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• More Natural Gas Discovered in Pakistan

  

  (Credit: Eni S.p.A.) Italian energy giant Eni has made a new natural gas discovery in the Sukhpur Block located in the Kirthar Foldbelt (one of the... Read more

  Posted on 07 May 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Over 600 Miles on a Quarter of a Gallon of Fuel

  

  Will UTmotive be a new Shell Eco-marathon winner? (Credit: Green Team Twente) In the metric system that would be 1000 kilometers on 1 liter of fuel. Read more

  Posted on 07 May 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Researchers Cook Solar Cells in Old Microwave Oven

  

  A small, prototype solar cell that uses CZTS, a photovoltaic semiconductor that University of Utah metallurgists produced in an old microwave oven that once... Read more

  Posted on 07 May 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Europe’s Pumped Hydropower Storage Can Be Increased Tenfold

  

  Existing and potential capacity for a scenario of one existing water reservoir for selected EU and EFTA countries. (Credit: EU, 2013) One of the major... Read more

  Posted on 06 May 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Buildings May Be Powered by Graphene-Coated Walls, Study Suggests

  

  (Credit: University of Manchester) A combination of graphene (a novel one-atom thick material) with other similar 2D crystals will allow to significantly... Read more

  Posted on 06 May 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• ABB to Power the New 75 MW Photovoltaic Plant in South Africa

  

  (Credit: ABB) Recently we wrote about the new power plant in Mauritania that claims to be the largest solar photovoltaic (PV) plant on the African continent, an... Read more

  Posted on 06 May 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Paper Suggests Ways to Develop Hydrocarbons in the Amazon With Minimal...

  

  Existing and planned exploratory wells, production wells, access roads, and flowlines/pipelines in Loreto. (A) Map for all of Loreto. Read more

  Posted on 06 May 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• U.S. Liquefied Petroleum Exports to Continue for the Next Several Decades

  

  Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Annual Energy Outlook 2013 Last year the United States became a net exporter of liquefied petroleum gases (LPG)... Read more

  Posted on 04 May 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• 3-Year DOE Study Assessed Potential Hydropower Upgrades in the U.S.

  

  The Energy Department has recently published a report called “Quantifying the Value of Hydropower in the Electric Grid” outlining key improvements that can be... Read more

  Posted on 03 May 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• New Battery Efficiently Stores Solar and Wind Energy

  

  Professor Yi Cui holds a lab demonstration of his group's new lithium-polysulfide flow battery contained in a simple flask. The design could serve as a model fo... Read more

  Posted on 03 May 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Birdlike Flying Robot Took Its First Flight

  

  A new flying robot developed by a group of scientists from the University of Maryland flies by flapping its wings—like a real bird. Read more

  Posted on 02 May 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• No Anti-Gravity Yet, Researchers Conclude

  

  (Credit: Mr Thinktank, http://www.flickr.com/photos/tahini/4044039465/) If you were hoping that antimatter powered anti-gravity hovercraft would be the next... Read more

  Posted on 02 May 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Fungi Will Help Chemists to Streamline Biofuel Production

  

  An anaerobic gut fungus from the digestive tract of a horse. (Credit: John K. Henske) When you want to produce biofuel your goal is always to find a cheap and... Read more

  Posted on 02 May 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• A Battery Charger for Electric Cars That Works 4 Times Faster Developed

  

  Saeid Haghbin and his co-workers have developed unique solutions for integrated EV chargers. (Photo: Peter Widing) Scientists from the Chalmers University of... Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Eurostat: in 2011 Renewable Energy Share in the EU Went Up to 13%

  

  According to the Eurostat data, in 2011 the share of the renewable energy in the EU is estimated to have contributed 13.0% of gross final energy consumption.... Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Data Modelling Tool Suggests Best Sites for Tidal Turbines

  A new tidal energy modelling tool developed by the Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) and HR Wallingford can be used to find the most efficient sites for... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Two Enzymes Are Better Than One, Study Finds

  Researchers from the Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) found that two approaches to breaking down cell walls of biomass, if used... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Scientists Consider Ways to Improve the Negative Electrode in Li-Ion Batteries

  

  The National Institute for Material Science Global Research Center for Environment and Energy based on Nanomaterials Science (Japan) together with the... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• LNG Fuel Will Be Transported by Electric Ships

  

  The British Emerald was the world’s largest LNG carrier when it launched in 2007. It was also the first vessel built by Hyundai Heavy Industries that used GE’s... Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Massive Oil Deposit Discovered in the North Sea

  Through production testing of well 34/10-A-8, Statoil Petroleum AS has proven a substantial volume of oil in the Shetland group/Lista formation, which is locate... Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY