power plants
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Google Wants To Use AI To Track Pollution From Every Power Plant On Earth
Satellites are our eyes in the sky or, er, in space. Now, a coalition of groups is turning to satellites and AI technology to help monitor emissions from all the world’s power plants.
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Controlling Bubbles In Boiling Water Could Make Power Plants More Efficient
The act of boiling water helps us brew coffee and cook pasta — and it’s also what fuels most of the world’s energy sources. But boiling is really all about the bubbles, and until now their formation had been seen as random and haphazard. MIT engineers say they can now control the formation of bubbles,…
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Rare Glimpse Inside Magnificent, Abandoned Shrine To Electricity
At the dawn of the electrical age, power plants were more than just utilitarian buildings. They were grand, soaring temples to a near-magical substance that was changing the world. Most of these buildings are now abandoned or demolished. But I recently visited one of the few that remain: the 99-year-old Kelenföld Power Plant, one of…
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Monster Machines: This Power Plant Will Tap The Ocean For Endless Power
It’s not the motion of the ocean that matters to Lockheed’s Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) power plant, only the temperature of the water. Lockheed Martin announced yesterday that it is partnering with Beijing-based Reignwood Group to construct a 10MW green power plant that leverages the difference bewteen sun-warmed surface water and icy water from…