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• Smart Grid Project Completed in New York

  

  DOE recognizes the completion of the NYISO smart grid project in Rensselaer, New York. On the photo: NYC lights from the observation deck of the Empire State... Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• NASA, DRL to Test Alternative Aviation Fuels

  

  The DLR research aircraft Falcon 20E. (Credit: German Aerospace Center)The German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) has entered... Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Startup Invents a ‘Homemade’ Solar Lamp for Developing Countries

  

  LEDsafari creates a DIY solar lamp for developing countries. (Credit: LEDsafari)The solar lamp developed by LEDsafari, a young startup from Lausanne, is a more... Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• BMW Explains Its Laser Headlight Technology

  

  BMW laser headlight technology will be celebrating its world premiere as of autumn 2014. (Credit: BMW Group)BMW Laserlights laser headlight technology will be... Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Cheap, Abundant, Low-Toxic Photocatalyst Discovered

  

  A cheap, aboundabt photocatalyst for hydrogen production discovered. (Credit: Flickr @ Martin Abegglen https://www.flickr.com/photos/twicepix/)A research group... Read more

  Posted on 15 April 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• RWE to Supply Natural Gas to Naftogaz of Ukraine

  

  Germany’s RWE is the first European supplier to commence gas deliveries to the Ukraine in 2014. (Credit: Naftogaz of Ukraine)Germany’s RWE began deliveries of... Read more

  Posted on 15 April 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Quantum Dots Could Be Used to Make Efficient Solar Windows

  

  Quantum dot LSC devices under ultraviolet illumination. (Credit: Los Alamos National Laboratory)A house window that doubles as a solar panel could be on the... Read more

  Posted on 15 April 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Toyota Says Its New Gasoline Engines Will Be 10% More Efficient

  

  А 1.3-liter (left) and a 1.0-liter (right) Toyota gasoline engine. (Credit: Toyota Motor Corporation)Toyota Motor Corporation aims to increase the... Read more

  Posted on 15 April 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• EIA: LNG Shows Potential as Railroad Fuel

  

  Comparison of energy consumption for freight rail using diesel (dotted lines) and LNG (solid lines), 2015-2040. (Source: U.S. Energy Information... Read more

  Posted on 15 April 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Airborne Wind Turbines Have Significant Potential, Study Finds

  

  A test of a Makani airborne wind energy design. (Credit: Kathy F. Atkinson / Makani)Airborne wind turbines hovering high in the air and tethered to the ground,... Read more

  Posted on 14 April 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Scientists Gain Insight Into High-Temperature Superconductivity

  

  A levitating magnet floats above a superconducting surface. (Credit: Argonne National Laboratory)In a new study by the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE)... Read more

  Posted on 14 April 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Flexible Thermoelectric Generator Turns Body Heat Into Electricity

  

  A thermoelectric generator developed as a wristband. The generator can be easily curved along with the shape of human body. (Credit: KAIST)A team of researches... Read more

  Posted on 14 April 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• BMW Unveils Concept X5 eDrive

  

  The BMW Concept X5 eDrive. (Credit: BMW Group)BMW is using the New York International Auto Show 2014 to present the BMW Concept X5 eDrive—a company’s next step... Read more

  Posted on 14 April 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Study to Determine ‘How Solar Users Think’

  

  A new UA study to determine what motivates people to install solar panels at home. (Credit: Dave Dugdale / SolarDave.com)Homeowners install solar panels for a... Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Right-Sizing U.S. Electrical Grid Could Reduce Blackout Risk

  

  Smaller electrical grids would reduce the likelihood of severe outages. On the photo: A power station for a hospital in Charlottesville, Virginia. (Credit:... Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• NASA Wants to Replace Battery Technology With Something Better

  

  Fly wheels, such as the NASA G2 flywheel module above, are one way to store rotational energy for use by spacecraft or machines on Earth (Credit: NASA)NASA is... Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Scientists Suggest Planting Biofuel Crops on Solar Farms

  

  On a co-located solar farm, runoff from water used to clean photovoltaic panels would nourish agave or other biofuel crops. The plants would in turn provide... Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Organic Solar Cell Benefit From Face-On Alignment of Molecules

  

  Molecules in face-on orientation inside organic solar cell. (Credit: Peter Allen / UNC Chapel Hill)New research from North Carolina State University and... Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Video Explains ITER Project in Under 6 Minutes

  

  A plaque at the ITER Headquarters. (Credit: ITER)A new video on fusion produced for the Monaco ITER International Fusion Energy Days (MIIFED) conference explain... Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Natural Gas, Solar Account for Most of New Generating Capacity in U.S. in 2013

  

  U.S. power plant capacity additions in 2013. (Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Electric Power Monthly, December 2013 edition) Data include... Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY