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Challenges in On-Demand Delivery of Renewable Energy

Americans take electrical power for granted whenever they flip on a light switch. But the growing use of solar and wind power in the United States makes the on-demand delivery of electricity more challenging.

11 Mar 2013

Doped Carbon Gel Enables Production of Low-Cost Energy

Researchers from the University of Granada (UGR) have developed a new material using doped carbon that allows low-cost energy to be produced and also reduces the amount of CO2 released into the atmosphere. The recently-patented material is a gel that enables the CO2 to be turned back into hydrocarbons via electro-catalytic transformation, with great savings both in time and money

11 Mar 2013

Korsair Enters License Agreement for Russian Waste to Energy Technology

Korsair Holdings AG has signed a sales and marketing license agreement for a Russian waste to energy technology. The agreement guarantees to Korsair exclusivity for the territory of the Balkan States.

8 Mar 2013

Researcher to Drive Coast-to-Coast with Sun and Hydrogen from Water as Fuel

As an MTSU alternative fuels researcher, Dr. Cliff Ricketts believes he stands on the edge of history. On Saturday, March 9, Ricketts will begin a five-day, 2,600-mile journey to drive coast-to-coast using no gas.

8 Mar 2013

Earth Now Warmer than Most of the Past 11,300 Years

Using data from 73 sites around the world, scientists have been able to reconstruct Earth's temperature history back to the end of the last Ice Age, revealing that the planet today is warmer than it has been during 70 to 80 percent of the time over the last 11,300 years.

8 Mar 2013

Soluxe Honors Creators of Portable Solar Suitcases

Thanks to a Berkeley, CA, obstetrician and her husband, doctors and their surgery patients half way around the world no longer face sudden power outages in the middle of operating room procedures.

8 Mar 2013

Scientists Predict Irreversible Mass Loss of Canadian Arctic Archipelago Glaciers

Canada's Arctic Archipelago glaciers will melt faster than ever in the next few centuries. Research by European funded scientists has shown that 20 per cent of the Canadian Arctic glaciers may have disappeared by the end of this century which would amount to an additional sea level rise of 3.5cm

8 Mar 2013

PREMO Offers TÜV SÜD-Approved DC Rated EMC Filters for PV Inverters

PREMO DC Rated EMC filters, series FEDC-600P, FEDCS-1500P-LL & FEDC-1500P-LL, and AC Rated EMC filters, series HCWMGF-1000HV-LL, HCWMGF-1300HV-LL & HCWMGF-1600HV-LL have been approved by TÜV SÜD company as per EN 60939-2:2005 & EN 60939-1:2005 standards.

8 Mar 2013

Tasnee Enters Strategic Investment Agreement with Dyesol

Queanbeyan, Australia – 28 February 2013 – Saudi Arabian industrial giant, The National Industrialization Company of Saudi Arabia, better known as Tasnee, has invested AUD $4 million in Australian clean energy company, Dyesol Limited (ASX: DYE), by way of a 15 month redeemable loan note, convertible into Dyesol shares at 16.6 cents per share, with a 0% coupon (as is required by Saudi Arabian law).

8 Mar 2013

Power from Six Pristine California Solar Projects to be Connected to the Grid

Pristine Sun, LLC and Solar Mosaic, Inc. ("Mosaic") have executed several agreements to close on post-construction permanent loans on the first phase of a portfolio build-out of solar PV farms in California over the next nine months.

7 Mar 2013

Energy and Life Sciences Challenges Discussed at Fraunhofer–Delaware Technology Summit

Portable pergolas with solar panel roofs. Drought-tolerant corn. High-oleic soybeans that eliminate the need for health-harming hydrogenation. Cars that feed electricity back to the grid. Cellulosic ethanol as a non-food source of liquid fuel.

7 Mar 2013

Commercial Operations Begin at NRG’s 26 MW Borrego I Utility-Scale Solar Facility

NRG Energy, Inc., through its wholly owned subsidiary NRG Solar, announced the start of commercial operations for the Borrego I Solar Generating Station, a 26 megawatt (AC) photovoltaic facility located northeast of Borrego Springs, Calif. The station’s electricity will be sold to San Diego Gas & Electric under a 25-year power purchase agreement.

From NRG Energy, Inc. 7 Mar 2013

Novel Fischer-Tropsch Catalyst for Making Synthetic Fuels from Natural Gas and Biomass

Inspired by patents from the 1960’s audio cassette recording industry, UvA chemists now developed a new Fischer-Tropsch catalyst. It can be used for the making of synthetic fuels from natural gas and biomass.

7 Mar 2013

Clariant Introduces Systematic Approach to Sustainable Innovation, EcoTain

Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, announces its new EcoTain® approach to sustainable innovation. The EcoTain life cycle and label developed by Clariant is driven by the commitment to protect human, environmental and ecological health without compromising on performance and efficiency.

7 Mar 2013