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AETI Announces Completion of Biomass Power Generation Control System Project in Kauai, Hawaii

On Aug 24, 2016, American Electric Technologies, Inc., the premium global provider of power delivery solutions for energy industries, announced the delivery and commission of a new biomass power generation control system project in Kauai, Hawaii, by its M&I Electric business.

25 Aug 2016

Scientists Use Light-Driven Bacterium to Generate Methane from Carbon Dioxide in One Enzymatic Step

By way of a light-driven bacterium, Utah State University biochemists are a step closer to cleanly converting harmful carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel combustion into usable fuels.

25 Aug 2016

Researchers Help Reduce Gas Flaring and Venting from Oil Production

In 2015, several oil-producing nations and oil companies decided to end the practice of flaring natural gas from wells by 2030.

18 Aug 2016

Future Climate Warming Could Cause Only Minor Cuts in Energy Output at Power Plants

Future climate warming will likely cause only minor cuts in energy output at most U.S. coal- or gas-fired power plants, a new Duke University study finds.

16 Aug 2016

Growth of IoT has Potential to Bring Unprecedented, Unlimited Rises in Energy Consumption

The world should consider ways to limit data growth on the internet to prevent run-away energy consumption and help limit carbon emissions, say leading computer scientists.

12 Aug 2016

Researchers Use E.coli to Engineer Improved Biofuels

Although E. coli bacteria is most of the times considered as a bad bug, laboratory-adapted E. coli that do not harm human beings, at the same time can multiply fast, have been commonly used for various research purposes.

11 Aug 2016

UTA, KIER Join Force to Develop Clean Energy Technology to Improve Lives of Citizens Worldwide

The University of Texas at Arlington and The Korea Institute of Energy Research have joined forces to develop clean energy technologies that improve the lives of citizens worldwide.

11 Aug 2016

New Operating Committee Aims to Elevate Rice Research to Improve Energy and Environmental Sustainability

Rice’s Energy and Environment Initiative is reaching out to university faculty for new ideas about interdisciplinary research collaborations that could attract significant government and industry support.

9 Aug 2016

Oxygen-Assisted Aluminum/Carbon Dioxide Electrochemcial Cell Sequesters CO2 and Generate Electricity

While the human race will always leave its carbon footprint on the Earth, it must continue to find ways to lessen the impact of its fossil fuel consumption.

5 Aug 2016

Researchers Develop Materials that Produce Fuels by Consuming Carbon Dioxide

Although the concept of converting carbon dioxide (CO2) into stored energy sounds like science fiction, researchers have continually tried to find simple techniques to transform CO2 into fuels or other functional chemicals.

4 Aug 2016