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• New Family of Enzymes Degrades Hard-to-Digest Biomass

  

  Enzyme breaks down plant stems, wood chips, cardboard waste and shells, helps make biofuel. (Credit: Flickr @ David Goehring https://www.flickr. Read more

  Posted on 10 June 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Novel Material to Increase CQD Solar Cell Efficiency

  

  Colloidal quantum dots irradiated with a UV light. Different sized quantum dots emit different color light due to quantum confinement. (Credit: Antipoff... Read more

  Posted on 10 June 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• REmap 2030: 36% Renewable Energy in Global Mix by 2030 Is Possible

  

  The world faces an important energy choice, according to a new report launched by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) in New York last week. Read more

  Posted on 10 June 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Nissan to Launch Its First All-Electric Commercial Minivan

  

  Nissan e-NV200 electric minivan (Credit: Flickr @ Autoviva https://www.flickr.com/photos/autovivacom/)Nissan’s first all-electric commercial vehicle, the... Read more

  Posted on 10 June 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Study Looks at Long-Term Stability of Spent Nuclear Fuel

  

  JRC's facilities allow for analysing various aspects of nuclear safety. (Credit: Joint Research Center, EU, 2014)A study co-authored by the Joint Research Cente... Read more

  Posted on 09 June 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Alstom to Deploy Demand Response Management System in New York

  

  Alstom to help manage New York City’s electricity demand. (Credit: Flickr @ Harshil Shah https://www.flickr.com/photos/harshilshah/)As part of a Department of... Read more

  Posted on 09 June 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Pelamis P2 Wave Energy Converters Reach 10,000 Hours Milestone

  

  Both P2 machines operating at the Billia Croo wave test site, May 2014. (Credit: Pelamis Wave Power)The two Pelamis P2 machines currently deployed at the wave... Read more

  Posted on 09 June 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Novel Material Can Be Used for Hydrogen Storage

  

  Heterofullerene molecula. (Credit: See citation at the end of this article)Scientists from several British, Spanish and Russian research centers have come up... Read more

  Posted on 09 June 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Knoxville Startup to Help Consumers Reduce Their Utility Bills

  

  Knoxville-based Fiveworx has licensed an Oak Ridge National Laboratory technology called CoNNECT that will help consumers reduce their utility bills by analyzin... Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Study Looks Into Trends in Forest Biomass for Energy in EU

  

  (Credit: Flickr @ *Light Painting* https://www.flickr.com/photos/helmuthess/)European Forest Institute (EFI) along with the International Institute for... Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Scientists Develop Simple Fuel Cell Device for Home Use

  

  Production of the cell stacks at the Fraunhofer IKTS. (Credit: Fraunhofer IKTS)Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems... Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• IEA: World’s Energy Needs Will Cost $48 Trillion by 2035

  

  The IEA has released the World Energy Investment Outlook 2014.Meeting the world’s growing need for energy will require more than $48 trillion in investment in... Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• EPFL Scientists Transform Hydrogen Gas Into Less Flammable Fuel

  

  Scientists transform hydrogen into liquid fuel using atmospheric CO2. (Credit: Flickr @ Ilena Gecan https://www.flickr.com/photos/hach3/)Scientists at the... Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Report Reviews Effects of Compliance With Renewable Portfolio Standards

  

  A new report, prepared by analysts from the Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL),... Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Unconventional Energy Can Change Global Geopolitical Balance

  

  PPL Montour Power Plant in Washingtonville, PA. (Credit: Flickr @ Dennis https://www.flickr.com/photos/road_less_trvled/)A new paper led by the Smith School... Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• National Geothermal Data System Launched

  

  The National Geothermal Data System (NGDS) website. For more information visit geothermaldata.org.The U.S. Department of Energy launched the National... Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• New Cathode Makes Li-S Batteries Last Much Longer

  

  Sulfur, often an industrial waste product, could be the key to future high-performance batteries. On the photo: A close view of sulfur piles near Vancouver.... Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Engineered Microbe Directly Coverts Plant Biomass to Ethanol

  

  Janet Westpheling, a professor in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences department of genetics. (Credit: University of Georgia)The promise of affordable... Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• CSIRO Uses Solar Energy to Generate Supercritical Steam

  

  CSIRO Solar Tower 1 creating solar steam. (Credit: CSIRO)Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) has used solar energy... Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Cellular Base Stations to Use Renewable Energy Resources

  

  Researchers are developing a tech for cellular base stations to use renewable energy resources. (Credit: Flickr @ Gary Lerude https://www.flickr. Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY