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• New Organic Flow Battery May Revolutionize Energy Storage

  

  A prototype flow battery in Aziz's lab at Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. (Credit: Eliza Grinnell, Harvard SEAS Communications. Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• New Lignin Removal Method Makes Biofuel Production Cheaper

  

  The new process dissolves lignin into the PIL, leaving cellulose behind as a solid. (Photo: Ezinne Achinivu / North Carolina State University) Scientists at... Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• High-Temperature Optical Gas Sensing to Increase Power Plant Efficiency

  

  Better sensors can help natural gas fired power plants like this one in Tempe, Arizona become more clean efficient. (Credit: Flickr @ Alan Stark... Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Toyota Fuel Cell Concept Hydrogen Car Debuts at CES

  

  Toyota Motor Sales Senior Vice President of Automotive Operations Bob Carter debuts the Toyota Fuel Cell Concept at the 2014 Consumer Electronics Show in Las... Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Transportable Grid-Scale Battery Storage System to Be Tested in Spain

  

  The corporate head office of Gas Natural Fenosa in Barcelona. (Credit: Gas Natural Fenosa) Gas Natural Fenosa, a Spanish natural gas utilities company, and... Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Methane From Electricity: EMPA Scientists Optimize Sabatier Process

  

  A station on a natural gas pipeline used for the loading and unloading of pipeline inspection gauges, commonly known as "pigs". (Credit: Audrius Meskauskas... Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Cold Weather Testing: Man Drives Tesla Model S 332 Miles Form Oslo to Trondheim

  

  The Tesla Model S while charging in snowy Norway. How do electric cars perform in cold weather? To alleviate concerns about the limitations of batteries during... Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Researchers Coordinate Wind Power Generation to Minimize Disruptions

  

  A wind power plant at Izu, Japan. (Credit: Flickr @ Seiichi Ariga http://www.flickr.com/photos/s-ariga/) Researchers from North Carolina State University and... Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Satellite-Based System to Prevent Helicopters Colliding With Power Lines

  

  Collisions with overhead power lines alone account for 10 per cent of aviation accidents in Norway. (Credit: Flickr @ David Wright http://www.flickr. Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Device Solves Power Islanding Problem

  

  Wilsun Xu invented a fail-safe device that makes it cheaper and safer for renewable-energy companies to connect to existing power grids. Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Polymer Solar Cell Efficiency Increased by 30%

  

  (Credit: Flickr @ Martin Abegglen http://www.flickr.com/photos/twicepix/) Researchers from North Carolina State University and the Chinese Academy of Sciences... Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Transmission Electron Microscopy Helps Study ‘Wet’ Rechargeable Batteries

  

  Liquid battery electrolytes makes this view of an uncharged electrode (top) and a charged electrode (bottom) a bit fuzzy. (Credit: Gu et al, Nano Letters 2013)... Read more

  Posted on 03 January 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Ford Announces ‘C-MAX Solar Energi’ Solar-Powered Hybrid

  

  Ford C-MAX Solar Energi Concept. (Credit: Ford Motor Company) Ford Motor Company announced yesterday the C-MAX Solar Energi Concept—a hybrid car that does not... Read more

  Posted on 03 January 2014 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Review: Most Popular Energy News Articles For 2013

  

  It is that time of a year again when all the everyone is recapping the past year with the best, worst, least, and most. We’ve thought about a good criterion on... Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Study: Boreal Forests Coping Well With Oil Sands Development

  

  Scott Chang studied tree rings from 60-year-old aspen and pine stands to find out how oilsands development is affecting tree growth. Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Protean Electric, Volkswagen to Develop In-Wheel Electric Motors

  

  FAW-VW Bora EV. (Credit: FAW-Volkswagen) Protean Electric, a U.S.-headquartered technology company, announced its partnership with the FAW-Volkswagen... Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Geomagnetic Field Monitoring Improves Oil Production

  

  A compass is an example of an instrument that interacts with the earth’s magnetic field. (Credit: Flickr @ Calsidyrose http://www.flickr. Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• IAEA Lunches ‘Nuclear Power Program for Dummies’ E-Learning Course

  

  A new set of IAEA e-learning modules is aimed at helping “newcomer” Member States understand the infrastructure requirements of a nuclear power program. Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• IAEA Launches ‘Nuclear Power Program for Dummies’ E-Learning Course

  

  A screenshot of the IAEA e-learning course welcome page. A new set of IAEA e-learning modules is aimed at helping “newcomer” Member States understand the... Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• HZB Scientists Upgrade Chalcopyrite Solar Cells

  

  (Credit: Flickr @ Jørgen Schyberg http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrjorgen/) A team of scientists at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin for Materials and Energy hav... Read more

  Posted on 19 December 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY