Extreme green: the new issue of Future Power Technology is out now – Power Technology

How can you ensure renewable power technology is resilient enough? The answer, perhaps, is to deploy it in the Arctic, one of the worlds harshest environments, and that is exactly what a team of Russian researchers has done. The $27m Snowflake facility is a proving ground for renewable power generation, and could prove crucial in the worlds ongoing efforts to cut its carbon footprint, by demonstrating that industry, administration and workers can all function in the most extreme of environments.

Elsewhere, we look into recent power supply struggles in the UK and the US, and ask if widespread freezes or soaring energy prices are the result of temporary hardships, or signs of deeper issues within their respective power industries. With both countries eager to position themselves as leaders in the worlds fight against climate change, they face serious questions about fixing their own domestic energy supplies, before going on to tackle global challenges. We also ask what more decision-makers in the electric vehicle sector can do to spread clean cars to the US, and consider the potential, and challenges, associated with concentrated solar power.

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Arctic exploration: developing green energy technology in an extreme environment

A $27m clean energy-powered Russian research facility is being built in the Arctic to bring carbon-free technologies to the remote and climatically harsh region. Heidi Vella speaks to the projects lead Yury Vasiliev at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology to find out more.

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Fixing the UKs broken energy market

Regulations meant to ensure low energy prices have trapped utilities in a death spiral. Matthew Farmer investigates the challenges facing the UK energy market.

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High-power potential: the future of concentrated solar power

As photovoltaic solar production grows around the world, concentrated solar power has historically been left behind. JP Casey speaks to John King of Hyperlight Energy, to learn how the latters efficient and flexible characteristics could aid in the worlds clean energy transition.

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Keeping the lights on in the USs stormy century

As extreme weather events become fiercer and more frequent, what steps are operators taking to keep maintenance manageable? Matthew Farmer investigates current US power infrastructure.

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The US electric vehicle market needs to shift a gear

With the US lagging behind Europe and China in the transition to electric vehicles, an ING report says more needs to be done to promote the technology. Andrew Tunnicliffe talks with co-author Rico Luman about what the countrys ambitions are and how they might be met.

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The lynchpin of the worlds decarbonisation efforts, or an unsafe practice always a step away from a humanitarian disaster? The truth surrounding nuclear power is likely somewhere in the middle, and questions remain as to whether its undoubted power potential can be realised amid safety concerns and financing challenges for such large-scale projects. In our next issue, well profile some of the worlds newest nuclear plants, and assess whether they could be the future of power.

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