Picking apart photosynthesis
New insights from Caltech chemists could lead to better catalysts for water splitting.
Posted: Mar 29th, 2013
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'Waste heat' may economize CO2 capture (w/video)
In some of the first results from a federally funded initiative to find new ways of capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) from coal-fired power plants, Rice University scientists have found that CO2 can be removed more economically using 'waste' heat - low-grade steam that cannot be used to produce electricity.
Posted: Mar 28th, 2013
Read moreDiscovery opens door to efficiently storing and reusing renewable energy
Two University of Calgary researchers have developed a ground-breaking way to make new affordable and efficient catalysts for converting electricity into chemical energy.
Posted: Mar 28th, 2013
Read moreU.S. Dept. of Energy launches the Clean Energy Manufacturing Initiative
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has unveiled a new initiative to support American manufacturing of clean energy products, including solar technologies and batteries, with a focus on improving productivity.
Posted: Mar 28th, 2013
Read moreUCSB summit draws key leaders to discuss innovations in energy efficiency science and technology
The 2013 Summit on Energy Efficiency will bring together leading experts to discuss the latest innovations in materials science and technology for energy generation, energy storage, lighting, and electronics.
Posted: Mar 27th, 2013
Read moreMaking 'the cloud' greener
As the world becomes increasingly digital, demand for data centres is booming - and so too is their energy consumption. Data centres worldwide produce around half the volume of emissions of the global aviation industry and more than the total emissions of the Netherlands. EU-funded researchers are developing ways to reduce data centres' environmental impact.
Posted: Mar 27th, 2013
Read moreAustralia and China agree to work together on carbon markets
Experts from the University of New South Wales will begin work with leading Chinese universities in a landmark collaboration to be announced in Sydney this week.
Posted: Mar 27th, 2013
Read moreChina's power utilities exposed to water disruption
China's 'Big Five' power utilities have hundreds of gigawatts of thermal power plants in water-stressed areas and face retrofit costs of up to $20 billion to improve their resilience, new report finds.
Posted: Mar 27th, 2013
Read moreWhat'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
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