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• NREL Report Aligns Solar Policy With State Demographics

  

  The Grand Canyon National Park Visitor Center with the photovoltaic solar panels in place. (Credit: Michael Quinn / Grand Canyon National Park)The Energy... Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• EU-Funded Project Aims to Develop Advanced Thermoelectric Generators

  

  NanoCaTe project to develop thermoelectric generators for use in space and human bodies. (Credit: Technical University of Denmark)A new EU-funded project... Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Joe Oliver: “Keystone XL Would Have No Significant Impacts on the Environment”

  

  Keystone XL Pipeline Protest at the White House, November 6, 2011. (Credit: Emma Cassidy / Flickr @ tarsandsaction http://www.flickr. Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Virtual Laboratory to Study Nuclear Waste Storage

  

  A 360 degree presentation of a virtual model at the Fraunhofer IFF. Decisions can be arrived at more easily when everyone involved is able to view the details. Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Scientists Use Infrared Emissions as Renewable Energy Source

  

  Earth’s infrared emissions are a vast and untapped energy source. (Credit: Flickr @ DonkeyHotey http://www.flickr.com/photos/donkeyhotey/)Physicists at the... Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Transparent, Colorful Solar Cells Developed

  

  Jae Yong Lee, Electrical Engineering PhD Student, tests a colored solar cell. (Credit: Joseph Xu / Michigan Engineering Communications Marketing)Transparent,... Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Mexico Aims to Be Major Global Wind Energy Player

  

  Wind turbines stand motionless along the Ismuz of Tehuantepec awaiting for the strong breezes of the area known as the Texano winds near Juchitan, Mexico.... Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Berkely Lab Finds Electrocatalysts for Artificial Photosynthesis

  

  Nano-sized crystals of cobalt oxide, an Earth-abundant catalyst, have been shown to be able to effectively carry out the critical photosynthetic reaction of... Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Palm Oil Methane Emissions Can Be Used as Energy Source

  

  A palm oil plantation at Sepang, Malaysia. (Credit: Flickr @ Marufish http://www.flickr.com/photos/marufish/)An analysis published Feb. Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Researchers Boost Polymer Solar Cells’ Efficiency

  

  Researchers are making polymer solar cells lighter, less expensive, more flexible and more efficient. (Credit: Flickr @ Dan Lockton https://www.flickr. Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• February, 2014: This Month in Energy

  

  U.S. solar jobs are up 19.9% since last year, two “world’s largest” solar projects are now operational, a number of studies address the issue of energy and... Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Promising Nanocatalysts for Next-Generation Fuel Cells Developed

  

  These schematic illustrations and corresponding transmission electron microscope images show the evolution of platinum/nickel from polyhedra to dodecahedron... Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• New Method Could Halve Fuel Consumption for Gasoline Engines

  

  A Kenworth truck equipped with a Cummins diesel engine. (Credit: Flickr @ The AutoMotovated Cyclist http://www.flickr.com/photos/automotocycle/)Gasoline in truc... Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• New Magnetic Materials Pave Way for Energy Efficient Data Storage

  

  Physicists pave the way for more energy efficient data storge technology. (Credit: Flickr @ Chris McClanahan http://www.flickr. Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• 50-State Renewable Energy Roadmap Unveiled

  

  This interactive graphic shows how each state can move to 100 percent renewable energy by 2050. See http://thesolutionsproject.org/infographic/. Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Ultrathin UV Light Absorber Developed

  

  The UV-absorber (here as the logo of Kiel University’s Faculty of Engineering) is even applicable on flexible materials. (Credit: D. Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Energy Storage to Be Essential for Electrical Grid in Denmark

  

  Solid oxide electrolysis cells can store the energy from wind turbines. (Credit: Technical University of Denmark)A new report points out that the ability to... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Superabsorbing Design Could Make Thin Film Solar Cells Cheaper

  

  (Credit: Flickr @ Steve Rainwater http://www.flickr.com/photos/steevithak/)Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a “superabsorbing”... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Offshore Wind Turbines Could Weaken Hurricanes

  

  New research shows that an offshore wind farm could have weakened Hurricane Sandy, shown here on Oct. 28, 2012. (Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• First Solar Announces New Record For CdTe Solar Cell Efficiency

  

  First Solar CdTe modules in a photovoltaic array at Dimbach, Germany.First Solar, Inc. announced it has set a world record for cadmium-telluride (CdTe)... Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY