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• Thornton Bank, the Largest Wind Farm in the Belgian North Sea Inaugurated

  

  Thornton Bank wind turbines. (Credit: ABB Group)This week the Belgian Prime Minister Elio di Rupo officially inaugurated the Thornton Bank offshore wind farm. Read more

  Posted on 19 September 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• World’s First Isothermal Compressed Air Energy Storage System Connected to Grid

  

  SustainX's prototype of a 40 kW compressed air storage system in their facility in Seabrook. (Credit: Eugene Hunt / SustainX)SustainX, an energy storage... Read more

  Posted on 19 September 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• New ‘Double Perovskites’ Materials Improve Key Chemical Reaction for Energy...

  

  The strong activity of the new catalyst material (dark circle at center) in promoting the oxygen evolution reaction when submerged in water, as revealed by the... Read more

  Posted on 19 September 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Google Purchases the Entire Output of a Wind Farm in Texas

  

  Some (happy) cows on the future site of the wind farm. The cows will still have plenty of room to graze between the turbine. (Credit: Google Green Blog)Accordin... Read more

  Posted on 19 September 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Falling Particle Receiver to Increase Concentrated Solar Power Efficiency

  

  Joshua Mark Christian working with the falling particle receiver, which more efficiently converts the sun’s energy to electricity in large-scale, concentrating... Read more

  Posted on 19 September 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Iceland to Help Develop Geothermal Energy in Ethiopia

  

  The Nesjavellir Geothermal Power Plant in Þingvellir, Iceland.The Icelandic International Development Agency (ICEIDA) has signed a Partnership Agreement... Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Delhi Metro to Be Partially Powered by Solar Energy

  

  A metro line crossing the Inner Ring Road at Moolchand metro station in Dehli, India. (Credit: Flickr @ Varun Shiv Kapur http://www.flickr. Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• ‘Wired Microbes’ Act as Power Plants, Converting Sewage to Energy

  

  Stanford scientists use 'wired microbes' to generate electricity from sewage. (Credit: Flickr @ Chappie http://www.flickr.com/photos/teh_chappie/)Engineers at... Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• U.S., Russia Sign Nuclear Energy Agreement

  

  Bilateral meeting between H.E. Mr. Sergei Kirienko, Director General of the Atomic Energy Corporation ROSATOM and IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano at the... Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Study: Superconducting Technologies Will Soon Be Used for Transportation, Power...

  

  (Credit: Flickr @ Doug Waldron http://www.flickr.com/photos/dougww/)According to a topical review “Superconductivity and the environment: a Roadmap”, published... Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• ‘Hydrogen Tools’ App Focuses on Hydrogen Safety Issues

  

  Hydrogen Tools app.Engineers and scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have developed an app that focuses o... Read more

  Posted on 17 September 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• ‘cyFLEX’ Project to Develop Inexpensive OLED Printing Technology

  

  OLED emit homogeneous planar light and may be applied to flexible carrier materials. (Photo: Ralph Eckstein)The “cyFLEX” project is aimed at adapting materials... Read more

  Posted on 17 September 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Computer Model to Help Manage Hydropower in Kenya

  

  An aerial photograph of the flooded Tana River which is in the Rift Valley area during Joint Task Force Kenya, operation Noble Response. Read more

  Posted on 17 September 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Highest Open-Circuit Voltage for Quantum Dot Solar Cells Achieved

  

  Schematic of metal-lead sulfide quantum dot Schottky junction solar cells (glass/ITO/PbS QDs/LiF/Al). Novel Schottky junction solar cells developed at NRL are... Read more

  Posted on 17 September 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Lexus LF-NX Crossover Hybrid Debuts at Frankfurt Motor Show

  

  Lexus LF-NX compact crossover concept. (Credit: Toyota Motor Corporation)Lexus’ latest concept, the LF-NX compact crossover, was unveiled at the Frankfurt... Read more

  Posted on 17 September 2013 ENVIRONMENT

• New Fuel Economy Label and Online Tool for Used Vehicles Released

  

  Many used cars in a traffic jam in Seattle. (Credit: Flickr @ Oran Viriyincy http://www.flickr.com/photos/viriyincy/)The U.S. Energy Department and the... Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Research Agency Fights Global Warming with Efficient Grocery Shops

  

  Grocery shopping. (Credit: Flickr @ Charlotte http://www.flickr.com/photos/charlotte90t/)An extremely efficient grocery shop open last week in Trondheim, Norway. Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Study Puts Environmental Price Tag on Mountaintop Coal Mining

  

  The Blue Ridge Mountains. (Credit: Flickr @ Ashley Harrigan http://www.flickr.com/photos/ashleyharrigan/)Mountaintop coal mining is the predominant method of... Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• New Micro Hybrid Battery to Provide Up to 15% Fuel Savings

  

  The first-generation 48-volt Lithium-ion Micro Hybrid battery has the potential to enable up to 15 percent fuel savings in vehicles. Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• BMW Hybrid Revealed at Frankfurt Motor Show

  

  BMW i8 (Credit: BMW Group) The BMW i8 plug-in hybrid was revealed at the Frankfurt motor show last week. This is the first plug-in hybrid vehicle from the BMW... Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY