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Role of Power-to-heat in integrating variable renewable energy into the power grid

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Power-to-heat (P2H) technologies play a crucial role in integrating variable renewable energy (VRE) into the power grid. P2H can provide flexibility to the power system by shifting energy demand from the electricity grid to the heat sector. P2H can be used to store energy during periods of excess renewable generation and release it during periods …

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3D Printing in the Renewable Energy Sector

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With temperatures rising around the globe and our trusty fossil fuels rapidly depleting, renewable energy as a sector has grown at an unprecedented rate. However, many of the parts and structures required to build renewable systems are still manufactured using traditional processes, meaning the process as a whole still tends to be carbon positive – …

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The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Renewable Resources

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Renewable resources are one of the key ways to meet the demand for energy while not destroying the planet. They are literally any energy source that renews itself at a rate that is equal to or faster than it is spent. What is helping scientists, engineers, and environmentalists around the world harness these resources more …

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Algae Based BioFuel – A Promising Alternative or a Distant Myth?

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The ills of the current energy model are becoming increasingly evident in many environmental and health areas. Since humans became aware of the potential of fossil fuels, there has been no real profound change in how we use them. It is true that we have learned to store electrical energy and even developed fission nuclear …

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Electrical Energy Storage using Synthetic Biology – Is there Potential?

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With the rise of renewable energy, the world faces a new problem to solve. During the years of the fossil fuel monopoly, energy storage was not a problem, since nature itself was responsible for providing these deposits. In contrast, the strategy to be followed with most renewable energies is different: the aim is to capture …

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Importance of Biomass in Circular Economy

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Biomass is defined as organic matter grown by the usual functioning of a living organism. This matter holds inside a multitude of compounds rich in bonds and therefore energy. Understanding the concept of biomass is not difficult, because we have always used it. I venture to say even more: without the primary production of plant …

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Where are we with 3D Printed Solar Panels?

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With global temperatures rising at previously unseen rates, governments worldwide are looking more and more towards renewable energy as opposed to conventional fossil fuels. The vast field of renewable energy encompasses a wide variety of carbon neutral and carbon positive energy generation methods – the main ones being hydroelectric, wind, and solar. On the other …

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Converting CO2 to Renewable Fuel using Micro-Organisms and Electricity

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We have heard a lot about greenhouse gases in recent decades. While right now CO2 emission represents a threat to the planet’s climate stability (anthropocentric stability), it is not a new feature in the Earth’s atmosphere. Co2 has maintained a self-regulating equilibrium through geological and astronomical events, which manifest a cyclical character. This has buffered …

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