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• EU Project to Test Fuel Cells in Private Homes

  

  Fuel cell-based micro CHP units will be tested in 1,000 private homes in the EU. (Credit: Flickr @ Loozrboy https://www.flickr. Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Study Looks at Fuel Economy Costs of Common Practices

  

  Driving with all windows down decreases fuel economy by 1-8%. (Credit: Flickr @ Mike Baird https://www.flickr.com/photos/mikebaird/)Researchers at the Departmen... Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Flexible Plastics Turn Vibrations Into Electrical Energy

  

  A ‘green’ alternative to batteries that could power electronic devices is one step closer thanks to multilayered polymer cantilevers that can turn mechanical... Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Scientists Use Trees to Make High-Tech Supercapacitors

  

  Trees may soon play a major role in making high-tech supercapacitors for energy storage. On the photo: Capitol Christmas Tree transportaion in November 2013. Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• GWEC Expects 47 GW of Wind Capacity to Be Installed in 2014

  

  GWEC expects installations of at least 47 GW in 2014, a dramatic increase over 2013 levels. (Credit: Flickr @ Damien McMahon https://www.flickr. Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Gamesa Launches Anti-Icing Paint for Wind Turbines

  

  Gamesa launches an innovative anti-icing paint for wind turbine blades . (Credit: Gamesa)Gamesa, a Spanish wind turbine manufacturer, has developed an anti-icin... Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Silver Nanoparticles Help Solar Cells Absorb More Light

  

  The silver nanoparticles are irregularly shaped and randomly distributed over the surface, as shown by the scanning electron microscope image. Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Dashboard Helps Reduce Energy Use in Office Buildings

  

  A team at Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Architecture has developed a dashboard that helps people to see how much energy they use at work and how to... Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Study Reveals Causes of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell Degradation

  

  Air exposure causes incorporation of gas molecules into the spiro-MeOTAD layer. (Credit: OIST)Researchers at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology... Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Gold Coating to Reduce Glare From Solar Panels

  

  UC Irvine undergraduate chemistry student George Auwaijan sporting a pair of sunglasses coated with a new material invented by researchers there that mimics... Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Report Shows Ways for Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicles to Save Fuel

  

  The use of natural gas as a fuel may reduce fuel consumption in medium- and heavy-duty vehicles. (Credir: Flickr @ Ryan Holst https://www.flickr. Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Statoil: “There Is a Pressing Need to Change Europe’s Energy Policy”

  

  (Credit: Flickr @ Kristina D.C. Hoeppner https://www.flickr.com/photos/4nitsirk/)According to a press-release by Statoil, there is a pressing need to change... Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Researchers Use Sun to Make Solar Energy Materials

  

  Scientists use solar energy to make nanoparticle inks that are used to print solar cells. (Credit: Ki-Joong Kim / Oregon State University)Researchers at Oregon... Read more

  Posted on 07 April 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• New Electrolyte to Enable Fast-Charging Li-Ion Batteries

  

  Charging reaction of lithium-ion batteries. Lithium ions (orange spheres) move from the electrolyte (right) to the anode (left). Read more

  Posted on 07 April 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Multi-Gene Engineering Could Boost Seed Oil Content in Oilseed Crops

  

  A rape field and pylons in Kent county, UK. (Credit: Flickr @ Glen https://www.flickr.com/photos/l2f1/)A team of researchers from Rothamsted Research, one of th... Read more

  Posted on 07 April 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Startup to Bring Ultra-Low-Power Batteryless Sensors to Market

  

  A PsiKick EKG Sensor chip—the chip that launched PsiKick and which PsiKick has licensed from Virginia/Michigan. This fully integrated wireless SoC for ExG... Read more

  Posted on 07 April 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• New Thin Film Solar Cell Efficiency Record Announced

  

  Advanced analytics for both thin film technologies with silicon as well as CIGS: Beside highly developed deposition tools, a comprehensive infrastructure was se... Read more

  Posted on 04 April 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Clean Edge: Solar Deployment Exceeds Wind in 2013

  

  More new solar PV generating capacity was added throughout the globe than wind energy in 2013. (Credit: Flickr @ Avinash Kaushik https://www.flickr. Read more

  Posted on 04 April 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Analysis: U.S. Energy Use Increased in 2013

  

  Wind power saw the highest energy gains from 2011 through 2013, according to the most recent U.S. energy flow charts released by the Lawrence Livermore... Read more

  Posted on 04 April 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Greenpeace Ranks Internet Companies by Clean Energy Use

  

  Where does your favorite internet company stand on renewable energy use? (Credit: Greenpeace)In its new report called “Clicking Clean: How Companies are Creatin... Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY