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Researchers Achieve Slightly More Efficient Transfer of Current from Bacteria to Electrode

In the last few years, scientists have sought to acquire the electrical current that bacteria produce through their own metabolism. However, to date, it has not been possible to transfer the current from the bacteria to a receiving electrode efficiently.

27 Mar 2019

Research Finds Out How Ability of Microbes to Eat Electricity Fixes Carbon Dioxide

A new study at Washington University in St. Louis describes the cellular processes that enable a sun-loving microbe to “eat” electricity, by which electrons are transferred to fix carbon dioxide to promote its growth.

25 Mar 2019

SHARC to Support New Low-Temperature District Heating Scheme in Stirling

Sharc International Systems Inc. recently declared that the Company’s UK subsidiary SHARC Energy Systems has been selected to back the development of the new low-temperature District Heating Scheme (“DHS”) in Stirling, Scotland.

19 Mar 2019

Viability of Hydrogen as Future Energy Source in the Humber

An independent study to enhance the evidence base for hydrogen technology has paved the way for its feasibility as a future clean energy source in the Humber region.

14 Mar 2019

Researchers Develop a Fast Technique to Convert Algae into Biocrude

Biofuel experts have spent quite some time in trying to discover a more economically feasible way to convert algae into biocrude oil in order to power ships, vehicles, and also jets. Researchers from the University of Utah now believe that they have finally arrived at an answer.

5 Mar 2019

Policies Supporting Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Help Reduce CO2 Emissions

A study led by the Tyndall Centre at the University of East Anglia (UEA) reports that efforts to lower emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) and deal with climate change in developed economies are starting to yield good results.

26 Feb 2019

Aircuity Announces Release of Educational Vodcast on the Energy Services Performance Contracting Market

Aircuity, creator of measurably better environments, announces the release of its new educational vodcast. This vodcast analyzes the increasingly competitive energy services performance contracting market and strategies for institutions to achieve higher return on investment.

From Aircuity 21 Feb 2019

New Artificial Leaves Can Function Even Outside the Lab

Artificial leaves imitate photosynthesis—the process in which plants produce carbohydrates using water, carbon dioxide from the air, and energy from the sun.

13 Feb 2019

ComSos Project Brings Advantages of Zero Emissions and Fuel Cell Technology to Commercial Sector

Concerns about warmer average temperatures, climate change, and international campaigns about environmental problems, from plastic pollution in the oceans to CO2 emissions, have brought up a new sensitivity on the environment as an important factor for development.

8 Feb 2019

IPE Researchers Develop Energy-Efficient, Effective Water Purification Technique Using Graphitic Carbon Nitride Sheets

Scientists at the Institute of Process Engineering (IPE) at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing and Yangzhou University (YZU) in Jiangsu have developed an effective and energy-efficient technique for purifying water by using graphitic carbon nitride sheets.

8 Feb 2019