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Saving energy is becoming ever more important for manufacturing companies. One prerequisite is to capture the machines' energy consumption for each step in the production process. This can be achieved with a monitoring system developed by Fraunhofer FIT that, due to its service-oriented architecture and its ability to use heterogeneous sensors, can easily be integrated in existing facilities.
Mar 14th, 2013
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The search for sustainable new materials to store heat captured from the sun for release during the night has led scientists to a high-tech combination of paraffin wax and sand.
Mar 13th, 2013
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In the search for the fuels of tomorrow, Swedish researchers are finding inspiration in the sea. Not in offshore oil wells, but in the water where blue-green algae thrive.
Mar 13th, 2013
Read moreA Kansas State University biochemical engineer is part of a national collaboration working to advance biomass as a leading source for more efficient drop-in biofuels, bio-power and animal feed.
Mar 13th, 2013
Read moreThe cost of enzymes, pre-treatment and fermentation have fallen significantly, but cellulosic biofuels still have some way to go to reduce project capital expenditure if they are to be competitive with corn-based ethanol and with gasoline.
Mar 13th, 2013
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The European Bioenergy Research Institute (EBRI) at Aston University has won 'Best Technological Breakthrough' for its innovative bioenergy technology, which transforms multiple waste products into cost effective heat and power.
Mar 12th, 2013
Read moreThe energy produced by solar panels, be it heat or electricity, has to be used right away. It is hard to store and preserve and also its transportation can be rather complicated. Creating solar cells capable of producing energy in an easily storable and transportable way, that is to say fuel, is therefore the future challenge of solar energy.
Mar 12th, 2013
Read moreMeasurement technology offers 839k tonnes of carbon savings and GBP250 million in economic benefit.
Mar 12th, 2013
Read moreUsing the power of the sun and ultrathin films of iron oxide (commonly known as rust), researchers have found a novel way to split water molecules into hydrogen and oxygen. The breakthrough could lead to less expensive, more efficient ways to store solar energy in the form of hydrogen-based fuels.
Mar 11th, 2013
Read moreScientists and policymakers from around the world will gather March 20-22 at the University of California, Davis, to grapple with the threats of climate change for global agriculture and recommend science-based actions.
Mar 11th, 2013
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To address mercury pollution, an issue that has largely been overlooked in the country, China's environmental authorities are conducting a series of technology assessments and submitting proposals for policy solutions.
Mar 11th, 2013
Read moreA highly dynamic technology should make it possible to store wind and solar-generated electricity that would previously have gone unused by converting excess power into hydrogen.
Mar 11th, 2013
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Although this natural material is regarded as a waste product and generally ends up as landfill, this readily abundant and renewable material is in fact far too valuable to be thrown away. The seaweed displays a variety of characteristics that make it of interest to the building trade, such as virtual non-flammability and resistance to mould.
Mar 8th, 2013
Read moreAlphabet Energy Inc., the innovator of a platform silicon thermoelectric technology that generates power from a variety of waste-heat sources, is calling for undergraduate and graduate student applications to the company's first ever student product design competition.
Mar 7th, 2013
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Researchers from the University of Granada (UGR) have developed a new material using doped carbon that allows low-cost energy to be produced and also reduces the amount of CO2 released into the atmosphere. The recently-patented material is a gel that enables the CO2 to be turned back into hydrocarbons via electro-catalytic transformation, with great savings both in time and money.
Mar 7th, 2013
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Stanford scientists have developed a novel way to calculate the energetic cost of building large batteries and other storage technologies for the electrical grid.
Mar 7th, 2013
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On Tuesday, March 5, academic scientists and engineers came together with CEOs and entrepreneurs at the inaugural Fraunhofer-Delaware Technology Summit to discuss energy and life sciences challenges in a rapidly changing global environment.
Mar 7th, 2013
Read moreThe search for a less-expensive, sustainable source of biomass, or plant material, for producing gasoline, diesel and jet fuel has led scientists to duckweed, that fast-growing floating plant that turns ponds and lakes green.
Mar 6th, 2013
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