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Economical, Environmentally Friendly Process Developed to Convert Algae into Biodiesel

Chemists are reporting development of what they termed the first economical, eco-friendly process to convert algae oil into biodiesel fuel — a discovery they predict could one day lead to U.S. independence from petroleum as a fuel

25 Mar 2009

Siemens Expands Solar Thermal Power Abilities

Siemens Energy to acquire a 28 percent stake in the Italian solar company Archimede Solar Energy and expand solar thermal power plant technology

25 Mar 2009

Linde Takes the Wraps Off Ground Breaking Hydrogen Car Fuelling Technology

Linde North America is introducing ground-breaking technology that provides a safe, fast and efficient way to fuel hydrogen vehicles

25 Mar 2009

Search On For Biosolutions to Climate Change Problems

Global environment organization WWF and leading enzyme biotechnology company Novozymes today announced an initiative which will map how and where low carbon biosolutions can eliminate the first strategic billion tonnes of CO2

25 Mar 2009

Nuclear Materials Tracked and Monitored Using New RFID Technology

Scientists from U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory have developed a unique tracking technology that also monitors the environmental and physical conditions of containers of nuclear materials in storage and transportation

25 Mar 2009

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Gets $1.6 Million DoE Grant to Develop Faster, Cheaper Fuel Cells

Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have won a $1.6 million DoE grant to develop new methods for manufacturing a key fuel cell component. The multi-year grant aims to create new technology and processes for faster, more cost-effective manufacturing of fuel cell membrane electrode assemblies

25 Mar 2009

Researchers Use Nanotechnology to Boost the Efficiency of Solar Cells

Using two different types of chemical etching to create features at both the micron and nanometer size scales, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a surface treatment that boosts the light absorption of silicon photovoltaic cells in two complementary ways

24 Mar 2009

Photoconductors Get Green Shine Thanks to Zinc Oxide

Photodetectors - devices found in cell phones, digital cameras and other consumer gadgets that utilize photoconducting materials - are a green technology in performance (converting light into electricity), but the manufacture of very powerful photodetectors needs to be improved before they can qualify for solid green status

24 Mar 2009

Future Energy Losses Could Be Cut By USing New Material

Scientists at the University of Liverpool and Durham University have developed a new material to further understanding of how superconductors could be used to transmit electricity to built-up areas and reduce global energy losses

24 Mar 2009

Perovskite to Bring Benefits to Fuel Cells, Carbon Dioxide Storage and Nanoelectronics

A new PhD thesis shows that the multifaceted material perovskite could be of benefit in three key applications, fuel cells, gas separation prior to the storage of carbon dioxide and nanocomponents in electronic products

23 Mar 2009