A new online scheduling framework could enhance multi-microgrid systems to support residential energy sources to become more reliable, cost-effective and mitigate electricity demand coming from the main grid.

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Ships have become vital components of the global economy, but gas emissions and fuel consumption continue to rise. An all-electric, multi-energy shipping technique could be the key to creating a greener industry.

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Electric Vehicles (EVs) have become one of the most promising technologies in the fight to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, yet electrical grids are still powered by fossil fuels. That's why researchers are turning to solar power to help mitigate environmental concerns caused by EVs.

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Homes and buildings make up a significant portion of energy use. New research shows gamification can encourage energy-saving behaviors in smart homes.

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French Army looks to make hybrid vehicle energy sources more reliable for military use with new energy management system.

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Hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) depend on an onboard energy management system (EMS) to strike the right balance between the internal combustion engine and electric motor that leads to lower fuel consumption and CO2 emissions. A new algorithm developed by a team at the Technical University of Dresden could calculate optimal...

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Smart home technology may soon help communities, and possibly entire countries, become more energy efficient. By designing an energy management system (EMS) able to collect and process big data into useful analytics, researchers from the American University of Sharjah, aim to help smart home owners and utilities reduce energy consumption,...

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New research from the U.K. could help make it easier to design and deploy unmanned vehicles used to survey underwater landscapes. Autonomous underwater vehicles – robotic vehicles that travel underwater without requiring input from an operator – have been around and in use for almost 50 years, but ensuring their...

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On the topic of energy efficiency in large data centers, it actually may be possible to have the best of both worlds … at least when it comes to methods used to help them respond to energy demand fluctuations. That’s because a group of Ohio State University researchers have designed...

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Several elements must fall into place for any technology to achieve mainstream adoption. First and foremost, the technology obviously must work reliably. The technology’s ability to be cost efficient is also important. In the case of wind energy, though, the costs associated with ensuring turbines work reliably actually presents a...

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