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Liquid air: A cool option for energy storage?

Envirotec Magazine

Katie Smith is a Technical Assistant with Reddie & Grose LLP, a firm of patent, trade mark and design attorneys. Liquid Air Energy Storage (LAES) uses electricity to cool air until it liquefies, so it can be stored until an opportune moment arrives when it can be brought back to a gaseous state and used for power generation.

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WGC2023 in Beijing, China highlights global geothermal growth and potential

ThinkGeoEnergy

In 2022, 1,476 PJ (410 TWh) of geothermal energy has been used globally, a 44% increase from 2020, among them, the geothermal heating and cooling of buildings accounted for about 79% of the total. Sinopec has one key laboratory for geothermal resource development and owns over 130 technology patents. 1 in the world for many years.

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Comparison of next-generation EV motors: Induction, IPM-SRM, Axial-Flux Air-Core

Charged

At the Charged Virtual Conference on EV Engineering October 18-21, 2021 Infinitum Electric will present a comparison of three common EV motor topologies, including induction, IPM-SRM, and axial-flux air-core. Register here—it’s free!

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Heat transfer acquisition means combined companies have over 100 years’ experience

Envirotec Magazine

By 1964 the company was also manufacturing air-cooled heat exchangers, sulphur condensers and waste heat boilers, which still remain core products to the present day. Each company also has proprietary and patented technologies, which have the potential to work together to bring new and improved solutions to market.

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Albania’s first floating solar plant starts commercial operations

Renewable Energy World

In addition, 160 equal panels have been placed on land for comparison and documentation of the cooling effect on the floating panels. The project is unique as it uses Ocean Sun’s patented membrane technology. The first unit, comprising 1536 solar panels, has an installed capacity of 0.5 MWp and covers almost 4,000 square meters.

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Cleantech San Diego to Host Three-Part Energy Startup Showcase Series in November

CleanTech San Diego

17 Southern California Energy Innovation Network Companies Will Present. Schedule of Presenters: November 5, 9:00-10:30 am. The events are designed to raise visibility of SCEIN startups with venture capitalists, investors, and the broader cleantech community. Registration Link. Helicoid’s beachhead market is wind turbine blades.

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Gas sensor network provides early wildfire detection

Envirotec Magazine

Mesh gateways featuring Dryad’s patent-pending distributed mesh network architecture – an extension to the LoRaWAN open standard for long-range radio IoT networks. In June 2021, Dryad was named as a cool vendor in Gartner’s Cool Vendors in IoT Thingification report.