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Transparent Solar Panels can Help Greenhouses Turn Energy Neutral

A majority of the greenhouses can be made energy neutral by utilizing transparent solar panels to harvest solar energy, mainly from the wavelengths of light that are not used by plants for photosynthesis.

10 Feb 2020

Indoor Air can be More Complex than Outdoor Air Systems

Delphine Farmer, an atmospheric chemist at Colorado State University, had spent her whole career exploring the eccentricities of outdoor air—how atmospheric particles and gases move, change, and interact, and how human activities affect the air inhaled by individuals. But when Farmer went indoors, she was forced to reassess her observations.

7 Feb 2020

Water-Separation Membrane Efficiently Converts CO2 into Methanol

An efficient and multipurpose chemical, methanol is used as fuel for producing an unlimited number of products. By contrast, carbon dioxide (CO2) is a greenhouse gas that is regarded as an undesirable byproduct resulting from several industrial processes.

7 Feb 2020

New Technique Predicts Species Extinction Induced by Climate Change

When people were children in their times, they would have more likely scoured open fields searching for bumble bees. But today, it is relatively harder for children to spot these insects because they are considerably declining in Europe and North America.

7 Feb 2020

Japan’s NEDO and Panasonic Achieve the World’s Highest Conversion Efficiency of 16.09% for Largest-Area Perovskite Solar Cell Module

Panasonic Corporation has achieved the world's highest energy conversion efficiency of 16.09% for a perovskite solar module (Aperture area 802 cm2: 30 cm long x 30 cm wide x 2 mm thick) by developing lightweight technology using a glass substrate and a large-area coating method based on inkjet printing.

7 Feb 2020

DMC Biotech Completes Successful Pilot of L-Alanine

DMC Biotechnologies has successfully produced its lead product, L-alanine at pilot scale. Commercial key performance metrics were achieved and performance from the bench scale was also demonstrated at 3m3scale fermentation and for each of the downstream purification unit operations.

From DMC Biotechnologies, Inc. 7 Feb 2020

Study Finds Acceleration of Ocean Currents Since 1990s

According to new research published in Science Advances, the observations claim that between 1990 and 2013 the “globally integrated ocean kinetic energy” demonstrated an increase of around 15%.

By David J. Cross 7 Feb 2020

Researchers Outline Roadmap for Growth of Global Solar Market

Materials called perovskites show strong potential for a new generation of solar cells, but they've had trouble gaining traction in a market dominated by silicon-based solar cells.

7 Feb 2020

ABB Helps Maximize Energy Efficiency at Future Fossil-Free Steel Pilot

New order supports SSAB, LKAB and Vattenfall project HYBRIT in becoming the world’s first large-scale, fossil-free method of steel production.

From ABB 6 Feb 2020

Sugar Ants’ Preference for Pee May Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

An unlikely penchant for pee is putting a common sugar ant on the map, as new research from the University of South Australia shows their taste for urine could play a role in reducing greenhouse gases.

6 Feb 2020

AgBioEn Turns Soil on $2 Billion Renewable Energy Project in Katunga, Victoria

Mayor of Moira Shire Council, Libro Mustica welcomed AgBioEn Directors, local counsellor’s, media representatives together with local businesses yesterday morning to Kutunga in regional Victoria where AgBioEn commenced earthworks on its first renewable energy plant.

6 Feb 2020