Hawaii's Amazing Hydrogen Fuel Project Implemented by 2015
The Hawaiian island of Oahu is about to make a huge progress in the alternative energy field compared to the rest of the country, regarding the creation of a new era for energy infrastructure and environmentally-friendly transportation.
Purification of Hydrogen Extracted from CNG Made More Efficient With New Dispersed Platinum Catalyst
A consortium involving three universities has devised an atomically dispersed platinum catalyst that could be of use in future hydrogen production systems. Maria Flytzani-Stephanopoulos from Tufts University and Manos Mavrikakis from the University of Wisconsin-Madison published their research in today's Science journal.
Silicon Nanomesh Designed by Caltech Serves As Almost-Perfect Heat Insulator
All of the electronics devices you use, all the wires, the cars, basically anything using energy heats up and loses part of its useful energy as heat - wasted heat, through well-cooled radiators. Thermoelectric devices have recently suffered technological advances and are now more able to harness the lost heat energy and transform it into electricity. A new material made out of silicon can serve as the ultimate heat insulator and still conduct electricity.
Makani Power's New Wind Turbine Producing Energy Cheaper Than Coal Plants
Makani Power, a company that innovates in the field of wind turbines, has recently received a grant from ARPA-E for developing their Airborne Wind Turbine (AWT), they call Makani M1. Unlike other wind turbines, this one is made of a wing equipped with three small propellers which spin endlessly around its ground anchor point.
GM Wants to Reuse Depleted Chevy Volt Batteries For Storing Renewable Energy
In collaboration with ABB Group, a power grid supplier, GM will study how batteries that will have formerly powered Volt electric cars will get a second life, being capable to store energy generated by solar and wind power generators.
World's Biggest Offshore Wind Farm Starts Generating Energy For Kent County, UK
Starting today, UK will have the world's biggest offshore wind farm of Thanet in Kent that will generate clean electricity for about 240,000 urban homes. If the wind farm runs at full capacity, it will be able to power half the county of Kent.
Catalothermionic Generator: A New Blend of Solar and Fuel Cell Nanotechnology Produces Electricity
...it's like hydrogen and the Sun are related in a way... the star's energy comes from burnt hydrogen, on one hand, and on the other, here on Earth, solar cells are the best means of generating hydrogen out of water and have it used as an energy source. There's an interesting symmetry between the two.
Central America's Plans to Extract Geothermal Energy From Its Unique Volcanoes
eing gifted with many active volcanoes, Central America wants to tap them for producing green energy which will cut its dependence on oil imports and also help reduce the CO2 emissions.
BP Solar To Build 10MW Photovoltaic Power Plant in Western Australia
Verve Energy in collaboration with BP Solar are planning to build Australia's largest ever grid-connected solar power plant. The photovoltaic power plant is expected to generate about 10MW of clean energy and according to the two companies, it will be built in Geraldton, Western Australia.
A New Step Taken Towards Spray-On Solar Cells and Self-Powered e-readers
University of Florida researchers have invented spray-on polymers that can reflect or transmit any color, and can be applied to glass or plastics as well. "That's what this newest paper is about, but we've also developed polymer coatings for all the other colors of the spectrum," said John Reynolds, a scientist at the University of Florida who led a team that developed the clear-to-black polymers.
