Daylight Saving is the idea that changing the clocks can help achieve more hours of daylight during waking hours. Each year, we essentially live by […]
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Energy
Is Distributed the Future of Infrastructure?
The United States has worked for many years to centralize its infrastructure, from sprawling power grids to extensive pipeline networks. However, as technological innovation has […]
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Project Plowshare – Nukes for Peace
In 1953, President Eisenhower gave a speech on “Atoms for Peace”, introducing a program to test the use of nuclear weapons for peaceful purposes. The […]
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Hydrogen’s Infrastructure Liability is the Very Asset to Jumpstart Demand
Development of scalable hydrogen has a critical liability – infrastructure. Despite growing interest and federal incentives, achieving large-scale, centralized production of hydrogen is simply infeasible […]
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The Line
Given its regional positioning and role in the world economy, Saudi Arabia is viewed primarily as one of the most essential players in the global […]
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An All Nuclear Future?
Energy is among the most important topics in the world. It enables us to have safe water and food, powers our transportation, facilitates modern medicine, […]
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Navigating Carbon Solutions: Balancing Costs and Effectiveness
Carbon emissions and their impact on the climate has become a contentious topic. More specifically, debates focus on the proper allocation of funds and different […]
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France’s Use of Nuclear Power for Energy Independence
For many countries across the globe, the evolving energy transition is of the utmost importance in their domestic politics. With the longstanding reliance on hydrocarbons […]
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Sunset and Sunrise for Solar Installation
From 2014 to 2022, small-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) electricity capacity in the U.S. more than quintupled. On the utility scale, these systems have become cost-competitive […]
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Aii’s Input on Carbon Pipelines in the Midwest
Last week, Aii board members Brigham McCown and Timothy Butters spoke to Saline County, Nebraska officials on carbon dioxide pipelines’ critical role in decarbonizing the [...]
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The Hydrogen Rainbow Connection
The advancements in production and evolution of our energy demand and supply since the Industrial Revolution have posed ever larger challenges to the future of [...]
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Balancing Wind Opportunities
As the planet warms and the impacts of climate change manifest in different ways across diverse regions, investing in renewable energy has drawn increased attention. […]
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Plasma Gasification: Revolutionizing Waste Management
Plasma (“the fourth state of matter”) is an extremely high-temperature, highly ionized gas that is able to carry an electric current. Natural plasma includes lightning […]
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The Data Center Shock
Although it is accessible around the world, the Internet is largely located in Northern Virginia. This region of the U.S., containing 35 percent of the […]
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Catching Up with Congress on Infrastructure Funding
Investments in infrastructure and transportation support the economic stability of cities across the country, a primary focus in the U.S. Congress coming out of the […]
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