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• EPA Upgrades Its Online Energy Management and Tracking Tool

  

  Buildings that have earned EPA’s ENERGY STAR certification use, on average, 35 percent less energy and generate 35 percent fewer greenhouse gas emissions than... Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Solar-Powered Mirrors Will Light Norwegian Town in Winter

  

  Only the Alpine town of Viganella in Italy can claim to have something similar, but its system is neither as large nor as technologically advanced as that... Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• GE Gives Utilities Tips to Combat Power Outages in an Infographic

  

  With the current heat wave gripping 100 million Americans from New York to North Dakota, many utility companies are operating at maximum capacity. Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Scientists to Develop Mass Production Techniques for Lightweight Electric Motors

  

  The Tesla Roadster is powered by a 3-phase, 4-pole induction motor, producing a maximum net power of 248 hp (185 kW). (Credit: Flickr @ Steve Jurvetson... Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• EU-US Smart Grid Interoperability Center Opens in Chicago

  

  Testing of e-vehicle. JRC has upgraded its facilities to study the static and dynamic behaviours of evolving power grids integrating more renewables, electric... Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Americans Use Less Coal, More Renewable Energy to Generate Electricity

  

  Coal pile at the Baldwin Plant in Anderson County, Tennessee. (Credit: Flickr @ Appalachian Voices http://www.flickr.com/photos/appvoices/)Each year, the... Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Record-Thin Light-Absorber Created at Stanford

  

  Researchers at Stanford have created a record-thin, record-efficient light-absorbing material. According to the results of the study published in the current... Read more

  Posted on 19 July 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• PelaStar Floating Offshore Turbine Platform Tests Completed Successfully

  

  A rendered image of PelaStar tension-leg platform. (Credit: Glosten)The Glosten Associates (Glosten), an engineering consultancy based in Seattle, Washington,... Read more

  Posted on 19 July 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Efficient Thermoelectric Cell for Waste Heat Recovery Developed

  

  A new thermocell can harvest waste heat and convert it into electricity. (Credit: Doug MacFarlane and Theodore Abraham)A team of researchers at the Monash... Read more

  Posted on 19 July 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Report Looks at Electric Car Research and Economic Viability in the EU

  

  Total investments in electric car R D projects per component co-funded by Member States and the EU (the pie chart shows total budget of projects co-funded by th... Read more

  Posted on 18 July 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Subsidy Cuts Put Spanish Renewable Energy on the Verge of Bankruptcy

  

  A solar farm in Andalusia, Spain (Credit: Flickr @ j-b.d http://www.flickr.com/photos/jbdodane/)The Spanish Photovoltaic Union (UNEF), an association of more... Read more

  Posted on 18 July 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• U.S. Army Developing Flexible Battery That Integrates Into Body Armor

  

  Christopher Hurley, an electronics engineer who leads the battery development projects team at RDECOM's Communications-Electronics Research, Development and... Read more

  Posted on 18 July 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, SOCIETY

• California’s $68 Billion High-Speed Rail Project to Be Carbon Neutral

  

  By 2029, the system will run from San Francisco to the Los Angeles basin in under three hours at speeds capable of over 200 miles per hour. Read more

  Posted on 17 July 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Irish Researchers Develop Cheap Materials for Hydrogen Production

  

  Sphere Within Sphere by Arnaldo Pomodoro in Trinity College Dublin. (Credit: Flickr @ William Murphy http://www.flickr.com/photos/infomatique/)Researchers at... Read more

  Posted on 17 July 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• EU Renewable Energy Subsidies Make Natural Gas Plants Uneconomic

  

  A gas and steam power plant combines the procedures of both a gas turbine and a steam power plant. The hot emissions of a gas turbine are therefore used as a... Read more

  Posted on 16 July 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Australia Can Save $8 Billion by 2020 Through Investment in Energy Efficiency

  

  According to a study commissioned by The Climate Institute (Australia) in partnership with GE, Australia’s poor investment in energy efficiency is costing the... Read more

  Posted on 16 July 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Scientists Report on Progress in Fusion Research in China, USA, Europe

  

  In front of the TCV tokamak at CRPP, Prof M.Q.Tran, Director General CRPP, Prof A. Fasoli, Executive Director CRPP, Prof J. Li, Dr H. Bindslev, Dr F... Read more

  Posted on 16 July 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Beyond Rooftop Solar Panels: Unique Solar Energy Applications

  

  The solar furnace at Odeillo in the Pyrénées-Orientales in France can reach temperatures up to 3,500 °C (6,330 °F) (Credit: H. Zell... Read more

  Posted on 15 July 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Nissan to Test e-NV200 Electric Compact Van in Tokyo

  

  Nissan e-NV200 electric Evalia DHL. (Credit: Nissan Motor Company)After a series of field tests in Saitama City (Japan), Nissan and DHL Japan will continue... Read more

  Posted on 15 July 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Jamaican Utility Installs Software to Improve Outage-Restoration Times

  

  JPS repair crew restores power line after a storm. (Credit: Ventyx)The Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS), the sole provider of electricity to Jamaica, has... Read more

  Posted on 15 July 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY