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Imagine a number of different companies sharing a single fleet of electric vehicles... Fraunhofer IAO and eight project partners are busy working out just how to make this vision a reality.
Jun 11th, 2013
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Managing the building's different energy processes is key to ensure both higher energy efficiency and users' comfort, but users hold part of the responsibility.
Jun 11th, 2013
Read moreUsing wood for energy is considered cleaner than fossil fuels, but a Dartmouth College-led study finds that logging may release large amounts of carbon stored in deep forest soils.
Jun 11th, 2013
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Berkeley Lab researchers develop fully integrated microfluidic test-bed for solar-driven electrochemical energy conversion systems.
Jun 10th, 2013
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A new study by researchers at UC Santa Barbara provides clues into the understanding of the behavior of the charged molecules or particles in ionic liquids. The new framework may lead to the creation of cleaner, more sustainable, and nontoxic batteries, and other sources of chemical power.
Jun 7th, 2013
Read moreIn a quest for a smaller, more self-sustaining solar power source, a University of Wisconsin-Madison electrical engineer has proposed a design for solar panels that can simultaneously generate power from sunlight and store power reserves for later, all within a single device.
Jun 7th, 2013
Read moreUnfortunately, many of the systems we need to understand, such as the climate, ecosystems and financial markets, are complex. Complex systems often behave in very nonlinear ways, meaning that common sense and intuition fail.
Jun 7th, 2013
Read moreSolar thermal energy meets half the heating requirements in the residential area.
Jun 6th, 2013
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Scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have designed and tested an all-solid lithium-sulfur battery with approximately four times the energy density of conventional lithium-ion technologies that power today's electronics.
Jun 5th, 2013
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The European Sopcawind (Software for the Optimal Place Calculation for Wind-farms) project has designed the Sopcawind Tool web application.
Jun 5th, 2013
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Global temperature report: May 2013.
Jun 5th, 2013
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Scientists have discovered the properties that made ancient Roman concrete sustainable and durable.
Jun 4th, 2013
Read moreLaboratory crash tests show both vulnerabilities and ways to improve the safety of lithium-ion batteries used in electric and hybrid vehicles.
Jun 4th, 2013
Read moreAll chefs know that 'you have to break some eggs to make an omelet', and that includes engineers at Iowa State University who are using high-frequency sound waves to break down plant materials in order to cook up a better batch of biofuel.
May 31st, 2013
Read moreThat the United States and Europe have been following different energy policies over the past few decades won't come as a surprise. However, according to one researcher, their divergence - with the US leading 'the shale gas revolution' and Europe investing heavily in modern renewables - is a good thing for the development of both alternative-energy sources.
May 30th, 2013
Read moreResearchers identified a number of hotspots both of global climate change impacts and the science that deals with them. New analyses presented at the Impacts World 2013 Conference this week in Potsdam, Germany, revealed that the Amazon region, east Africa and the Mediterranean will experience serious change if greenhouse-gas emissions continue unabated.
May 30th, 2013
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Neptune, a pioneering system that performs offshore wind measurements, has begun to operate today at the Petroleum Bridge in Badalona. It consists of an eOLOS buoy to measure velocity profiles and wind direction high above sea level, and NEPTool, a tool that predicts wind speed, sea currents and waves in the short and long term with high spatial and temporal resolution.
May 30th, 2013
Read moreMicrowave radiation could provide a faster, greener way to manufacture drugs, according to researchers at the University of Bradford.
May 30th, 2013
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