What's going on with Chinese solar?
The bankruptcy of Chinese solar energy company Suntech Wuxi is being depicted in the media as a sign of chaos in the solar industry.
Posted: Mar 27th, 2013
Read moreMeeting the computing challenges of next-generation climate models
Berkeley Lab hosts international workshop as climate scientists find themselves in a deluge of data.
Posted: Mar 26th, 2013
Read moreDiscovery may allow scientists to make fuel from CO2 in the atmosphere
Researchers at the University of Georgia have found a way to transform the carbon dioxide trapped in the atmosphere into useful industrial products. Their discovery may soon lead to the creation of biofuels made directly from the carbon dioxide in the air.
Posted: Mar 26th, 2013
Read moreResearchers make breakthrough in race to create 'bio-batteries'
Scientists at the University of East Anglia have made an important breakthrough in the quest to generate clean electricity from bacteria.
Posted: Mar 26th, 2013
Read moreUsing fluctuating wind power
Researchers propose a new strategy to optimize power-generation efficiency and so better control wind farms.
Posted: Mar 25th, 2013
Read moreA marine animal to feed your eco-car
The marine animal tunicate can be used both as biofuel and fish food, according to research from Norway. On the ocean floor, under the pier, and on ship ropes -- that's where the tunicates live. Tunicates are marine filter feeders that serve as bacteria eaters and as a foodstuff in Korea and Japan. But in the future they may become more prevalent.
Posted: Mar 25th, 2013
Read moreClimate models are not good enough
Only a few climate models were able to reproduce the observed changes in extreme precipitation in China over the last 50 years. This is the finding of a doctoral thesis from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.
Posted: Mar 25th, 2013
Read moreAsh from refuse could become hydrogen gas
A researcher from Lund University in Sweden has developed a technique to use the ash to produce hydrogen gas. The method is presented in a new thesis.
Posted: Mar 25th, 2013
Read moreWhen energy-saving becomes a game
A smartphone application bringing gaming dimensions to energy awareness has helped householders in Finland, Sweden and Italy reduce their electricity consumption by up to 19%.
Posted: Mar 22nd, 2013
Read moreEU-wide database makes results from energy efficiency projects accessible
Energy efficiency projects and renewable energy use in buildings and districts - the EU CONCERTO initiative presents a database of proven solutions.
Posted: Mar 22nd, 2013
Read moreBigger than you think - The hidden reserves of clean energy projects
Analysis from Bloomberg New Energy Finance shows that the energy reserves contained in wind and bioenergy projects in the US and Brazil are significant compared to oil and gas.
Posted: Mar 22nd, 2013
Read moreGreen super power grid for the world
Researchers from ETH Zurich are developing a concept as to how the renewable energy potential from remote areas might be used to supply the world with clean power. It would be technically feasible.
Posted: Mar 21st, 2013
Read moreNovel algae-based solution for CO2 capture and biomass production
The aim of the ALGADISK project is to develop a modular, scalable, and automatic biofilm reactor for algae biomass production, with low operational and installation costs. The reactor will be designed to capture CO2 from industrial emissions to produce high value organic products.
Posted: Mar 20th, 2013
Read moreA milestone for new carbon-dioxide capture/clean coal technology
An innovative new process that releases the energy in coal without burning - while capturing carbon dioxide, the major greenhouse gas - has passed a milestone on the route to possible commercial use, scientists are reporting.
Posted: Mar 20th, 2013
Read moreInt'l. conference to tackle climate-change threats to agriculture
Scientists and policymakers from around the world will gather Wednesday through Friday, 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 to slow its effects while meeting the world's need for food, livelihood and sustainability.
Posted: Mar 19th, 2013
Read moreProposed European legislation on auto fuel efficiency could create 400000 jobs
Proposed European legislation on auto fuel efficiency, to be debated this week, could create around 400,000 jobs and save the bloc tens of billions of euros in annual fuel costs, according to a new study.
Posted: Mar 18th, 2013
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