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• Material Efficiently Traps Gases From Nuclear Fuel

  

  A new porous material traps radioactive gases that are released when nuclear fuel is recycled. (Credit: Flickr @ ajari https://www.flickr. Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Exfoliating Method Makes Water-Splitting Catalysts More Efficient

  

  A method chemically peels off the outer surface of a water-splitting catalyst, making it more efficient. (Credit: Alain Herzog / EPFL)Scientists at the Swiss... Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• OPEC’s Annual Statistical Bulletin 2014 Released

  

  OPEC releases the Annual Statistical Bulletin 2014.The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has released the 49th online edition of its... Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• New Material Stores Industrial, Coal Plant Waste

  

  The researchers' material, shown being installed at a site in the Middle East, combines sodium bentonite clay and polymers to create a substance that can... Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• EIA Expects Light-Duty Vehicles’ Share in Energy Use to Decrease

  

  Transportation sector energy use by vehicle type. (Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Annual Energy Outlook 2014)Transportation energy... Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Giant Lithium Titanate Battery to Be Connected to Grid in UK

  

  (Credit: Flickr @ Graham Richardson https://www.flickr.com/photos/didbygraham/)The UK’s first 2 MW lithium titanate battery will be connected to the electrical... Read more

  Posted on 21 July 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Report Shows European Countries as World’s Most Innovative

  

  Global Innovation Index 2014: The world’s top-3 innovative economies are: Switzerland, UK and SwedenThe Global Innovation Index 2014, co-authored by Samuel... Read more

  Posted on 21 July 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Catalyst Helps Get More Energy From Biofuel

  

  A new catalyst improves the quality of oil produced from biomass before it is sent to the refinery. (Credit: University of Twente)A new, simple catalyst,... Read more

  Posted on 21 July 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• New Insight Into Hot Carriers May Help Make Better Solar Cells

  

  A new and better way to study “hot” carriers in semiconductors, a major source of efficiency loss in solar cells, has been developed by scientists at Berkeley... Read more

  Posted on 21 July 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• 7/18/2014 This Week in Energy: Beyond Headlines

  

  Here’s a bit of energy news that didn’t make it into our daily coverage during the past week. In this review, we collected some of less big, but nonetheless... Read more

  Posted on 18 July 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Catalyst Promises Commercially Viable Hydrogen Production

  

  (Credit: Flickr @ Harald Hoyer https://www.flickr.com/photos/hhoyer/)Rutgers researchers have developed a new catalyst for commercially viable hydrogen... Read more

  Posted on 18 July 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• GlobalData: Solar PV Leads in Distributed Generation

  

  Last year solar PV comprised roughly 92 GW of newly installed distributed power capacity (48%). (Credit: Flickr @ Tim Fuller https://www.flickr. Read more

  Posted on 18 July 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Study: Fire Is Second Leading Cause of Wind Farm Failure

  

  Researchers suggest that incidents of wind turbines catching fire are a big problem. (Credit: Flickr @ haileyxb https://www.flickr. Read more

  Posted on 18 July 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• 3-D Nanostructure Could Efficiently Store Gas

  

  Rouzbeh Shahsavari, left, and Navid Sakhavand used computer simulations to predict the properties of a 3-D nanostructure made with boron nitride. Read more

  Posted on 17 July 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Construction Begins on World’s Largest Carbon Capture Project

  

  The WA Parish plant showing the carbon capture facility that will be part of the world's largest post-combustion carbon capture-enhanced Oil Recovery project.... Read more

  Posted on 17 July 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Efficient Room-Temperature Phosphorescent OLEDs Developed

  

  The phosphorescent LEDs can reveal the presence of water under backlight. Water causes polymers to break in the LEDs, changing from phosphorescent light... Read more

  Posted on 17 July 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Report Evaluates Geothermal Energy in Australia

  

  Convective or Enhanced Geothermal System in South Australia. Geodynamics’ Innamincka Deeps Project power plant. (Credit: Geodynamics Ltd)The Board of the... Read more

  Posted on 17 July 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Model Predicts Carbon Components’ Performance as Electrodes

  

  Scientists calculate materials’ potential for use as electrodes in Li-ion batteries. (Credit: Flickr @ Adafruit Industries https://www.flickr. Read more

  Posted on 16 July 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Technique Produces Next-Gen Electrodes for Li-Ion Batteries

  

  Lithium-ion battery testing. (Credit: Argonne National Laboratory)Scientists at the University of Tokyo have developed an approach with industrial potential to... Read more

  Posted on 16 July 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Clean Edge Publishes 2014 U.S. Clean Tech Leadership Index

  

  California leads the nation in clean tech for the fifth consecutive year. (Credit: Flickr @ Peter Lee https://www.flickr.com/photos/oldpatterns/)Clean Edge, an... Read more

  Posted on 16 July 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY