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• Scientists Will Use Table Salt To Create Better Solar Cells

  

  Macro of some table salt. (Credit: Flickr @ Taylor Hand http://www.flickr.com/photos/taylorhand/) Chemists at Oregon State University have identified a... Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Synthetic Polymers Make Alkaline Fuel Cells Cheaper, More Durable

  

  A membrane electrode assembly being inserted into a fuel cell testing stand. By creating several variations of membranes and studying them under similar... Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Iowa State Engineers Improve Turbine Cooling to Make Engines More Efficient

  

  Blake Johnson and Hui Hu (Credit: Bob Elbert / Iowa State University) As with all cyclic heat engines, higher combustion temperatures can allow for greater... Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• China to Become World’s Largest Oil Importer This Year

  

  An oil tanker passing by Point Bonita Lighthouse. (Credit: Flickr @ Don DeBold http://www.flickr.com/photos/ddebold/) EIA’s August 2013 Short-Term Energy Outloo... Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• IBM Weather Modeling Tech Will Help Increase Renewable Energy Reliability

  

  With the new Hybrid Renewable Energy Forecasting technology IBM can “forecast power production from solar and wind, in a way that has never been done before”.... Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• British Designer Creates Solar-Powered Rescue Watercraft

  

  Asap is an electric power assisted water craft for beach lifeguards. (Credit: asapwatercrafts.com) Lighter than a jet ski and more powerful than a surfboard, a... Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Scientists Gain Insight Into Materials for Scrubbing Carbon Dioxide from Power...

  

  Avedøre power plant (Copenhagen, Denmark) in the sunset taken from Kalvebod Brygge. (Credit: Flickr @ Martin Nikolaj Bech http://www.flickr. Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Virtual Control Room to Facilitate Digital Revolution of Nuclear Plants

  

  The full-scale HSSL virtual control room. (Credit: Idaho National Laboratory via Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/inl/9423633610/in/set-72157634903739552) Th... Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Electron ‘Spin’ Control Promises More Efficient Organic Solar Cells

  

  A vial holds a polymer “ink” that can be printed to make solar cells. (Credit: Yeechi Chen / UW) An organic or “plastic” solar cell is a type of a solar cell... Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Scientists Create Solar Cells That Mimic Organic Vascular System

  

  In a new paper, North Carolina State University researchers Orlin Velev and Hyung-Jun Koo show that creating solar cell devices with channels that mimic... Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• World’s Largest Wastewater Algae Project Successfully Grows Its First Crop

  

  A view of the All-gas project algae facility. (Credit: All-gas project) The $16 million All-gas project, the world’s largest to turn algae into clean energy... Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• World’s Second Largest Offshore Wind Farm Opens in the UK

  

  Siemens nacelles for 3.6MW wind turbines, at at the Harwich International Port (UK) The world’s largest offshore wind farm, the London Array, was opened this... Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Aligned Silicon-Coated Carbon Nanotubes Increase Li-Ion Battery Capacity

  

  Computer-rendered view inside a carbon nanotube. (Credit: Flickr @ Geoff Hutchison http://www.flickr.com/photos/ghutchis/) Researchers at North Carolina State... Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Wireless Electric Buses Hit the Road in Korea

  

  An OLEV bus. (Credit: KAIST) For the first time anywhere, electric buses provide public transportation services and are recharged right from the road. Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Report: Wind Energy Price in the U.S. at All-Time Low, Localized Wind Power on...

  

  Rooftop wind turbines in Portland, Oregon. (Credit: Flickr @ Neal Jennings http://www.flickr.com/photos/sweetone/) Americans are increasingly installing wind... Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Scientists Boost Plastic Solar Cell Performance by Introducing Some Chaos

  

  A plastic solar cell—a type of flexible solar cell made with polymers—is a relatively new design that currently suffers from a lack of efficiency compared to it... Read more

  Posted on 07 August 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• JA Solar Holdings Sets Efficiency Record for Multi-Crystalline Silicon Solar...

  

  JA Solar Holdings Co., one of the world’s largest solar cell producers, last week announced that its multi-crystalline silicon (“multi-Si”) solar cells have... Read more

  Posted on 07 August 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• WeWi Unveils Robust Solar Powered Laptop for Developing Countries

  

  SOL is the world first truly solar-powered laptop. (Credit: solaptop.com) WeWi Telecommunications Inc., a Canadian IT company, recently unveiled its new robust... Read more

  Posted on 07 August 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• EPA Screens Contaminated Lands for Renewable Energy Development

  

  An abandoned industrial site in South Boston. (Credit: Flickr @ Brian Birke http://www.flickr.com/photos/brbirke/) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA... Read more

  Posted on 07 August 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Report: British Public Opinion on Shale Gas Shifts to a More Positive One

  

  Houses neighboring shale gas pad, Pennsylvania (Credit: Flickr @ Jeremy Buckingham http://www.flickr.com/photos/62459458@N08/) A report by experts at The... Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY