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• New Technique For Cost-Efficient Thin Film Solar Cell Production Developed

  

  High efficiency, flexible CIGS solar cells on polyimide film developed using a new process. (Credit: Empa)Scientists at the Swiss Federal Laboratories for... Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• New Technology Reduces Nuclear Waste Volume, May Help With Fukushima Clean-up

  

  The Philippsburg Nuclear Power Plant, Germany. (Credit: Flickr @ FarbenfroheWunderwelt http://www.flickr.com/photos/farbenfrohewunderwelt/)Researchers from the... Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Rock Music Boosts Output of Solar Panels

  

  (Credit: Flickr @ Jenn Shock http://www.flickr.com/photos/chronic-shock/)Playing pop and rock music improves the performance of solar cells, according to new... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Researchers Will Harvest Ocean Energy With Undersea Kites

  

  A tidal energy device developed by Swedish company Minesto, named Deep Green, is based on the use of tethered undersea kites. (Credit: Minesto)A new research... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Nitrogen Can Boost Methanol Fuel Cells’ Performance

  

  Nitrogen tanks. (Credit: Flickr @ jasonwoodhead23 http://www.flickr.com/photos/woodhead/)A new article in Energy and Environmental Science explains how... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• SwissTech Convention Center Features Multicolored Solar Panel Facade

  

  A view of the solar window form outside the SwissTech Convention Center. (Credit: Alain Herzog / EPFL)A while back we reported on scientists working on... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Fungal Enzymes Turn Plants Into Fuel Faster

  

  Trichoderma reesei. (Credit: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)Scientists looking to create a potent blend of fungal enzymes to transform materials like cor... Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Simple Process to Print OLEDs And Solar Cells Developed

  

  Organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) — here at the bus stop of the future — will soon come out of printing machines. (Credit: Fraunhofer IAP / Till... Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Largest Solar Plant in Japan Launched

  

  The 70MW Kagoshima Nanatsujima Mega Solar Power Plant. (Credit: Kyocera Corporation)The Kyocera Corporation yesterday announced the launch of a 70 MW solar powe... Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Lasers May Help Reduce Emissions From Fossil Fuel Power Plants by Almost 100%

  

  Demonstration of the first results of the SIGMA research project. (Credit: Iberdrola)Iberdrola, a Spanish private multinational electric utility company, the... Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• ENI to Look For Shale Oil in Texas

  

  Oil pumps between Seminole and Andrews, West Texas. (Credit: Flickr @ Paul Lowry http://www.flickr.com/photos/paul_lowry/)Eni, an Italian multinational oil and... Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• EU Risks Shortages of 8 Metals Used in Renewable Energy

  

  Eight metals used in low-carbon energy technologies are under risk of shortages.Instead of running out of oil, the EU may soon run out of some metals, used in... Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• ABB to Power Canada’s Largest Solar Farm

  

  (Credit: ABB Group)ABB, a multinational corporation operating mainly in the power and automation technology areas, and its consortium partner Bondfield... Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Volvo Group: ‘Inductive Charging for Electric Vehicles Has a Promising Future’

  

  Volvo C30 Electric can be fully charged without a power cable in app. 2.5 hours. (Credit: Volvo Car Group)Volvo Car Group has been a partner in a research... Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Upconverters Successfully Adapted to Increase Solar Cell Efficiency

  

  A two-sided silicon solar cell — positioned here on aluminum cylinders — is illuminated from above by an infrared laser. (Credit: Fraunhofer ISE)Thermal... Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• BASF Rebuilds First Pedal Bike With Modern Materials, Electric Drive

  

  Velocipedes were known for their enlarged front wheels that improved the transmission ratio. However, the present-day velocipede rider is assisted by an electri... Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Guidelines Facilitate More Efficient LED Lighting

  

  This illustration demonstrates how bright blue LED light, shone through its complementary yellow phosphor, yields white light. Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Study Identifies Ways to Increase Perovskite Solar Cells Efficiency

  

  Scientists at Oxford and the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) have gained new insight into how exactly organic-inorganic perovskite solar cells absorb... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Scientists Separate the ‘Fattest’ Algae for Biodiesel Production

  

  John Bigus, left, a fuels engineer assigned to Naval Air Warfare Center-Aircraft Division in Patuxent River, Md., explains the greening of Navy Fuels at the... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• U.S. Army to Test Energy Efficient Tents

  A group of shelters were sent to the Southwest Asia Area of Responsibility to be tested by both the Army and Air Force recently as part of the "Advanced,... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY