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• GE Helps Caterham F1 Team Build More Efficient Engines

  

  A Caterham F1 car during 2013 Hungarian Grand Prix. (Credit: Charles Coates / LAT Photographic via Flickr @ CaterhamF1 http://www.flickr. Read more

  Posted on 02 October 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Nokia Engineers Use Lightning to Charge Mobile Phone

  

  Harnessing the power of lightning to charge your mobile phone is much more impressive (and innovative!) than using wireless charging accessories for Lumia. Read more

  Posted on 02 October 2013 CHEMISTRY, CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, SOCIETY

• New Center to Study Risks and Benefits of Harvesting Arctic Gas Hydrate

  

  Structure of a gas hydrate (methane clathrate) block embedded in the sediment of hydrate ridge, off Oregon, USA. (Credit: Wusel007, http://commons.wikimedia. Read more

  Posted on 02 October 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Western Europe Uses More Coal, Less Natural Gas

  

  Historic Coal Mine „Guido” in Poland. (Credit: Mariusz Cieszewski via Flickr @ Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland http://www.flickr. Read more

  Posted on 01 October 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Vestas, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Form Offshore Wind Power Joint Venture

  

  Kentish Flats Offshore Wind Farm equipped with Vestas V90 wind turbines. (Credit: Vestas)Vestas Wind Systems A/S (Vestas) and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.... Read more

  Posted on 01 October 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• First Solar to Build First Large-Scale Solar Project on Tribal Land

  

  Moapa Indian Reservation in Nevada. (Credit: Flickr @ Ken Lund http://www.flickr.com/photos/kenlund/)Last week First Solar acquired from K Road the 250... Read more

  Posted on 01 October 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Researchers Want to Reproduce Nuclear Reactor Damage in the Lab

  

  A new $5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy will enable University of Michigan engineering researchers to advance the understanding of how... Read more

  Posted on 01 October 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• ‘Generation’ Solar Car to Participate in Bridgestone World Solar Challenge

  

  With a bold, asymmetrical Generation solar car that’s logged thousands of test miles on two continents, students on the University of Michigan’s top-ranked Sola... Read more

  Posted on 01 October 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Iceland Provides Expertise for Development of Geothermal Energy in Africa

  

  Early this year the Rwanda Ministry of Infrastructure has launched a geothermal drilling project on the slopes of Rwanda's highest mountain, Mt. Karisimbi. Read more

  Posted on 01 October 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• ADB Finances Renewable Energy Transmission System in India

  

  A $500 million ADB loan will build a power transmission system to deliver clean electricity from wind and solar power projects in Rajasthan to the state and... Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Hydraulic Fracturing Sites Can Be Used For Greenhouse Gas Storage

  

  Marcellus exposure along Interstate 80 in eastern Pennsylvania where the formation is thickest. (Credit: Dhaluza http://commons.wikimedia. Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Ormat Will Develop 5 MW Recovered Energy Generation Plant For eBay

  

  Omrat's Recovered Energy Generation (OREG IV) 3.5 MW power plant in Peetz, Colorado. (Credit: Ormat Technologies)Ormat offers 5 MW recovered energy generation... Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Vestas Receives 400 MW Turbine Order For Wind Farms in Texas

  

  A wind farm near Abeline, Texas. (Credit: Flickr @ Corey Taratuta http://www.flickr.com/photos/onthewhiteline/)Vestas Wind Systems A/S, a Danish manufacturer,... Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Oil-Eating Bacteria May Be Used to Clean Up Petroleum Spills

  

  A ship floats amongst a sea of spilled oil in the Gulf of Mexico after the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster. (Credit: Flickr @ kris krüg http://www.flickr. Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Electric Versus Diesel: A Study of Electric Trucks in Urban Delivery Application...

  

  Photo shows a commercial electric vehicle produced by Smith Electric Vehicles. The Georgia Tech study compared energy use, greenhouse gas emissions and total... Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• U.S. Manufacturers Save $1 Billion Through Energy Efficiency Investments

  

  AT T is one of the companies, that have already exceeded their 25% energy intensity reduction goal and maintained that level of improvement for at least two... Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• U.S. Energy Service Companies’ Growth Outpaced GDP

  

  Express Energy Services office building. (Credit: Flickr @ Andy Stockwell http://www.flickr.com/photos/101421724@N06/)Aggregate revenue growth rates for U.S.... Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• China’s New SNG Power Plants Will Emit A Lot of Greenhouse Gas

  

  China's largest powdered coal storage area near Huaneng Power Plant in Beijing. (Credit: Flickr @ kafka4prez http://www.flickr. Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Next-Gen TRISO Nuclear Fuel Withstands 1,800 Degrees Celsius

  

  Cross-section of fuel pellet containing TRISO particles at 10 mm scale. (Credit: Idaho National Laboratory via Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/inl/)A team o... Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Toyota Reveals Details on 2014 Lexus GS 450h Hybrid

  

  2014 Lexus GS 450h. (Credit: Toyota Motor Corporation)Toyota has released the details on its 2014 Lexus GS 450h. Its drive system delivers a combined output of... Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY