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Boeing and All Nippon Airways made aviation history today as a 787 Dreamliner flew for the first time powered in part by sustainable biofuels. The delivery flight... Read More »
A team at George Washington University has demonstrated a new solar process that can produce lime (CaO) for cement without any emission of carbon dioxide, and at... Read More »
In June and July 2014, Brazil will be hosting the renowned World Cup. Bold plans are underway for making the month long tournament a sustainable event. Brazil's... Read More »
Transmission system operators must assess precisely the supply of electricity from renewable energies for the next day in order to market this electricity on the... Read More »
With approval of the Environmental Impact Review on its 200-megawatt, two-tower Saguache Solar Energy Project, SolarReserve hopes to soon get started on a new pair of ... Read More »
Concentrated solar power (CSP) brings a value to the energy table that photovoltaic technology (PV) just doesn't have. That's the ability to store daytime... Read More »
GE has built up an arsenal of solutions to tackle energy problems lately. The company’s flexible power plants like FlexEfficiency 50 or jet-fired aeroderivative ... Read More »
CRES (the Colorado Renewable Energy Society) has formed partnerships with the Denver Housing Authority (DHA) and Urban Farmers Collaborative to develop a 2.5 acre... Read More »
A team of MIT researchers has come up with a very different approach to arranging solar photovoltaic cells: building cubes or towers that extend the solar cells... Read More »
University of Cincinnati researchers have been conducting real-world tests of new predictive software that increases efficiency and lowers costs when it comes to... Read More »
Queen’s University professor Selim Akl has provided additional proof to the theory that nature computes. Dr. Akl (School of Computing) placed rolled oats... Read More »
Ruhr University Bochum physicists, Prof. Padma Kant Shukla and Dr. Bengt Eliasson, found a previously unknown phenomenon in quantum plasmas. A negatively charged... Read More »
Researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory’s biggest magnet facility today met the grand challenge of producing magnetic fields in excess of 100 tesla while... Read More »
A new paper by researchers at the University of Notre Dame, led by Thomas E. Albrecht-Schmitt, professor of civil engineering and geological sciences and concurrent... Read More »
High-gain nuclear fusion could be achieved in a preheated cylindrical container immersed in strong magnetic fields, according to a series of computer simulations... Read More »
Toshiba has developed a new lineup of 600V system power MOSFETs for use with chargers and lighting systems, to the small package products in their planer structure... Read More »
March marks the launch of an important German research group's project to build a better battery for storing energy produced from clean sources. The young... Read More »
GE Energy Financial Services unit just invested $100 million in a 127-megawatt solar farm located near tiny Arlington, Arizona, population 194, about 40 miles... Read More »
A team of MIT researchers has found a way of precisely controlling lab grown microfibers making it possible to grow complex structures that are optimally designed for ... Read More »
From growing algae-based petroleum that eats carbon dioxide, to a “smart” energy grid that manages electricity consumption and storage as efficiently as... Read More »