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New Method to Generate Electricity from Tears and Egg Whites

Researchers at University of Limerick have found out that applying pressure to a protein found in tears and egg whites can yield electricity.

3 Oct 2017

UPM Biofuels Named One of Six Finalists in 2017 Platts Global Energy Awards

UPM Biofuels is one of six finalists for the Industry Leadership category in Bioenergy at the 2017 Platts Global Energy Awards - often described as the Oscars of the energy industry. UPM Biofuels is nominated for its wood-based low emission advanced UPM BioVerno biofuels, and its one-of-a-kind commercial scale biorefinery in Lappeenranta, Finland.

28 Sep 2017

WELTEC BIOPOWER to Present Its Biogas Technologies at the Energy Now Expo Ireland

In the course of 2017, Ireland intends to initiate the energy reform with a new feed-in tariff for renewable energies.

From WELTEC BIOPOWER GmbH 27 Sep 2017

Evaporation Technology Could Effectively Harness Energy from Renewable Sources

Columbia University researchers find that U.S. reservoirs and lakes could produce 325 gigawatts of power in the first evaluation of evaporation as a renewable energy source.

27 Sep 2017

Warming Climate Results in Increased Impact on Urban Heat Islands

The warming climate has resulted in an increased impact on urban heat islands – built-up areas where buildings, roofs and paved surfaces temperatures can be hotter than the air itself.

27 Sep 2017

New Research Reveals Upwelling Pathways of Deep, Overturning Waters in Southern Ocean

Since Captain James Cook's discovery in the 1770s that water encompassed the Earth's southern latitudes, oceanographers have been studying the Southern Ocean, its physics, and how it interacts with global water circulation and the climate.

27 Sep 2017

Superhydrophilic Membrane Effectively Used to Clean Fluids for Reuse

According to researchers at the Energy Safety Research Institute at Swansea University in partnership with researchers at Rice University, a new superhydrophilic filter has exhibited the ability to remove greater than 90% of hydrocarbons, as well as all bacteria and particulates from contaminated water produced by hydraulic fracturing (fracking) operations at shale oil and gas wells.

26 Sep 2017

Thin Film Solar Energy Could be the Ideal Mobile Energy Solution

China’s largest thin-film solar cell producer, Hanergy Holding Group, announced the signing of a strategic deal with a bike-sharing company MTbike. Under the partnership, Hanergy will incorporate thin-film solar panels into the body of over ten million bicycles in the next three years to fulfill the electricity requirement of their smart lock systems.

25 Sep 2017

Carbon Crisis Highlights Need to Move Quickly Towards Low-Carbon World

There is an expert warning that says that we have to quickly move towards a low-carbon world, if we are to have any opportunity of limiting global warming to 2 °C this century.

25 Sep 2017

Researchers Discover No-Till is Insufficient to Improve Water Quality

A long-debated agricultural question on whether no-tillage alone is adequate for preventing water pollution from nitrate has been answered by a new IUPUI study funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the answer is no.

25 Sep 2017

Researchers Manage to Quantify Time Limit for Ultrafast Perovskite Solar Cells

Researchers have managed to quantify the astoundingly high speeds at which solar cells of the future would have to work so as to stretch what are currently seen as natural limits on their energy conversion efficacy.

22 Sep 2017

MIT Professor Explains How Climate Change Could Lead to Increase in Storm Strength

In a detailed talk about the history and the underlying physics of hurricanes and tropical cyclones, MIT Professor Kerry Emanuel yesterday explained why climate change will cause such storms to become much stronger and reach peak intensity further north, heightening their potential impacts on human lives in coming years.

22 Sep 2017

New Biomaterial Aimed at Replacing Plastic Laminates and Reducing Pollution

Researchers at Penn State have developed an economical biomaterial that can be used to sustainably replace plastic barrier coatings in packaging and numerous other applications. The researchers predict its implementation would significantly reduce pollution.

21 Sep 2017

Safe Carbon Dioxide Storage Test Beneficial for Leading Research Project

A new technique that cost-effectively monitors the safe storage of industrial greenhouse gas emissions is to be adopted by a leading research project.

21 Sep 2017

How Silkworms Spin Silk Could Pave Way to Greener Methods of Creating Synthetic Fibers

According to academics at the University of Sheffield, new information about how animals spin silk could pave the way to new, greener methods of creating synthetic fibers.

20 Sep 2017