Cleantech advancements sometimes feature emerging concepts like artificial intelligence or carbon-based nanomaterials. But Euclid, Ohio, advanced materials startup Cratus is using a more familiar material: salt. Salts, highly heated until they’re practically...
By incorporating the materials into roof and ceiling tiles, partners hope to reduce heating, cooling, and electricity demand by 20%.
This is it, readers. Not only is it Friday, but it’s the last time you’ll see Centered for a couple of weeks. We’re taking some time off for the holidays. I wish...
An energy sector that had been falling out of favor in recent years is making a bit of a technological resurgence: nuclear. Instead of utility-scale power generation plants, the technology du jour...
🔌 UTILITIES: Dayton Power & Light Company announced it is opening a smart operations center with cutting-edge, data-centric technology to increase its operational efficiency across the country, which will especially help the integration of renewable...
Good Tuesday afternoon, everyone. Developing longer-lasting, more powerful, less environmentally taxing batteries is a hot tech sector right now. Batteries and fuel cells are considered a major part of the energy transition...
Good Thursday afternoon, everyone. We’re always asking for less doom and gloom and more good news. Today’s top story is a situation full of wins for a traditionally underserved Chicago neighborhood. A...
🔌 ENERGY EFFICIENCY: An Illinois pilot program that helps older adults install energy-saving technologies is temporarily retooling because of the pandemic, reports the Energy News Network. The Smart Technology Mentors Program has...
The mechanical tool makes specialized wire stripping easier and safer. Today's headlines: 🎉 NEW PRODUCT: Kansas State University assisted entrepreneur Andy Sedlacek, a lineworker for a Midwest electric power company, with designing and filing...
