Floating solar farms have moved from novelty to serious infrastructure, turning reservoirs, lakes and sheltered coastal waters into power plants. As solar capacity races past 1,200 G worldwide, ...

Air-cooled condenser (ACC) systems have emerged as a viable alternative to traditional water-cooled solutions in power plants, particularly in regions where water scarcity or environmental concerns ...

In the last decade, the U.S. electric power sector turned away from coal to embrace wind turbines and solar panels, two energy generating sources that require little ...

Rewritten and enlarged from articles contributed two years ago to the "Engineering news." Appendix: Elements of design favorable to speed regulation in plants driven by water-power ... by Allan V.

Japan’s new osmotic power plant in Fukuoka can generate 880,000 kWh annually - enough to power 220 households or support a desalination facility. Osmotic energy, produced by mixing fresh and salt ...

Power plant operators in Switzerland and France idled reactors so that discharged cooling water would not harm wildlife in already-hot rivers. By Sachi Kitajima Mulkey A record-breaking heat wave in ...