Tapping into previously unused green electricity
A highly dynamic technology should make it possible to store wind and solar-generated electricity that would previously have gone unused by converting excess power into hydrogen.
Posted: Mar 11th, 2013
Read moreInsulating buildings with seaweed
Although this natural material is regarded as a waste product and generally ends up as landfill, this readily abundant and renewable material is in fact far too valuable to be thrown away. The seaweed displays a variety of characteristics that make it of interest to the building trade, such as virtual non-flammability and resistance to mould.
Posted: Mar 8th, 2013
Read moreStudent design competition for thermoelectric power generation products
Alphabet Energy Inc., the innovator of a platform silicon thermoelectric technology that generates power from a variety of waste-heat sources, is calling for undergraduate and graduate student applications to the company's first ever student product design competition.
Posted: Mar 7th, 2013
Read moreDoped carbon material produces low-cost energy and reduces CO2
Researchers from the University of Granada (UGR) have developed a new material using doped carbon that allows low-cost energy to be produced and also reduces the amount of CO2 released into the atmosphere. The recently-patented material is a gel that enables the CO2 to be turned back into hydrocarbons via electro-catalytic transformation, with great savings both in time and money.
Posted: Mar 7th, 2013
Read moreScientists calculate the carbon footprint of grid-scale battery technologies
Stanford scientists have developed a novel way to calculate the energetic cost of building large batteries and other storage technologies for the electrical grid.
Posted: Mar 7th, 2013
Read moreFraunhofer-Delaware Technology Summit addresses solutions for sustainability
On Tuesday, March 5, academic scientists and engineers came together with CEOs and entrepreneurs at the inaugural Fraunhofer-Delaware Technology Summit to discuss energy and life sciences challenges in a rapidly changing global environment.
Posted: Mar 7th, 2013
Read moreDuckweed as a cost-competitive raw material for biofuel production
The search for a less-expensive, sustainable source of biomass, or plant material, for producing gasoline, diesel and jet fuel has led scientists to duckweed, that fast-growing floating plant that turns ponds and lakes green.
Posted: Mar 6th, 2013
Read moreStatistical physics offers a new way to look at climate
New research suggests that statistical simulations rooted in basic physics could make for new climate models that are more useful and require less brute-force computing power. A new paper shows how statistical simulations can be applied to fluid jets like the ones in Earth's atmosphere and oceans.
Posted: Mar 5th, 2013
Read moreNew method for greenhouse gas predictions
Until now, greenhouse gas emission estimates have been limited by the mathematical models used to predict them. Researchers at Concordia University have recently developed a new dynamic method to better predict the emission content of these gases.
Posted: Mar 5th, 2013
Read moreAnalytical theory may bring improvements to lithium-ion batteries
Researchers have shown theoretically how to control or eliminate the formation of "dendrites" that cause lithium-ion batteries to fail, an advance that if realized would improve safety and might enable the batteries to be charged within a matter of minutes instead of hours.
Posted: Mar 5th, 2013
Read moreChemists develop efficient material for carbon capture
Chemists have discovered a more efficient, less expensive and reusable material for carbon dioxide capture and separation.
Posted: Mar 5th, 2013
Read moreNew wastewater treatment technique protects fish from antidepressants
Researchers at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm have developed a new technique to prevent pharmaceutical residues from entering waterways and harming wildlife.
Posted: Mar 5th, 2013
Read moreBringing energy innovations from lab to market
Annual MIT Energy Conference focuses on how innovations can have a real impact on the world's energy issues.
Posted: Mar 5th, 2013
Read moreResearchers develop solar-to-fuel roadmap for crystalline silicon (w/video)
New analysis points the way to optimizing efficiency of an integrated system for harvesting sunlight to make storable fuel.
Posted: Mar 5th, 2013
Read moreSpanish solar energy: A model for the future?
Solar energy holds promise, but fossil fuel subsidies must be reduced.
Posted: Mar 4th, 2013
Read moreHonda to reuses rare Earth metals extracted from nickel-metal hydride batteries for hybrid vehicles
Honda Motor Co. established the world's first process to reuse rare earth metals extracted from nickel-metal hydride batteries for new nickel-metal hydride batteries to recycle precious resources.
Posted: Mar 4th, 2013
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