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New System Could Help Make Supply of Renewable Electricity More Stable

Grid operators need to do more than just distributing the electricity produced by photovoltaic plants and wind farms. They have to ensure a regular quality of supply as well. It is a complex issue to achieve this with the available components and systems.

29 Nov 2017

From Waste to Useful Fuel

Carbon dioxide is a waste product from industry and is, in part, responsible for global warming and the associated rising temperatures. But what if this greenhouse gas could be turned into useful compounds such as fuel and chemical feedstock?

By Kerry Taylor-Smith 29 Nov 2017

Agrophotovoltaics May Help Increase Land Use Efficiency by more than 60%

Until recently, acreage was chosen for either photosynthesis or photovoltaics, that is, to produce grow crops or electricity. An agrophotovoltaics (APV) pilot project near Lake Constance, however, has currently showed that both uses are compatible.

28 Nov 2017

Artificial Photosynthesis System for Clean and Sustainable Synthesis of Ethylene

A research team at the National University of Singapore (NUS) has designed a prototype device that simulates natural photosynthesis to synthesize ethylene gas by using just water, sunlight, and carbon dioxide.

27 Nov 2017

Novel System Converts Diesel Exhaust Particulate Matter into Air-Ink

On a break from his studies in the MIT Media Lab, Anirudh Sharma SM '14 traveled home to Mumbai, India. While there, he noticed that throughout the day his T-shirts were gradually accumulating something that resembled dirt.

27 Nov 2017

U.S. Senator Speaks About America’s Climate Change at MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative

United States Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) spoke at MIT on Nov. 20 about efforts to deny the legitimacy of climate science and how such misinformation can be combated.

24 Nov 2017

New Study Reveals a Massive Hydrogen Generator at the Earth's Core-Mantle Boundary

When water meets the Earth's core, temperatures & pressures in the core-mantle boundary causes water to separate into hydrogen & an oxidized iron dioxide.

23 Nov 2017

Energy Stored in Electric Cars Could Soon Power Our Lives

Power that is stored in electric cars could be returned to the grid, thereby supporting the grid and acting as a potential storage for clean energy.

23 Nov 2017

New Low-Emissions Technology Could Convert Methane Without Forming CO2

As we make progress toward more sustainable ways of powering our way of life, there is a pursuit to bridge the gap between the carbon dioxide-emitting fossil fuels we depend on for our most fundamental needs, and the cleaner, but not yet economically attainable alternative technologies.

22 Nov 2017

UCLA Researchers One Step Closer to Developing Hydrogen Cars

Researchers at UCLA have a designed device that can employ solar energy to efficiently and economically create and store energy, which could be employed to power electronic devices, and to produce hydrogen fuel for eco-friendly cars.

21 Nov 2017

U of T Researchers Develop Innovative Catalyst for Simulating Photosynthesis

Scientists from U of T Engineering have now reached close to achieving artificial photosynthesis, where similar to plants, renewable energy is used to transform carbon dioxide, or CO2, into stored chemical energy. They achieved this by developing an innovative catalyst.

21 Nov 2017

Meeting Future Global Energy Challenges by Modeling the Production of Gas from Fracking

The demand for energy in society depends mainly on gas and oil, which are finite resources. Future technologies could help reduce energy consumption, but until then, current resources should be managed carefully.

21 Nov 2017

Emerging New Technologies Could Greatly Reduce Plastic Waste, Say Researchers

Every year most of the 150 million tons of plastics manufactured around the world end up in oceans, landfills, and elsewhere. In the United States, less than 9% of plastics are recycled and in Europe, it rises to about 30%.

20 Nov 2017

Researchers Harness the Power Sunlight to Produce Hydrogen Fuel from Water

Hydrogen gas is considered as a promising "green" fuel. Hydrogen is the lightest chemical element, and is an efficient energy store and could possibly replace gasoline in vehicles. However, this element does not available in large amounts in nature, and should be generated artificially.

20 Nov 2017

New 'Supercatalyst' Developed to Recycle Methane and Carbon Dioxide

A new and cost-effective catalyst has been developed by the University of Surrey to recycle two main causes of climate change - methane (CH4) and carbon dioxide (CO2).

20 Nov 2017