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BNL Energy Researcher Honored with 2015 ‘Eye on Biodiesel’ Award

The National Biodiesel Board (NBB) recently honored Tom Butcher, an energy researcher at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory, with a 2015 “Eye on Biodiesel” award in the Innovation category.

18 Mar 2015

Researchers Join Forces to Develop Smart Data Platform to Reduce Energy Consumption

Infrastructure operators are already pushing the boundaries of what conventional energy management systems can cope with. This led Fraunhofer IAO and partners from the research and industrial communities to join forces as part of the SmartEnergyHub project to develop a smart data platform that reduces energy consumption by optimizing operational processes.

16 Mar 2015

Royal Oak Ford Reduces Lighting Energy Use with CGE Energy's New Cree LED Lighting

CGE Energy (currently trading as MKBY:OTCPink) has made strides in the automotive sales industry by bringing real energy savings with Cree® LED lighting to a large number of car dealerships. Royal Oak Ford of Southeast Michigan recently became another recipient of these energy savings.

9 Mar 2015

Potentials and Challenges of “Synthetic” Fuels

Last Wednesday the lecture theatre at the Empa Academy was filled to the very last seat as speakers from the automobile, energy and finance sectors as well as researchers and those involved in the politics of energy presented their views on the potentials and challenges of “synthetic” fuels.

3 Mar 2015

Research Findings Could Help Generate Low-Cost Clean Energy from PEM Fuel Cells

For nearly half a century, scientists have been trying to replace precious metal catalysts in fuel cells. Now, for the first time, researchers at Case Western Reserve University have shown that an inexpensive metal-free catalyst performs as well as costly metal catalysts at speeding the oxygen reduction reaction in an acidic fuel cell.

2 Mar 2015

Lux Research Adds Benchmarking and Geospatial Analytics with Energy Points Acquisition

Lux Research, a global leader in emerging technology research and advisory services, announced today that it has acquired the assets of Energy Points, a leading provider of data and analytics that gives the most accurate and precise analysis of energy and resources.

27 Feb 2015

FCO Power Announces Further Development of Next-Generation Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Stack

FCO Power Inc. today announced the further development of its next-generation solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) stack for residential fuel cell systems in existing apartments. Use of the stack makes it realistic to install fuel cells in existing apartments, which account for approximately 40 percent of housing in Japan, from 2020.

24 Feb 2015

Heriot-Watt Academic Selected as Finalist for UK Energy Innovation Awards 2015

Dr David Flynn, of the School of Engineering and Physical Sciences, has been selected as a finalist in the UK Energy Innovation Awards 2015.

18 Feb 2015

Heriot-Watt University to Set up New Centre for Energy Economics Research and Policy with BP Funding

The Centre will be involved primarily in providing the detailed statistical and analytical support for BP’s Statistical Review of World Energy and its annual Energy Outlook.

18 Feb 2015

Kerr Wood Leidal Awarded Contract to Assess Economic Viability of Geothermal Energy

Geoscience BC is pleased to announce that Kerr Wood Leidal (KWL), with their sub-consultant GeothermEx, has been awarded the contract to carry out an assessment of the economic viability of geothermal energy for electrical power generation in British Columbia.

11 Feb 2015