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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
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A Japanese research team demonstrates an unconventional means to achieve more efficient and robust conversion of solar energy into electricity.
Dec 2nd, 2015
Read moreResearchers 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
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Researchers have developed a method that can measure the microplastics that other methods overlook.
Dec 2nd, 2015
Read moreNew research will aim to improve the production of an important renewable chemical used in many well-known products.
Dec 1st, 2015
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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
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'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
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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
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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
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Researchers develop a power cell that harnesses electrical energy from the photosynthesis and respiration of blue-green algae.
Nov 25th, 2015
Read moreThree 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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A new study shows that wind, water and solar generators can theoretically result in a reliable, affordable national grid when the generators are combined with inexpensive storage.
Nov 24th, 2015
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The transportation sector has the capacity to nearly halve its CO2 emissions by 2050 and, hence, to contribute far more than previously thought to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions. Realizing this would require further efficiency improvement and, especially, promotion of public transport in cities, alongside with a large-scale shift to electric cars.
Nov 24th, 2015
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Next-generation energy storage system for industry and intralogistics - recovery of kinetic energy of machines and balancing of load peaks.
Nov 23rd, 2015
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The production of energy from natural gas without generating carbon dioxide emissions could fast become a reality, thanks to a novel technology.
Nov 19th, 2015
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We're getting used to the idea of inductive charging for our phones, so why not for electric vehicles in the road network?
Nov 17th, 2015
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A key issue with lithium ion batteries is aging. It significantly reduces their potential storage capacity. To date, very little is known about the causes of the aging effects. Scientists have now come a step closer to identifying the causes in their latest experiments.
Nov 17th, 2015
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Ducky is an app designed to motivate individuals and businesses to change their environmental habits, and to reveal the effects of their actions in everyday life.
Nov 13th, 2015
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