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Exa-scale Breakthroughs
Early in my career I worked in a position where I modeled hydrodynamic and thermodynamic systems. The technique we used in that work was generally called finite-element modeling, where we broke each system down into a large number of cells, and used equations for each cell that described the liquid-flow (hydrodynamic) and/or heat-transfer (thermodynamic) in and out of each cell.
Many of the techniques we used back then (late 1970s) were very primitive, but the basic finite-element technique remains in place, and in use for modeling the largest system we deal with currently – Our Planet’s Biosphere.
My across-town neighbors (and others) recently won a major award for computer model-building, and described some breakthroughs they made in winning this prize.
A Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL)-led effort that performed an unprecedented global climate model simulation on the world’s first exa-scale supercomputer has won the first-ever Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Gordon Bell Prize for Climate Modelling, ACM officials announced Thursday (Nov 16).
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Hydropower has become an afterthought, yet it remains critical to our clean energy goals
Although often forgotten, hydropower remains a key element of our clean energy mix. Last year weather cause a decline in production. Is a rebound expected this year?
Have Solar Prices Hit Rock Bottom?
Over the last decade, the solar industry has enjoyed two favorable dynamics: a low cost of capital and steep price declines. The era of zero interest rates has ended. The question is: has the era of declining price also end?
How Dominant is China in Clean Technology Manufacturing?
China dominates in a multitude of clean technologies. The U.S. and EU are trying to reduce China's influence. The IEA has developed 2030 projections for global clean technology manufacturing. Do they believe anything will significantly change?
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