Soon, your home may be able to generate solar power from places other than your roof. As the solar market evolves and expands, companies are looking into new solar technologies aimed at spreading solar energy generation beyond traditional rooftop and ground-mount solar panels. One such idea, solar panel windows, has gained momentum recently, and could represent part of the solar market’s future. Read more
With the latest breach of foreign security, we wanted to research the thoughts of the Department of Energy. We found this article from the office of the Secretary of Energy.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette issued a prohibition order designed to reduce the risks that entities associated with the People’s Republic of China pose to the Nation’s bulk-power system (BPS). Read more
Department of EnergyInnovation … it powers American progress … it’s the heart of what we do at the Department of Energy.
Every day the Trump Administration is pushing for fresh ideas to help create new energy and manufacturing technologies that will lead us into a better, brighter future. Read more
Large-scale battery storage systems are increasingly being used across the power grid in the United States. In 2010, 7 battery storage systems accounted for only 59 megawatts (MW) of power capacity, the maximum amount of power output a battery can provide in any instant, in the United States. Read more
Authors: Marriele Mango, Clean Energy Group, and Mayra Cruz, Catalyst Miami | Projects: Resilient Power Project, Energy Storage and HealthThe impact power outages have on public health can be severe. Emergency management and public health leaders rely on decades of research and case studies to learn how to better prepare for natural disasters and their consequences, including widespread power outages. Read more
The latest from – Green Tech Media Article by Jason Deign“This year will likely be remembered as a period of technology consolidation rather than breakthrough innovation in the energy industry. Emerging industries such as offshore wind and lithium-ion battery storage have gone from strength to strength.
Meanwhile, more novel technologies such as energy blockchains and flow batteries have been relatively quiet this year. Read more
A possible breakout moment for emerging technologies like storage and hydrogen
Both energy storage and hydrogen – critical emerging technologies for unlocking emissions reductions across energy systems – could become key beneficiaries of stimulus plans, much as solar PV and wind benefitted from boosts during recovery packages after the 2008 financial crisis. Read more
Group NIRE, welcomes our new Control Engineer, Sanka Liyanage. Sanka is a control and robotic engineer. He specializes in industrial network control systems and mobile robots. He will be working in our growing, Wide Bandgap Testing facility, located at the Reece Center in Lubbock, Texas. We are so honored to have him join our team! Read more
Power electronics have taken an interesting turn toward the adoption of wide bandgap (WBG) devices such as GaN and SiC. While silicon still dominates the market, the emergence of GaN and SiC devices will soon direct technology toward new, more efficient solutions. Yole Développement (Yole) estimates that revenue from SiC devices will account for more than 10% of the market by 2025, while revenue from GaN devices will be more than 2% of the market by 2025. Read more
During National Energy Awareness Month, we recognize the remarkable role American energy plays in producing more abundant, affordable, and reliable power for our Nation and the world. My Administration is reducing regulatory burdens on the energy sector, developing innovative energy technologies, and building new energy-related infrastructure. Read more
August will be here before you know it, which means it’s time to start thinking about #AmericanWindWeek 2020! The week-long celebration of #windpower will showcase how wind is building a future powered by a strong economy and clean energy.
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Lubbock, TX (March 2020)
HackWesTX, a hackathon event run by Texas Tech University’s student chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery, took place over the weekend of March 7th. The event, which was held at the TTU Innovation Hub in Lubbock, TX, was sponsored by several companies local to Lubbock, including Group NIRE. Read more
