Kent Harrington
Kent is a videographer and professional storyteller. He regularly blogs for AIChE on ChEnected. See his latest posts below. You can also follow Kent on twitter @harringtonkent.
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New "Bird-Friendly" Wind Turbines Come to California
New "shrouded" wind turbines near San Francisco will be tested to determine if they are less lethal to birds and bats than traditional turbines. Plus, they're more efficient than similar-sized turbines on the market.
Will Audi Be the Father of German Grid Storage?
The Audi A3 Sportback g-tron is special because it's a CO2-neutral energy ecosystem, and might create the world's first national electricity storage network.
NRG Breaks Ground on the World's Largest Carbon Capture Project
All eyes are on Texas as NRG Energy breaks ground on a $1 billion carbon capture retrofit at the WA Parish power plant, the largest fossil fuel plant in the US.
Engineering Students Break World Speed Record for Electric Cars
Silently racing around a 4.2 km track in Australia, the Sunswift smashed the old record of 73 km/h (45 mph) by averaging 100 km/h over a distance of 500 km.
Reforming Mexico's Addiction to Cheap US Natural Gas
Mexico’s Senate just voted to open its hermetically closed energy industry to private companies for the first time in more than seventy years.
Life Suddenly Changes for India’s First Solar-Powered Village
A small town in Bihar, one of India's poorest regions, now holds claim to the title of the country's first solar-powered village.
Starting Up the World’s First Retrofitted Carbon Capture Coal Plant
When SaskPower's carbon capture plant is fully operational, it will capture 1 million tons of CO2 a year – about 95% - and have a 110 MW-generating capacity.
World's Largest Iron-Chromium Flow Battery Starts Up in California
Users and competitors watch anxiously as flow batteries convert chemical energy into electricity by pumping electrolytes through EnerVault's Engineered Cascades Technology.
Texas Grid Battery Storage Project a Success
Built for Duke Energy by Xtreme Power, the 36 MW array can respond within seconds and deliver stored wind power for 15 minutes throughout the Texas grid.
Report Shows New Transmission Lines Helped Texas Set Wind Record
The EIA released a report that said new transmission lines in Texas – from the west to the east – has increased time wind farms have able to transmit power.
Testing Zinc Air Battery Storage in the New York City Grid
Zinc-air cells from Eos Energy Storage lower costs to the point where the batteries are competitive with gas-fired power for specialized grid services.
New Battery Is Changing the Grid
Axion Power makes a hybrid super-capacitor/battery that replaces the negative electrode with an activated carbon electrode to get super capacitor properties.
New Battery Is Changing the Grid
Axion Power makes a hybrid super-capacitor/battery that replaces the negative electrode with an activated carbon electrode to get super capacitor properties.
Concentrated Solar Power Closing In on Natural Gas
By combining concentrated solar power with molten salt storage, one pioneering company says its technology could compete on the open market with natural gas by 2020.