UC Berkeley Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Mon, 13 Apr 2015 18:31:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Carbon Negative Energy System Invented at Berkeley https://www.greenoptimistic.com/carbon-negative-energy-system/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/carbon-negative-energy-system/#respond Mon, 13 Apr 2015 18:31:41 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=54292 Carbon capture techniques in combination with energy from biomass, shows a strong potential in creating a carbon negative power system by year 2050. Researchers from University of California at Berkeley are currently exploring the possibility to combine energy production from biomass with carbon capture and sequestration techniques (BECCS). Their initial findings indicate that this is […]

The post Carbon Negative Energy System Invented at Berkeley appeared first on The Green Optimistic.

]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/carbon-negative-energy-system/feed/ 0 54292 Bismuth-Ferrite Piezoelectric Material Opens New Roads for Energy Generation https://www.greenoptimistic.com/bismuth-ferrite-piezoelectric-material-opens-new-roads-for-energy-generation-20091115/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/bismuth-ferrite-piezoelectric-material-opens-new-roads-for-energy-generation-20091115/#respond Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:32:58 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=5356 Researchers at the UC Berkeley and the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley Lab have developed a new lead-free material that generates electricity when exposed to stress. One day, this phenomenon called piezoelectricity could become as common as backyard grills.

The post Bismuth-Ferrite Piezoelectric Material Opens New Roads for Energy Generation appeared first on The Green Optimistic.

]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/bismuth-ferrite-piezoelectric-material-opens-new-roads-for-energy-generation-20091115/feed/ 0 5356