Toward liquid fuels from carbon dioxide
In the quest for sustainable alternative energy and fuel sources, one viable solution may be the conversion of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide into liquid fuels.
Dec 22nd, 2015
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New flow battery offers lower-cost energy storage (w/video)
Energy storage system owners could see significant savings from a new flow battery technology that is projected to cost 60 percent less than today's standard flow batteries.
Dec 22nd, 2015
Read moreNew process provides renewable fuel
Pyrolysis bio-oil is produced by rapidly heating the forest residues in an oxygen-free environment and then rapidly cooling the products formed. By co-gasification with black liquor, a renewable fuel is produced.
Dec 17th, 2015
Read more'Hydricity' concept uses solar energy to produce power round-the-clock
Researchers are proposing a new 'hydricity' concept aimed at creating a sustainable economy by not only generating electricity with solar energy but also producing and storing hydrogen from superheated water for round-the-clock power production.
Dec 15th, 2015
Read moreCould metal particles be the clean fuel of the future?
Metal powders, produced using clean primary energy sources, could provide a more viable long-term replacement for fossil fuels than other widely discussed alternatives, such as hydrogen, biofuels or batteries, according to a new study.
Dec 9th, 2015
Read moreEconomical, efficient, sustainable - thermochemical storage 'reloaded'
Energy researchers have put into service an innovative thermal storage system that uses lime as the storage medium. The lime storage system is a further development of an initial prototype and can store energy more economically and efficiently. Thermochemical storage systems have the potential to save a considerable amount of energy, especially in industrial processes and households.
Dec 8th, 2015
Read moreNew plastic solar cell minimizes loss of photon energy
A Japanese research team demonstrates an unconventional means to achieve more efficient and robust conversion of solar energy into electricity.
Dec 2nd, 2015
Read moreNew low-cost battery could help store renewable energy
Researchers are developing a new battery that could bring the price of storage to more affordable levels. The new battery uses low-cost materials - sodium and magnesium.
Dec 2nd, 2015
Read moreNew method finds even the tiniest plastics in the sea
Researchers have developed a method that can measure the microplastics that other methods overlook.
Dec 2nd, 2015
Read moreNew research targets efficient renewable chemical production
New research will aim to improve the production of an important renewable chemical used in many well-known products.
Dec 1st, 2015
Read moreElectric cars: batteries with brains
The battery is the heart of the electric car. Fraunhofer researchers have developed an energy storage device which is significantly more cost-effective over the entire life cycle in comparison with previous models. If one of the more than one hundred battery cells is defective, it can be replaced easily. Until now, the entire battery had to be replaced.
Dec 1st, 2015
Read moreNew report outlines benefits and trade-offs of low-carbon energy
'Green Energy Choices' released at COP21, uses a life-cycle assessment approach to show that renewable energy improves the environment and protects human health.
Nov 30th, 2015
Read moreAdvanced new camera can measure greenhouse gases
The advanced hyperspectral infrared camera is optimized to measure the same radiation that methane absorbs and which makes methane such a powerful greenhouse gas.
Nov 30th, 2015
Read moreA promising new prototype of battery
Researchers have developed the first battery using sodium ions in the usual '18650' format, an industry standard. The main advantage of the prototype is that it relies on sodium, an element far more abundant and less costly than lithium.
Nov 27th, 2015
Read moreAlgae could be a new green power source
Researchers develop a power cell that harnesses electrical energy from the photosynthesis and respiration of blue-green algae.
Nov 25th, 2015
Read moreThree new technologies to make energy cleaner, more efficient
Three technologies - a computational tool to improve power grid planning, a process to create biofuel from kelp and a hybrid device that makes hydrogen and stores energy - are being developed under new projects just announced by ARPA-E.
Nov 24th, 2015
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