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• New Project to Decrease Uncertainty About Offshore Wind Energy Production Levels

  

  Offshore wind turbines at Barrow Offshore Wind Farm off Walney Island in the Irish Sea. (Credit: Andy Dingley http://commons.wikimedia. Read more

  Posted on 12 April 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• “White to Black” Nanoparticle Transformation Technology Helps Produce Hydrogen

  

  Berkeley Lab’s Samuel Mao used disorder engineering to transform titanium nanocrystals into highly efficient solar hydrogen photocatalysts, a transformation... Read more

  Posted on 12 April 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• U.S. Natural Gas Resources Increased Significantly

  

  According to the press-release form the The Potential Gas Committee, which receives guidance from the Potential Gas Agency at the Colorado School of Mines, the... Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Technology Suite to Prevent Biofuel Pond Crash Problem

  

  Sandia National Laboratories' Tom Reichardt, left, and Aaron Collins, center, chat with John McGowen of the Arizona Center for Algae Technology and Innovation... Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Sensors Installed in Roads Will Save Fuel

  

  In many countries there are regulations in place to prevent trailer owners from overloading their vehicles. This leads to the need for periodic inspections. To... Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• NREL to Create Solar Facilities Performance Database for Investors

  

  A new sign greets visitors to NREL's campus (Credit: Dennis Schroeder / NREL) The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has launched an initiative to buil... Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• First Solar Sets World Record in Solar Cell Efficiency

  

  First Solar's R D team in Perrysburg, Ohio, set a new world record for CdTe module conversion efficiency, achieving 16.1 percent in tests confirmed by NREL.... Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Electric Cars Could Run On Nanocrystals, Research Suggests

  

  Monodisperse tin nanodroplets in an electron microscopic image. (Image: Maksym Kovalenko / ETH Zürich) It is well known that one of the main problems with moder... Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Gazprom Building Europe-2 Gas Pipeline to Slovakia and Hungary

  

  Gazprom Headquarters in Moscow (as seen from a neighbouring building) (Source: Wikipedia, author: Ghirla) Russian gas giant Gazprom has signed a Memorandum of... Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Scientists Testing Nuclear Fusion-Powered Rocket Engine

  

  A concept image of a spacecraft powered by a fusion-driven rocket. In this image, the crew would be in the forward-most chamber. Solar panels on the sides... Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Solar Cells Will Capture Up to 12 Times More Energy with Nanowires

  

  A new study done at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EFPL) could lead to a creation of a solar panel that requires 10 000 less material... Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Scientists Found a Way to Get More Sugar from Biomass

  

  Researchers from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory with support from the Energy Biosciences Institute (EBI) have found a way to significantly increase... Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• EPA Standards Will Shift Power Plants to Natural Gas

  

  New South Wales EPA air quality monitoring site located at the Murrumbidgee Turf Club in Wagga Wagga (Credit: Bidgee, http://commons.wikimedia. Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Iowa Army Ammunition Plant Implements Geothermal and Solar Energy Systems

  

  A sign at the Iowa Army Ammunition Plant announces the construction of new geothermal and photovoltaic systems at its administration building. (Credit: U. Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• New Drilling Tool Will Recover Oil from Pockets on Norwegian Shelf

  

  Project manager Jan David Ytrehus shows the tooth marks made by the new drilling tool as cast in a cement model of a well. (Photo: SINTEF/Thor Nielsen) An... Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• U.S. Energy-Related Carbon Emissions Declining

  

  (Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Monthly Energy Review) U.S. carbon emissions last year were at their lowest since 1994 (5.3 billion cubic tones... Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Germans to Test Electric Cars’ Viability As Fleet Vehicles

  

  Electric vehicles of various manufacturers can be operated by means of eMobility services. (Source: Bosch Software Innovations) More than 700 electric and hybri... Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT

• Engineering Student Proposes to Re-Use Spent Nuclear Fuel

  

  A new system developed at Oregon State University would use hundreds of rods containing spent nuclear fuel to provide the gamma rays that, in this example, are... Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Poll: Americans Like Renewable Energy As Long As It Is Free

  

  (Credit: Paul Lowry Rhodes http://www.flickr.com/photos/paul_lowry/) A Texas A M University National Energy Opinion Poll shows that while most Americans... Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Shell Ready to Invest Hundreds of Millions in Technology Startups

  

  Shell Technology Centre Amsterdam (Credit: Royal Dutch Shell) In 2012, Shell spent more than $1.3 billion on research and development and ready to invest severa... Read more

  Posted on 04 April 2013 CURRENT, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY