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Researchers Working on New Mooring System to Develop Offshore Floating Wind Farms

A team of researchers that includes two engineers from the University of Massachusetts Amherst is developing a new mooring system for floating offshore wind turbines that uses an integrated network of anchors and lines to hold dozens or even hundreds of turbines in place in the ocean in industrial-scale, offshore wind farms.

11 Mar 2016

New Finding Holds Significance for Development of Superior Algae Strains for Biofuel Production

University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences researchers may have found a key to converting algae to fuel.

10 Mar 2016

Researchers Demonstrate Efficient Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production System

Photocatalytic hydrogen generation via water splitting has become a hot spot in the field of energy and materials. The goal of this technique is to construct cheap and efficient photocatalytic water splitting systems at an industrial scale, which first need us to search and develop efficient photocatalysts and suitable reductive/oxidative cocatalysts.

10 Mar 2016

Experimental Shrub Willow Harvest Key Milestone in Developing Sustainable Biomass Supply for Renewable Energy

The first harvest of 34 acres of fast-growing shrub willow from a Penn State demonstration field this winter is a milestone in developing a sustainable biomass supply for renewable energy and bio-based economic development, according to researchers in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences.

10 Mar 2016

New Federal Government Reports Highlight Continued Rapid Growth of Renewable Energy Sources

Two new federal government reports underscore not only the continued rapid growth of renewable energy sources (i.e., biomass, geothermal, hydropower, solar, wind) in the electric power sector but also the ongoing failure of government forecasts to accurately anticipate and predict that growth.

8 Mar 2016

Researchers Analyze Renewable Energy Predictions

In comparison to standard energy sources like oil or coal, the demand and supply of renewable energy is difficult to predict, as they are strongly influenced by the natural fluctuations in the power source. This creates problems in determining the amount of renewable energy that would be readily available for different consumer requirements.

4 Mar 2016

Scientists Reveal New Way to Make Carbon Neutral and Carbon Negative Electric Vehicles

A multidisciplinary research team have developed a method to produce electric vehicles that are both carbon negative and carbon neutral. This means that the vehicle will be able to reduce the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere as they are driven.

4 Mar 2016

Physicists Aim to Develop Novel Types of Photovoltaic Cell

Physicists at the University of Salford, along with twelve international partners, have launched a research project that aims to develop novel types of photovoltaic (PV) cell.

3 Mar 2016

Researchers Use Microbial Fuel Cells to Generate Electricity from Wastewater

Historically, solar rays dominate the the renewable energy source market. Two researchers, Xueyang Feng and Jason He, from Virginia Tech have developed a new technique to increase the amount of electric current that can be produced from the wastewater.

25 Feb 2016

ABB to Supply Power and Process Electrical Systems for New Bioproduct Mill in Finland

ABB will supply the complete power and process electrical systems for Metsä Group’s new bioproduct mill in Äänekoski in central Finland, opening in 2017. The mill will produce 1.3 million tonnes of pulp per year and bioproducts such as tall oil, turpentine, lignin products, bioelectricity and bark-based solid fuel.

From ABB Power Conditioning – Electrification Products Division 19 Feb 2016