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AAAS: Stanford University Professor Highlights Effects of Fossil-Fuel Extraction on Drinking Water

“The answer to that question is 'yes,' but not usually,” said Rob Jackson, a professor of Earth system science at Stanford University.

16 Feb 2016

Researchers Test New Strategy to Optimally Locate Turbines in Urban Water Networks

Urban water networks could host micro-hydropower plants to cover their growing energy needs. Now researchers have tested a new strategy to optimally locate turbines without sacrificing the reliability of the network on the city of Lausanne’s drinking water network.

9 Feb 2016

Researchers Study Impact of Mountaintop Mining on Regional Water Quality

Forty years of mountaintop coal mining have made parts of Central Appalachia 60 percent flatter than they were before excavation, says new research by Duke University.

8 Feb 2016

Hydronet2 Project Focuses on the Future of Switzerland’s Hydropower Sector

EPFL’s Energy Centre has been hosting the Hydronet2 project to promote Switzerland’s position in hydropower across national and international energy markets. The project aims to enhance hydropower plants’ design, manufacture and operation. Hydropower is Switzerland’s main source of renewable energy and contributes towards 56% of electricity production.

19 Jan 2016

Dr. Thomas Bernard and Team Develop Drinking Water Protecting Tools

We place high demands on the quality of our drinking water. If pathogens or toxic substances found their way into the piping system, many people could become infected or injured very quickly.

5 Jan 2016

AUO Launches Process Water Full-Recycling System at Lungtan Site in Taiwan

AU Optronics Corp. today announced that its process water full-recycling system, the first of its kind developed in Taiwan, launched at the Company's Lungtan site. AUO has made a technological breakthrough in process water recycling.

30 Dec 2015

New Cyclodextrin-Based Technique Could Transform Water-Purification Industry

We’ve all seen the Febreze air fresheners, which employ a derivative of corn starch to trap invisible air pollutants in the home and remove unwanted odors.

23 Dec 2015

Rhine has Very High Microplastics Pollution Between Basel and Rotterdam

Between Basel and Rotterdam, the Rhine has one of the highest microplastics pollution so far measured in rivers, with the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan area showing peak numbers of up to four times the average.

9 Dec 2015

Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage Can Also Remediate Polluted Groundwater Faster Than Existing Technologies

Aquifer thermal energy storage (ATES) is more than a renewable energy source. The storage and extraction of heat and cold can remediate polluted groundwater ten times faster than existing technologies. PhD candidate Zhuobiao Ni of Wageningen University presented this conclusion in his thesis, which he will defend on 8 December.

9 Dec 2015

Upper Tanana Energy Gets $500,000 USDA REAP Grant to Construct Yerrick Creek Hydropower Project in Alaska

Upper Tanana Energy, LLC (UTE) is pleased to announce that it has received a new $500,000 grant from the USDA Rural Development’s Rural Energy for America Program (REAP), to be applied towards construction of the Yerrick Creek hydropower project near Tanacross, Alaska. Upper Tanana Energy is a unique renewable energy development partnership comprised of Tanacross Inc. (an Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act Corporation), the Native Village of Tanacross (a federally-recognized tribe), and local utility Alaska Power & Telephone Company (AP&T).

27 Nov 2015