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• Project to Integrate Biomethane Into Concentrating Solar Plants

  

  Manchasol CSP thermosolar energy plant in Castilla la Mancha, Spain.The Hysol project aims to integrate biomethane into concentrating solar thermal power... Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Project to Turn Wood Waste Into Fuel for Marine Diesel Engines

  

  Alternative sustainable fuels are urgently needed in the marine transport sector. (Credit: Flickr @ Ed Webster https://www.flickr. Read more

  Posted on 28 May 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Dutch Scientists Build Thermoacoustic Heat Pump

  

  The prototype of the heat pump being unloaded at ECN. (Credit: ECN)Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN) and Bronswerk Heat Transfer (BHT) have... Read more

  Posted on 28 May 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• University of Malaya Installs Hybrid Solar-Wind Outdoor Lighting

  

  An innovative idea to provide outdoor lighting using wind-solar hybrid renewable energy sources. (Credit: Reseacrh SEA)An innovative hybrid solar-wind outdoor... Read more

  Posted on 28 May 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Computer Modeling Helps Form Effective Solar Energy Policy

  

  Computer modeling helps predict who will go solar and why. (Credit: Flickr @ Michael Coghlan https://www.flickr.com/photos/mikecogh/)What makes people go solar? Read more

  Posted on 28 May 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Open Rotor Aircraft Engine Consumes 15% Less Fuel

  

  Two aircraft engine concepts can enable a significant reduction in aircraft fuel consumption. (Credit: Flickr @ Mark Harkin https://www.flickr. Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Scientists Study Real-Time Structural Changes in Green Algae

  

  Green algae C Reinhardtii (Source: Protist Information Server, Courtesy of Dr. Sc. Yuuji Tsukii)The way that algae and plants respond to light has been... Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• New Fuel Cell Could Eliminate Waste at Biodiesel Plants

  

  Allison Speers, MSU graduate student, works on a fuel cell that can eliminate biodiesel producers' hazardous wastes and dependence on fossil fuels. Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Oil, Natural Gas Development Affects Forest Songbirds

  

  Oil and gas development negatively affects birds in areas with high densities of shallow oil and gas wells. (Credit: Flickr @ Ian White https://www.flickr. Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Researchers Turn Straw From Oilseed Rape into Biofuel

  

  A pilot steam explosion unit in the IFR's Biorefinery Centre. (Credit: Institute of Food Research)Researchers at the Institute of Food Research, UK, are... Read more

  Posted on 26 May 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Scientists Print Fuel Cells With Ordinary Inkjet Printer

  

  Researchers transform an ordinary HP 1000 ink jet printer to print fuel cells. (Credit: Technical University of Denmark)Researchers at DTU Energy Conversion... Read more

  Posted on 26 May 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Advanced Controls Cut Energy Use in Buildings by 57%

  

  Field test of advanced controls in commercial buildings reveals more energy savings than expected. (Courtesy of Pacific Northwest National... Read more

  Posted on 26 May 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• U.S. Wood Pellet Exports Nearly Double in 2013

  

  U.S. wood pellet exports by destinations, 2012-2013. (Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, based on U.S. International Trade Commission data)U.S. woo... Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Research Could Greatly Improve Oil Extraction Techniques

  

  Fundamental research improves oil extraction efficiency. (Credit: Flickr @ Tim Evanson https://www.flickr.com/photos/23165290@N00/)Oil extraction techniques... Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Toyota’s Silicon Carbide Semiconductor to Improve Hybrid Efficiency

  

  Left: PCU with silicon power semiconductors (current production model). Right: PCU with SiC power semiconductors (future Toyota's target). Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Novel Battery Tech Harvests Waste Heat

  

  Stanford and MIT researchers have developed a four-stage process that uses waste heat to charge a battery. (Credit: Jose-Luis Olivares / MIT News... Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Finnish Scientists Clean Oil-Polluted Soil With Fungi

  

  Finnish scientists clean oil- and fuel polluted soil with fungi. (Credit: Aalto University)Fungi can be harnessed to clean oil-polluted soil which cannot be... Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Russia’s Gazprom to Supply Pipeline Natural Gas to China

  

  Developing gas resources and shaping gas transmission system in Eastern Russia. (Credit: Gazprom)Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom’s Management Committee... Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Scientists Examine New Material With Potential Use in Batteries

  

  At top of this image a, sodium fills in layers of the crystal, represented by one bright yellow dot followed by three darker ones; at bottom, the layers’... Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Distributed Computing Defends Power Grids From Cyberattacks

  

  A virtual nuclear control room. (Credit: Idaho National Laboratory)A team of researchers from around the U.S. is working to protect the U.S. Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY