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Turning Highways and Parking Lots into Solar Collectors

Turning Highways and Parking Lots into Solar Collectors

Anyone who has walked barefoot across a parking lot on a hot summer day knows that blacktop is exceptionally good at soaking up the sun's warmth. Now, a research team at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) has found a way to use that heat-soaking property for an alternative energy source.

12 Aug 2008

New Results Suggests Global Warming will do Little to Change Hurricane Activity

New Results Suggests Global Warming will do Little to Change Hurricane Activity

In a study published in the July 2008 issue of Geophysical Research Letters, Drs. David S. Nolan and Eric D. Rappin from the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science describe a new method for evaluating the frequency of hurricane formation in present and future tropical climates.

12 Aug 2008

Researchers Working on Making Wind Turbines Quieter

Researchers Working on Making Wind Turbines Quieter

If wind turbines clatter and whistle too loudly, they are only permitted to operate under partial load to protect the local residents – but this also means a lower electricity output. An active damping system cancels out the noise by producing counter-vibrations

12 Aug 2008

Direct Formation of Furan Based Biofuels from Cellulose

Researchers have developed an interesting new method for the direct conversion of cellulose into furan-based biofuels

10 Aug 2008

Texans Now Free to Harness Wind Power and Create Clean, Renewable Energy

Babcock & Brown, a leader in wind energy, today announced that a federal court in Texas dismissed a final lawsuit, clearing the path to bring wind energy to South Texas

7 Aug 2008

American Superconductor Licenses Wind Turbine Technology to Model Enerji in Turkey

American Superconductor Corporation, a leading energy technologies company, announced today that it has licensed its proprietary WT1650 wind turbine design to Model Enerji Ltd., Turkey

6 Aug 2008

Eco-Friendly Desalination Plants The Goal of Researchers in Race Against Time

Eco-Friendly Desalination Plants The Goal of Researchers in Race Against Time

UC San Diego Scripps Institution of Oceanography researchers explore options for desalination in eco-friendly ways

30 Jul 2008

Schneider Boosts Presence in Renewable Energy Market as it Acquires Xantrax

Schneider Electric announced today that it has signed a definitive arrangement agreement with Xantrex Technology Inc. providing for the acquisition by Schneider Electric of all of the common shares of Xantrex

30 Jul 2008

Producing CO2 Reductions by Using Accurate Thermal Measurements to Ensure Homes are Sustainable

Accurate measurement of thermal performance is crucial if new government legislation aimed at producing dramatic reductions in CO2 emissions is to be successful

30 Jul 2008

Widespread, Serious Impacts on Ecosystems Caused by Air Pollution

No ecosystem type in the eastern United States is free of the effects of air pollution, according to a report released today by The Nature Conservancy and the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies

22 Jul 2008

New Products for Energy Research: Battery & Solar Materials

New Products for Energy Research: Battery & Solar Materials

Explore battery and solar materials for your energy research.

From Merck KGaA

Thermo Scientific™ Energy 11 Twin-Screw Extruder

Thermo Scientific™ Energy 11 Twin-Screw Extruder

The Energy 11 Twin-Screw Extruder is a versatile piece of equipment designed for various applications in battery research and development.

From Thermo Fisher Scientific – Materials Characterization

ARL QUANT’X ED X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometer

ARL QUANT’X ED X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometer

The ARL QUANT'X is a complete energy-dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometer solution for all your elemental analysis needs.

From Thermo Fisher Scientific - Elemental and Phase Analysis

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