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Developing greener software and technology is crucial for ensuring people and organisations reduce their impact on the environment. A new project hopes to enable the development of greener IT products by providing the energy consumption information of computer systems early in the software design phase.
Jul 16th, 2013
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Harvesting waste heat from power stations and even vehicle exhaust pipes could soon provide a valuable supply of electricity.
Jul 16th, 2013
Read moreGreenhouse gases emitted today will cause sea level to rise for centuries to come. Each degree of global warming is likely to raise sea level by more than 2 meters in the future, a new study shows.
Jul 15th, 2013
Read moreMethod could lead to inexpensive production of hydrogen, the future clean energy source.
Jul 15th, 2013
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In the search for understanding how some magnetic materials can be transformed to carry electric current with no energy loss, scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory, Cornell University, and collaborators have made an important advance: Using an experimental technique they developed to measure the energy required for electrons to pair up and how that energy varies with direction, they've identified the factors needed for magnetically mediated superconductivity - as well as those that aren't.
Jul 15th, 2013
Read moreSecond quarter investment rises 22% compared to Q1, but shrunken figure for Europe ensures that world total stays below that for Q2 last year.
Jul 12th, 2013
Read moreThe World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) have launched the IFAD-ICRAF Programme for the Development of Alternative Biofuel Crops, an initiative focused on providing clean energy for rural communities, enhancing local food security and increasing subsistence farmers' resilience to climate change.
Jul 12th, 2013
Read moreThe U.S. Department of Energy released a new report which assesses how America's critical energy and electricity infrastructure is vulnerable to the impacts of climate change.
Jul 12th, 2013
Read moreAnnounced today in the prestigious scientific journal, Nature, is a paper by a team led by Professor Michael Graetzel describing a new deposition process to create the light harvesting pigment for solid-state dye solar cells. Cells fabricated using this technique have established a new world record efficiency of 15% for a solid-state Dye Solar Cell.
Jul 11th, 2013
Read moreResearch from Cranfield University is providing valuable scientific evidence to support the vital need for better designed and more user-friendly 'smarter environmental regulation'.
Jul 11th, 2013
Read moreExploring opportunities for renewable energy hybrid power plants is a major focus of the Australian Renewable Energy Agency's three-year Investment Plan, released today.
Jul 11th, 2013
Read moreAn inexpensive new material made of clay and papaya seeds removes harmful metals from water and could lower the cost of providing clean water to millions of people in the developing world, scientists are reporting.
Jul 10th, 2013
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Using a new analytical methodology - a coupled micro-computed X-ray tomography (MicroCT) and microfluidic-based electrochemical analysis - researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are gaining new insights into electrode structure-performance relationships for energy conversion and storage devices.
Jul 9th, 2013
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ABB wins contract for nationwide electric vehicle fast-charging infrastructure in the Netherlands bringing a charging station within 50 kilometers of all 16.7 million inhabitants.
Jul 9th, 2013
Read moreRoadmap to accelerate the deployment of thin film manufacturing and play a critical role in building a competitive U.S. photovoltaic industry.
Jul 8th, 2013
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Scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), working with colleagues from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), will conduct a field campaign this summer and fall in the skies over the Pacific Northwest and Tennessee to measure the evolution of aerosols in wildfires and prescribed agriculture burns, respectively.
Jul 8th, 2013
Read moreThe CRYSTAL CLEAR (Crystalline silicon photovoltaic: low-cost, highly efficient and reliable modules) project focused on crystalline silicon modules, which are used in around 9 out of 10 solar energy systems sold worldwide. The project partners focused on developing state-of-the-art manufacturing technologies that reduced the production cost of solar modules to around EUR 1 for each watt produced.
Jul 8th, 2013
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London Array, the world's largest offshore wind power plant, was inaugurated on July, 4th.
Jul 7th, 2013
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