Energy shifting

Shifting Rationales for Government Intervention in Energy Markets

Energy plays a critical role in all societies, and governments have a long tradition of intervention and participation in the energy sector even in more market-oriented economies. But in recent decades, the need for and extent of government intervention has been challenged. A growing number of governments and international agencies now agree with liberalisation advocates that reducing public in...

Energy-efficient encoding by shifting spikes in neocortical neurons.

The speed of computations in neocortical networks critically depends on the ability of populations of spiking neurons to rapidly detect subtle changes in the input and translate them into firing rate changes. However, high sensitivity to perturbations may lead to explosion of noise and increased energy consumption. Can neuronal networks reconcile the requirements for high sensitivity, operation...

Radio network energy performance: shifting focus from power to precision

Resolving Shifting Patterns of Muscle Energy Use in Swimming Fish

Muscle metabolism dominates the energy costs of locomotion. Although in vivo measures of muscle strain, activity and force can indicate mechanical function, similar muscle-level measures of energy use are challenging to obtain. Without this information locomotor systems are essentially a black box in terms of the distribution of metabolic energy. Although in situ measurements of muscle metaboli...

Smoothing and Shifting Pv – Applying Energy Storage to Enhance the Benefits of Renewable Energy

Renewables and specifically photovoltaics (PV) are playing an ever increasing role in the resource mix for utilities across the nation. These resources pose new integration challenges compared to traditional generation. Higher penetrations of PV can lead to voltage instability due to intermittencies related to cloud cover and the output of PV is generally noncoincident to utility system load pe...