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Promising News for Producing Fuels Through Artificial Photosynthesis
Mar. 7, 2014 — There's promising news from the front on efforts to produce fuels through artificial photosynthesis. A new study shows that nearly 90 percent of the electrons generated by a hybrid material ... full story -
Biofuel-to-Hydrocarbon Conversion Technology Licensed
Mar. 6, 2014 — Vertimass LLC has licensed an ORNL technology that directly converts ethanol into a hydrocarbon blend-stock for use in transportation fuels. The technology offers a new pathway to biomass-derived ... full story -
Smart Grid for Electric Vehicle Fleet
Mar. 5, 2014 — Being able to charge up to 30 electric cars at once requires some ingenious energy management. Researchers are incorporating a mix of renewables into the design of a smart grid for Germany’s ... full story -
Solar Power: Making It Less Expensive and More Efficient
Mar. 4, 2014 — Researchers are reporting early results on a way to make solar-powered panels in lights, calculators and roofs lighter, less expensive, more flexible (therefore less breakable) and more ... full story -
Methane Leaks from Palm Oil Wastewater Are a Climate Concern
Feb. 27, 2014 — In recent years, palm oil production has come under fire from environmentalists concerned about the deforestation of land in the tropics to make way for new palm plantations. Now there is a new ... full story -
Offshore Wind Farms Could Tame Hurricanes Before They Reach Land
Feb. 26, 2014 — Computer simulations have shown that offshore wind farms with thousands of wind turbines could have sapped the power of three real-life hurricanes, significantly decreasing their winds and ... full story -
Portable Hydrogen Fuel Cell Unit to Provide Green, Sustainable Power to Honolulu Port
Feb. 25, 2014 — Clean hydrogen power that’s expected to lower emissions and reduce energy consumption will be coming to the Port of Honolulu in 2015 after the completion of a new fuel cell technology ... full story -
Claims That Aging Wind Farms Are a Bad Investment Blown Away by New Research
Feb. 19, 2014 — There has been some debate about whether wind turbines have a more limited shelf-life than other energy technologies. A previous study used a statistical model to estimate that electricity output ... full story -
UK Failing to Harness Its Bioenergy Potential
Feb. 19, 2014 — The UK could generate almost half its energy needs from biomass sources, including household waste, agricultural residues and home-grown biofuels by 2050, new research suggests. Scientists found that ... full story -
Nanoelectronics Key to Advances in Renewable Energy
Feb. 16, 2014 — An electrical engineer explains why advances in nanoelectronics will shape the future of renewable energy ... full story -
Environmental Impact of Ontario Corn Production Assessed
Feb. 14, 2014 — Researchers examined the energy use and greenhouse gas emissions associated with corn production in ... full story -
Light-Induced Degradation in Amorphous Silicon Thin Film Solar Cells
Feb. 13, 2014 — Researchers have taken a leap forward towards a deeper understanding of an undesired effect in thin film solar cells based on amorphous silicon -- one that has puzzled the scientific community for ... full story -
Waste from Age-Old Paper Industry Becomes New Source of Solid Fuel
Feb. 12, 2014 — In today's search for renewable energy sources, researchers are turning to the hi-tech, from solar and hydrogen fuel cells, and the very low-tech. The latest example of a low-tech alternative ... full story -
Concentrating Solar Power: Similar Values in Two Technologies
Feb. 12, 2014 — Parabolic troughs and dry-cooled towers deliver similar value for concentrating solar power plants, despite different solar profiles, a new report has ... full story -
Are Wind Farms Changing Europe's Climate?
Feb. 11, 2014 — The development of wind farms in Europe only has an extremely limited impact on the climate at the continental scale, and this will remain true until at least 2020. These are the main conclusions of ... full story -
Smart Grids to Help Optimize Utilization of Power Grids
Feb. 10, 2014 — Germany's power grids are not yet well prepared for the current consequences of the country's Energiewende, wide fluctuations in the supply of electricity from renewable sources, which ... full story -
New Catalyst to Convert Greenhouse Gases Into Chemicals
Jan. 31, 2014 — Researchers have developed a highly selective catalyst capable of electrochemically converting carbon dioxide -- a greenhouse gas -- to carbon monoxide with 92 percent efficiency. The carbon monoxide ... full story -
Anti-Soiling Coating Keeps Solar Reflectors Clean and Efficient
Jan. 29, 2014 — Scientists are developing a low-cost, transparent, anti-soiling coating for solar reflectors to optimize energy efficiency while lowering operating and maintenance costs and avoiding negative ... full story -
Active Power Control of Wind Turbines Can Improve Power Grid Reliability
Jan. 28, 2014 — Scientists have completed a comprehensive study to understand how wind power technology can assist the power grid by controlling the active power output being placed onto the system. The rest of the ... full story -
One Step Closer to Low Cost Solar Cells
Jan. 27, 2014 — The dwindling resources for conventional energy sources make renewable energy an exciting and increasingly important avenue of research. However, even seemingly new and green forms of energy ... full story -
Interplanetary Dust Particles Could Deliver Water and Organics to Jump-Start Life on Earth
Jan. 24, 2014 — Researchers have discovered that interplanetary dust particles could deliver water and organics to the Earth and other terrestrial planets. "It is a thrilling possibility that this influx of ... full story
- Claims that aging wind farms are a bad investment blown away by new research
- UK failing to harness its bioenergy potential
- Waste from age-old paper industry becomes new source of solid fuel
- Concentrating solar power: Similar values in two technologies
- EU could cut emissions by 40 percent at moderate cost
- 'Standing on a comet': Rosetta mission will contribute to space weather research
- Researchers harness sun's energy during day for use at night
- Scientists develop a more efficient and economical solar cell based on graphene and perovskite
- New study: US power plant emissions down
- Microalgae and aquatic plants can help to decrease radiopollution in the Fukushima area
- Bringing sun's light and energy to interior rooms: Innovative solar technology may lead to interior lighting revolution
- Playing pop and rock music boosts performance of solar cells
- The next big thing in the energy sector: Photovoltaic generated DC electricity
- Understanding what makes a thin film solar cell efficient
- New device stores electricity on silicon chips
- Shifting winds in turbine arrays
- Amping up solar in the snowy north
- Low-priced plastic photovoltaics
- Cleaner and greener cities with integrated transparent solar cells
- Straw could supply energy to millions of households
- Sun's magnetic field going to flip soon: 11-year solar cycle wimpy, but peaking
- Solar panels can be used to provide heating and air conditioning
- Intermittence of wind energy hardly affects CO2 emissions in Spain
- Wormlike hematite photoanode breaks the world-record for solar hydrogen production efficiency
- China's synthetic gas plants would be greenhouse giants
- Emissions and costs of power plant cycling necessary for increased wind and solar calculated
- Time to rethink misguided policies that promote biofuels to protect climate, experts say
- Clean energy least costly to power America's electricity needs
- Energy from tides and currents: Best arrangement of tidal sails device determined
- Harnessing the sun's energy with tiny particles
- Superconductivity to meet humanity's greatest challenges
- General in the Solar Army to High School and College Students: 'We Are Recruiting'
- Scientists calculate the energy required to store wind and solar power on the grid
- New opportunites found for waste heat
- New connection between stacked solar cells can handle energy of 70,000 suns
- Report reveals missed opportunities to save water and energy
- Cheaper Chinese solar panels are not due to low-cost labor
- Cost gap for Western renewables could narrow by 2025
- No evidence of residential property value impacts near US wind turbines
- Regulating electron 'spin' may be key to making organic solar cells competitive
- Self-healing solar cells 'channel' natural processes
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