DETROIT - Water scarcity is a growing problem around the world. Desalination of seawater is an established method to produce drinkable water but comes with huge energy costs. For the first time, researchers use fluorine-based nanostructures to successfully filter salt from water. Compared to current desalination methods, these fluorous nanochannels work faster, require less pressure
BENTON HARBOR - The Michigan Public Service Commission will hold the second in a series of energy assistance fairs and listening sessions as the state’s energy regulators and partner agencies seek public feedback on energy affordability and accessibility and the availability of energy assistance programs. The next energy assistance fair will be held 3-7 p.m.
DETROIT - Transparent solar is a cutting-edge technology that gathers and uses light energy through windows or any glass surface, regardless of the angle. It has the potential to be a game-changer in terms of broadening the scope of solar. In terms of engineering, researchers have created several means of transparent solar technology. Most generally though, the majority of
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The nation’s largest electrical grid operator has approved a new process for adding power plants to the sprawling transmission system it manages, including a two-year pause on reviewing and potentially approving some 1,200 projects, mostly solar power, that are part of a controversial backlog. PJM Interconnection operates a competitive market for wholesale
DETROIT - Competition between the United States and China in the realms of electric and autonomous vehicles could determine the future control of global supply chains in an unprecedented way, according to a lawmaker and several experts. “Our competitors, particularly in China, are not holding back,” said Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.) during an April 27
DETROIT - A report by the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO), the nonprofit organization that oversees our power grid, said Michigan could be facing power shortages in July and August. Michigan is moving away from coal or thermal powered electricity and the state is pressing to use more and more wind and solar power. “The reality
BEIJING, China - A team of researchers affiliated with multiple institutions in China has successfully managed to increase the speed of charging a lithium-ion battery to a rate of 5.6 minutes for a 60 percent charge, according to a report by TechXplore published on Thursday. They achieved this impressive feat by adding a copper coating and nanowires to the
PALO ALTO, Ca. - research team at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University has finally revealed that fourth signature with precise, high-resolution measurements made with angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy, or ARPES, which uses light to eject electrons from the material. Measuring the energy and momentum of those ejected electrons reveals how the electrons inside the
SACRAMENTO, Ca. - Renewable sources of energy provided close to 100 percent of energy demands in the state of California on Saturday, Desert Sun reported. Naturally, environmentalists celebrated this achievement, which was first reported as over 100 percent by an online energy tracker. California Independent System Operator (CAISO), a non-profit organization that tracks the state's bulk electric
NEW YORK - The solar energy industry has been thrown into a panic and projects are grinding to a halt after the Biden administration launched an investigation that some solar CEOs worry could tank the industry. The Commerce Department launched the probe in March into whether four countries in Southeast Asia that supply about 80 percent of US
