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Patent for enhancing energy generation from renewable resources
Renewable energy sources such as wind-powered generators can be more reliable and efficient by better controlling the process of getting electricity onto the power grid.
December 3, 2013 Read more
Researchers shed new light on solar water-splitting process
Fundamental discovery could speed development of efficient semiconductor-catalytic junctions.
December 2, 2013 Read more
Renewable sources can provide stable power
Renewable energy sources are becoming increasingly important for the worldwide power mix. Nevertheless, experts are still deliberating which market model is best for transitioning to renewables. However, one of the major technological challenges in this regard, namely balancing the fluctuations that are caused by wind and solar power, may soon be solved.
December 2, 2013 Read more
Improving CO2 emissions calculations for supply chains
Researchers are developing a methodology and framework to accurately calculate carbon emissions from supply chains. The approach considers user needs and the requirements of different stakeholders: producers, transporters, wholesalers and political bodies.
November 29, 2013 Read more
Quality recycled plastics
Some plastics can be recycled, but transparent film plastics are presently not considered worth reclaiming from landfill. An EU project aimed to change that, promoting flexible painted and laminated plastic film (commonly used for food, toys, cosmetics, and industrial parts) as a valuable recycling resource.
November 29, 2013 Read more
Improved hydrogen-powered heat and electricity for homes
Scientists developed and tested an improved proton exchange membrane (PEM) water electrolyser to fuel micro-CHP through EU funding of the project 'Pressurized PEM electrolyzer' (PRIMOLYZER).
November 29, 2013 Read more
Electricity generated from gravity
Trough cheap technology it will be possible to use the passing of vehicles to illuminate the city.
November 29, 2013 Read more
Virtual electromobility takes to the streets of Munich
A fleet of 130 virtual electric cars is set to commence on the roads of Munich, Germany. A smartphone's software records and processes the driving data to reveal how electric vehicles would perform the corresponding operational cycles in environmental and economic terms.
November 28, 2013 Read more
ARPA-E announces $30 million for distributed generation technologies
REBELS program aims to develop innovative intermediate-temperature fuel cells for low-cost stationary power generation.
November 28, 2013 Read more
The IPCC has produced a video on its Fifth Assessment Report (w/video)
The first part on the Working Group I contribution to AR5 is now available.
November 27, 2013 Read more
New website is 'one-stop shop' for climate change info
Farmers, gardeners and students have a new place to learn about climate change and how to be part of the solution.
November 26, 2013 Read more
On-road energy harvesting
The research initiative POWERAMP developed roadway-energy harvesting prototypes based on dynamic speed bumps that are able to transfer kinetic energy from vehicles passing over them.
November 26, 2013 Read more
Study: Offshore wind energy garanties a stable and economic power supply in future
More than 6 billion Euro per year can be saved in German power production costs provided all of the suitable areas in the North and Baltic Seas were used by offshore wind energy production. This is the result of a Fraunhofer IWES study commisioned by the Offshore Wind Energy Foundation.
November 26, 2013 Read more
EcoVolt generates energy from wastewater
Researchers bring their invention - the world's first bioelectrically enhanced wastewater to energy system - to market.
November 25, 2013 Read more
Even if emissions stop, carbon dioxide could warm Earth for centuries
New research suggests that even if carbon-dioxide emissions came to a sudden halt, the carbon dioxide already in Earth's atmosphere could continue to warm our planet for hundreds of years. Thus, it might take a lot less carbon than previously thought to reach the global temperature scientists deem unsafe.
November 24, 2013 Read more
Bio-based solar cell
Researchers generate electricity rather than biomass with photosynthetic proteins.
November 21, 2013 Read more
Graetzel receives UofL's first Renewable Energy Prize for work on solar cells
Swiss chemist Michael Graetzel, noted for his discovery of a new solar cell that's easier and less costly to produce than silicon-based cells, has won the first $50,000 Leigh Ann Conn Prize for Renewable Energy from the University of Louisville.
November 21, 2013 Read more
Oceanography researchers engineer breakthrough for biofuel production
Researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego have developed a method for greatly enhancing biofuel production in tiny marine algae.
November 21, 2013 Read more