Desertec to start work on first solar power plant
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Desertec, the world's most ambitious solar power project, is to start building its first power plant next year, a 500 megawatt (MW) facility in Morocco costing up to 2 billion...
View ArticleKenya to start work on new geothermal plant
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen) said on Tuesday it will sign a contract next week with a consortium to build its 280 megawatt (MW) Olkaria IV geothermal plant meant...
View ArticleAnalysis: Australia green power drive could worry wind investors
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Australia is set to unlock more than A$13 billion in government funds for clean energy that could boost investments for large solar power stations, but wind farm developers are...
View ArticleBangladesh power plant runs on waste
Two 50 megawatt and waste-fueled power plants are being built in Bangladesh by the Italian firm Management Environment Finance SEL. After 3 years and $900 million paid by the government, the power...
View ArticleEXCLUSIVE - Propane, GasFrac's CTO, and the cure for water fracking
In the wake of higher oil prices and environmental concerns about greenhouse emissions, natural gas has emerged as a bridge between modern dependence on coal-fired plants and the future energy...
View ArticleBuilding a smart power grid at UCLA
Imagine a home or office where every appliance can carry on a minute-by-minute "conversation" with the local power grid, allowing devices to power down when the price of electricity is higher....
View ArticleMimicking photosynthesis to produce energy
Photosynthesis directly converts solar energy into storable fuel using just water and carbon dioxide. Scientists have long tried to mimic the underlying natural processes of photosynthesis and...
View ArticleOil and natural gas drilling can stop water fracking damage with propane
An extensive examination of the propane fracking technique developed by GasFrac leads one to believe that liquid petroleum gas (LPG) should replace water as the fracturing liquid used by the oil and...
View ArticleLocation: The missing link in calculating the carbon footprint of biofuels
The Obama administration has set a target for producing cellulosic ethanol of nearly 40 billion liters each year by 2020. One potential source is Miscanthus x giantess, a grass less likely to...
View ArticleIntellectual Ventures: TerraPower joins other big ideas in âAbundanceâ
From growing algae-based petroleum that eats carbon dioxide, to a “smart” energy grid that manages electricity consumption and storage as efficiently as possible, Dr. Peter Diamandis and Steven Kotler...
View ArticleToshiba develops a new lineup of 600V system power MOSFETs for use with...
Toshiba has developed a new lineup of 600V system power MOSFETs for use with chargers and lighting systems, to the small package products in their planer structure π-MOS VII series. These new MOSFETs...
View ArticleNuclear fusion simulation shows high-gain energy output
High-gain nuclear fusion could be achieved in a preheated cylindrical container immersed in strong magnetic fields, according to a series of computer simulations performed at Sandia National...
View ArticleNew paper by Notre Dame researchers describes method for cleaning up nuclear...
A new paper by researchers at the University of Notre Dame, led by Thomas E. Albrecht-Schmitt, professor of civil engineering and geological sciences and concurrent professor of chemistry and...
View ArticleMagnetic field researchers target hundred-Tesla goal
Researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory’s biggest magnet facility today met the grand challenge of producing magnetic fields in excess of 100 tesla while conducting six different experiments....
View ArticlePhysicists discover previously unknown phenomenon in quantum plasmas
Ruhr University Bochum physicists, Prof. Padma Kant Shukla and Dr. Bengt Eliasson, found a previously unknown phenomenon in quantum plasmas. A negatively charged potential makes it possible to combine...
View ArticleSlime mold mimics Canadian highway network in unusual experiment
Queen’s University professor Selim Akl has provided additional proof to the theory that nature computes. Dr. Akl (School of Computing) placed rolled oats on a map of Canada, covering the major urban...
View ArticleSolar cells designed from butterfly wings doubles the speed of hydrogen...
Butterfly have given researchers powerful inspiration for new technology that doubles production of hydrogen gas from water and sunlight. Better solar collectors are the key to making the technology...
View ArticleNew materials could slash energy costs for CO2 capture
In a new study, researchers found that commonly used industrial minerals called zeolites could significantly improve the energy efficiency of carbon capture technology. Research was conducted by...
View ArticleFusion power shows promise
Fusion power offers a safer, more efficient means of producing energy. Fusion reactions are at the core of the massive energy-production capabilities of stars, but accomplishing the same here has...
View ArticleFlexible Lithium-Ion Batteries
Researchers from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) have developed the first flexible lithium-ion battery. The darling of the portable electronics age, lithium-ion...
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