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Creating environment friendly energy storage systems, non-explosive and with charge/discharge long-term cycles, motivated a group of scientists to research which polymeric materials have the properties to maintain the highest level of energy in a lithium - ion battery.
Apr 8th, 2014
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The iC4 project aims to optimize the conversion of carbon dioxide into synthetic natural gas - a process that has been known for over 100 years - to make the process economically viable. First successes have now been made.
Apr 7th, 2014
Read moreWhat began 20 years ago as an innovation to improve paper industry processes and dairy forage digestibility may now open the door to a much more energy- and cost-efficient way to convert biomass into fuel.
Apr 3rd, 2014
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Researchers have developed a new way to study wake effects that includes the airflow both within and around a wind farm and challenges the conventional belief that turbines arrayed in checker board patterns produce the highest power output.
Apr 1st, 2014
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Pumped storage power plants are firmly established in the German power grid: surplus electricity can be stored for a moment and then quickly supplied during a demand peak. The BINE Projektinfo brochure 'Storing wind energy underground' presents a concept of how to reuse abandoned ore mines as pumped storage power plants.
Apr 1st, 2014
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What makes cities in India and China so frustrating to drive in - heavy traffic, aggressive driving style, few freeways - makes them ideal for saving fuel with hybrid vehicles, according to new research.
Mar 31st, 2014
Read moreWithin just three years, research partners of the EU project PECDEMO are planning on developing a practical system capable of converting over eight percent of solar energy into hydrogen. This could prove a real breakthrough in terms of practical applicability.
Mar 31st, 2014
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Researchers have found a green and efficient method to produce nylon from sugar.
Mar 31st, 2014
Read moreAt a certain pressure, gas abandons clay's surface, reducing chances for fuel recovery or carbon sequestration.
Mar 27th, 2014
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Storing intermittent solar and wind energy in chemical bonds for later use requires a detailed understanding of how protons flow. Researchers describe how proton relays and other factors influence the catalysts that produce the desired chemical bonds.
Mar 27th, 2014
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No more oil - renewable raw materials are the future. This motto not only applies to biodiesel, but also to isobutene, a basic product used in the chemical industry. In a pilot plant researchers now want to obtain this substance from sugar instead of oil for the first time.
Mar 25th, 2014
Read moreAt the Bjerknes Centre, researchers are exploring the potential for seasonal to decadal climate prediction. This is a field still in its infancy, and a first attempt was made public for the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report.
Mar 25th, 2014
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The objective of the MAGNETIDE project is to develop a new type of generator that transforms the mechanical energy produced by the movement of the tides into electric energy.
Mar 25th, 2014
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Smart energy management systems are the way to put robust supply networks in place and to ensure that renewables are harnessed as efficiently as possible.
Mar 25th, 2014
Read moreThe levels of forest residue bioenergy, considered to be sustainable from a forestry perspective, may provide considerable reductions in greenhouse gas emissions in European countries. Still, these reductions fall short of a 60 % threshold planned by the EU. This mismatch may have important climate policy implications.
Mar 25th, 2014
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Microscopic ciliates can increase the mobility of poisonous tar substances, PAHs, by up to 100-fold according to a new study carried out by Danish researchers. The results open new possibilities for cleaning soil that is contaminated with organic chemicals.
Mar 24th, 2014
Read moreScientists are developing a methodology to estimate atmospheric emissions from road transport that will help to make environmental decisions.
Mar 24th, 2014
Read moreStanford researchers have found that the wind industry can easily afford the energetic cost of building batteries and other grid-scale storage technologies. However, for the solar industry, the Stanford team found that more work is needed to make grid-scale storage energetically sustainable.
Mar 20th, 2014
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