Suniva had been growing rapidly since its 2007 founding at Georgia Tech. The company filed for bankruptcy in 2017 under intense price competition from Chinese-made imports.
Georgia Tech researcher Gleb Yushin is quoted about recent innovations in battery technology.
A fleet of innovative new companies working at the limits of advanced technology could reshape the aerospace industry – and Georgia is one of the states at the epicenter.
While manufacturing heavyweights like Lockheed Martin and Pratt & Whitney continue to be the backbone of Georgia’s aerospace sector, new entrants pioneering electric vertical take-off and lift (eVTOL) aircraft, hypersonic planes, space and interplanetary exploration, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and sustainable aviation fuels are aiming for the skies.
Georgia Tech's Brian Stone weighs in on this feature looking at how Singapore could be a model for dampening the effects of climate change.
The Greenhouse Accelerator is announcing the launch of the Georgia Cleantech Innovation Hub, a public-private-academic partnership created to propel cleantech innovation and expand its access and benefits to Georgians furthering the tremendous cleantech momentum
On Wednesday, August 23, Axios hosted an Expert Voices roundtable discussion in Atlanta, featuring local leaders and experts in manufacturing, academic and government. Guests discussed the future of manufacturing in America, and how the industry is adapting to growing technological innovation and clean energy initiatives as more jobs return to U.S. shores. Axios reporter Emma Hurt and local Atlanta reporter Thomas Wheatley led the conversation.
On how large manufacturing companies can evolve
Not only people need to stay cool, especially in a summer of record-breaking heat waves. Many machines, including cellphones, data centers, cars and airplanes, become less efficient and degrade more quickly in extreme heat. Machines generate their own heat, too, which can make hot temperatures around them even hotter.
Maui County is suing Hawaiian Electric, claiming the utility was negligent for not shutting off power as strong winds hit the island in the hours before the city of Lahaina burned. While the cause of the devastating Aug.
The first new nuclear reactor built in the U.S. in more than 40 years is now up and running in Waynesboro, Georgia.
The completion of Plant Vogtle Unit 3, the first of two reactors being built at an already-existing nuclear plant on the Savannah River, is a major milestone not just for the long-delayed project itself, but for nuclear energy in the United States.