy Safety track. He and fo

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01/16/2023

Kelly Tallas, Co-Founder and CEO of Solartility Inc.

Solartility Inc. Launches Alberta's First Virtual Power Plant Offering 100% Green Energy and Reduced Electricity Rates for Customers

Solartility Inc., the Calgary based electricity retailer, is launching Alberta’s first 100% green energy virtual power plant (VPP) with a new solution that makes green energy more accessible and affordable for Alberta homes and building owners. Energy prices are skyrocketing. In Alberta, rates have set

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01/12/2023

A large lens concentrates sunlight onto the water-splitting catalyst. Outdoors, the device was ten times more efficient than previous efforts at solar water splitting.

Raising Green Hydrogen Extraction Efficiency

Ally Winning, European Editor, PSD

The single biggest problem currently with renewable energy is that the sources are not consistent or predictable. A cloudy or windless day and less energy is generated, and the power grid has to be supplemented by other means. Most of these other ways of generating power, such as coal, oil and natural gas are major co

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01/10/2023

Researchers have developed a system that can transform plastic waste and greenhouse gases into sustainable fuels and other valuable products – using just the energy from the Sun.

Solar-Powered System Converts Plastic and Greenhouse Gases into Sustainable Fuels

UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE

Researchers have developed a system that can transform plastic waste and greenhouse gases into sustainable fuels and other valuable products – using just the energy from the Sun. The researchers, from the University of Cambridge, developed the system, which can convert two waste streams into two chemical

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Date:

01/09/2023

University of Minnesota researchers have invented new catalyst technology that improves the process and substantially reduces the cost of manufacturing renewable chemicals that can be used in a wide range of products including paints, coatings and diapers.

Chemical Researchers Discover Catalyst to Make Renewable Paints, Coatings, and Diapers

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA

A team led by University of Minnesota Twin Cities researchers has invented a groundbreaking new catalyst technology that converts renewable materials like trees and corn to the key chemicals, acrylic acid, and acrylates used in paints, coatings, and superabsorbent polymers. The new catalyst technology is also hi

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01/09/2023

Hydro dams and tidal barrages are not the only way to harvest clean electricity from water.

Electricity Harvesting from Evaporation, Raindrops and Moisture Inspired by Nature

TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY PRESS

Raindrops, evaporating water, and even moisture in the air are all potentially sources of decentralized clean electricity generation, but many of the technologies that take advantage of this ambient and vast source of energy—many of which are inspired by the electricity harvesting techniques of plants and an

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Date:

01/06/2023

Eggtronic Unveils Advanced Power Conversion Architecture for High-Power PFC Applications

Eggtronic has launched a high-performance AC/DC converter technology that provides industry-leading efficiency, reduced component count and improved EMI performance in high-power applications requiring power factor correction (PFC). Derived from the traditional boost PFC + LLC resonant power converter,

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Date:

01/03/2023

Qi Chen, Beijing Institute of Technology

Interfacial Engineering for Improved Stability of Flexible Perovskite Solar Cells

BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY PRESS CO., LTD

“For the perovskite film, there are some factors influencing the intrinsic material stability,” said paper author Qi Chen, professor from Beijing Key Laboratory of Construction Tailorable Advanced Functional Materials and Green Applications, MIIT Key Laboratory for Low-Dimensional Quantum Structure and De

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Date:

01/03/2023