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• Biogas From Pig Farms Can Be Efficiently Used Within Existing Infrastructure

  

  Dusk at the organic farm of the Randle family in Boone County, northwest of Indianapolis. (Credit: Flickr @ KimManleyOrt http://www.flickr. Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Nanoscale Coating Improves Solar Cell Efficiency

  

  Scientists from the Aalto University offer yet another way of using nanostructures to improve solar cell efficiency. A new nanoscale coating technique can... Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Biomass Powered Fuel Cell That Can Be Charged From a Campfire Developed

  

  Craig Jacobson in the test labs of Point Source Power. (Photo by Julie Chao/Berkeley Lab) How do you charge a cell phone if you don’t have access to electricity? Read more

  Posted on 26 April 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• New Fatigue Model Leads to Energy-Efficient Ships

  

  Heikki Remes at the Aalto University School of Engineering, Department of Applied Mechanics, has developed a model that makes it possible to find out how exactl... Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Researchers Receive a Grant to Test High Temperature Water Splitting

  

  Research equipment at the SDSM T (Credit: SDSM T) Hydrogen fuel is a zero-emission fuel that can potentially be mass-produced and commercialized for passenger... Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Quantum Dynamics Observed in Photosynthesis Gives New Ideas for Solar Cells

  

  University of Chicago researchers have created a synthetic compound that mimics the complex quantum dynamics observed in photosynthesis. Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, SOCIETY

• 10 Years Ago 10 New Countries Joined the European Fusion Program

  The Treaty of Accession, signed on April 16, 2003, led to ten new countries joining the European Union, and therefore joining EFDA, via the EURATOM treaty. Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Rivers Carry Away Waste Heat Form Power Plants at a Cost to the Environment

  

  Coal-fired power plant on the Merrimack River in Bow, N.H. The plant discharges warmed water to the river which then transports, dilutes, and re-equilibrates... Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Scientists Develop Faster and More Durable Fault Current Limiter to Mitigate...

  

  Early morning pigeons, Hurricane Sandy blackout, meatpacking district (Credit: Dan Nguyen http://www.flickr.com/photos/zokuga/) A local power failure in Ohio te... Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Mechanism Behind LED Efficiency Loss at High Currents Identified

  

  LED emitting light under forward bias in an ultra high vacuum chamber allowing simultaneous electron emission energy. (Credit: Ecole Polytechnique, Ph. Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Department of Energy Invests in Drop-In Biofuel for Military Applications

  

  The U.S. Department of Energy has announced nearly $18 million in four innovative pilot-scale biorefineries in California, Iowa and Washington that will test... Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• A Method That Uses Bacteria to Produce Pure Diesel Developed

  

  E. coli bacteria have been made to produce diesel fuel (Credit: Marian Littlejohn) A group of scientists from the University of Exeter, with support from... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• LEAF Electric Taxi Pilot Program Launched in New York

  

  Nissan Motor Company and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg have launched a new electric taxi pilot program with the world’s best-selling electric car (over... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Last Year Europe Invested $2.35 Billion in Smart Grid Projects

  

  The Joint Research Centre (JRC), a Directorate-General of the European Commission that provides independent scientific and technical advice to the European... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• New ‘High Concentration Photovoltaic Thermal’ System Will Collect 80% of Solar...

  

  A prototype of the HCPVT is currently being tested at the IBM Research lab in Zurich, Switzerland. Several prototypes of the HCPVT system will be built up in... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Africa’s Largest Photovoltaic Plant Opens

  

  (Photo courtesy of Clement Tardif) The largest solar photovoltaic (PV) power plant on the African continent was launched last week by the Government of the... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• GE Launched ‘LNG in a BOX’ Natural Gas Fueling Solution

  

  Illustration showing LNG In A Box as a key component of the GE Oil Gas value chain for fueling (Credit: GE) GE Oil Gas introduced last week a new... Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Online Tools Provide Information on Hydraulic Fracturing in the U.S.

  

  Fracking on the Haynesville Shale near Shreveport, Louisiana. Natural gas drilling. (Credit: Daniel Foster, http://www.flickr. Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Independent Report Finds ‘Lack of Confidence’ in Concentrated Solar Power

  

  (Credit: langalex, http://www.flickr.com/photos/langalex/) An independent report investigating the potential to accelerate the deployment of small-scale... Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Lockheed Martin to Build Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Power Plant in China

  

  Since 2009, the U.S. Naval Facilities Engineering Command has awarded Lockheed Martin $12.5 million to advance the design for the OTEC pilot plant off the... Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY