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The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has put firm numbers on the high costs of installing pipelines to transport hydrogen fuel - and also found a way to reduce those costs.
Jul 20th, 2015
Read moreA newly discovered family of chemical structures could increase the value of biogas and natural gas that contains carbon dioxide.
Jul 16th, 2015
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Transferring power from Africa to Europe via a high voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission line could be a sustainable business model with added value for both regions. This is the conclusion reached by researchers in the EU-sponsored BETTER project.
Jul 16th, 2015
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A metal-free alternative catalyst for fuel cells may be at hand. A team of chemists introduces a new approach that uses a molecular catalyst system instead of solid catalysts. Although molecular catalysts have been explored before, earlier examples were much less efficient than the traditional platinum catalyst.
Jul 15th, 2015
Read moreAre fuel cells always more environmentally friendly? An international team of scientists performed a series of calculations and reached a conclusion: It depends on the fuel.
Jul 15th, 2015
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A new approach could one day help to stabilize the flow of electricity in power grids challenged by the variable input from renewable energy sources.
Jul 15th, 2015
Read moreNew research into sustainable energy systems focuses on integrating renewable and nuclear power plants into the electrical grid - a topic high on the agenda for scholars, industry and policy makers.
Jul 14th, 2015
Read moreBetter for nature, better for business: How a green building influences the health of its occupants.
Jul 9th, 2015
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The quality of waters can be assessed using of the organisms occurring therein. This approach often results in errors, because many species look alike. Therefore, new methods focus on DNA analyses instead.
Jul 9th, 2015
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Consumer desire for the best and latest technology is creating a new environmental challenge for the world.
Jul 8th, 2015
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Exploring some of the forces at work in your engine when it's on the road.
Jul 7th, 2015
Read moreNew Berkeley Lab energy storage website aims to expand collaborations with industry.
Jul 7th, 2015
Read moreBiodegradable drinking cups or vegetable wrapping foil: the bioplastic known as polylactic acid (PLA) is already a part of our everyday lives. And yet, PLA is not yet considered a full alternative to traditional petroleum-based plastics, as it is costly to produce. Researchers now present a way to make the PLA production process more simple and waste-free.
Jul 6th, 2015
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A materials science and engineering team has developed a new energy cell that can store large-scale solar energy even when it's dark.
Jul 1st, 2015
Read moreA significant step has been made for potential Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) deployment, with the publication of the results from the world's first experiment into the realistic simulation of potential environmental impact of a submarine CO2 leakage.
Jul 1st, 2015
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Carbon monoxide-rich exhaust gases from steel plants are only being reclaimed to a minor extent as power or heat. Researchers have developed a new recycling process for this materially unused carbon resource: They successfully produced fuel and specialty chemicals from these exhaust gases on a laboratory scale.
Jul 1st, 2015
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