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Amazon Filters Provides Effective Offshore Diesel Filtration System

Amazon Filters reports on supply to a major offshore oil and gas operator of a bespoke system to ensure effective diesel filtration to protect critical turbines used for on-board power generation.

26 Oct 2017

HyperSolar Develops Vital Component to Reduce Manufacturing Cost of Hydrogen

HyperSolar, the developer of an innovative technology to create renewable hydrogen using sunlight and any source of water, recently announced it has successfully developed a vital component made of earth-abundant material which will lower the overall cost of its process to produce renewable hydrogen.

25 Oct 2017

Study Reveals Cerium’s Electronic Entropy Makes It Ideal for Hydrogen Production

It has been known for long in the scientific community that cerium is the best element to employ when splitting water into oxygen and hydrogen — a key method in developing hydrogen gas for fuel. However so far it is not clear as to why cerium is so successful.

25 Oct 2017

Addition of Irradiated Plastic Water Bottles Could Reduce Cement Industry’s Carbon Emissions

Discarded plastic bottles could one day be used to build stronger, more flexible concrete structures, from sidewalks and street barriers, to buildings and bridges, according to a new study.

25 Oct 2017

Highly Transparent Solar Cells Enhance the Future for New Solar Applications

See-through solar materials capable of being applied to windows represent an immense source of untapped energy and could harvest as much power as bulkier, bigger rooftop solar units. This was reported by scientists in Nature Energy.

24 Oct 2017

Study Reveals Higher Health Impacts of Coal-Generated Power

Innovative research revealed that lifetime emissions of toxic chemicals during coal-generated electricity is 10-100 times more than emission fracking.

24 Oct 2017

International Team Reveals Chemistry Behind Biochar’s Nutrient Releasing Potential

For over a century, researchers have been intrigued and thrilled by biochar, a carbon-rich, charcoal-like material derived from oxygen-deprived plant or similar organic matter. When used as a soil additive, biochar has the ability to store carbon and thereby decrease release of greenhouse gas.

23 Oct 2017

Study Reveals Shortening of Oceanic Food Chain Due to Environmental Disturbances

An innovative study has demonstrated that environmental changes such as El Niño disturb the marine food chain at Southern California. This finding is contrast to traditional notion that the hierarchy of food chain in the ocean is mostly unaltered as time passes.

20 Oct 2017

Pre-Enrollment for Georgia Power’s New Community Solar Program Begins

Georgia Power to launch Community Solar, the latest way for residential customers to get involved in helping support the growth and development of renewable energy in Georgia.

20 Oct 2017

Amazon Launches New Wind and Solar Projects Across the U.S.

On October 19, 2017, Amazon announced that its largest wind farm yet — Amazon Wind Farm Texas — is presently up and running, adding more than 1,000,000 MWh of clean energy to the grid every year.

20 Oct 2017

Researchers Reveal Actual Effect of Hydropower Generation in the Amazon

An innovative study performed at the University of Stirling has proposed that the effect of hydropower production on the environment in the Amazon might be more than that speculated earlier.

20 Oct 2017

Micro-Scale Bio-Solar Cell can Generate Higher Power Density for Longer Time

Scientists from the Binghamton University, State University of New York have developed a micro-scale biological solar cell with the ability to generate higher power density for longer than any such prevalent cell.

19 Oct 2017

Need for Renewable Energy Development in the Caribbean Following Recent Hurricanes

Sir Richard Branson, Virgin Group Founder, and Bruce Levy, CEO of BMR Energy, will meet this week with energy industry and government leaders from all over the Caribbean in order to discuss renewable energy development following the recent hurricanes in the region.

19 Oct 2017

MIT Team Develops New Approach to Harness Wasted Methane

Methane gas, an abundant natural resource, is frequently disposed of through burning, but new research by researchers at MIT could make it easier to trap this gas for use as a chemical feedstock or fuel.

17 Oct 2017

Pressure Not an Issue in Reverse Osmosis Desalinisation

Fouling of membranes by microorganisms is a huge headache for the desalinization industry, and is blamed for the high cost of the reverse osmosis process used in most plants today. Researchers from MIT have suggested a new approach which could reduce the rate of fouling and improve efficiency.

By Kerry Taylor-Smith 17 Oct 2017