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Anode Respiring Bacteria Can Produce Harvestable Energy

Bacteria are often associated with their disease-causing capacity or alternatively, with their role as normal residents of the human body, where they perform duties essential to health.

27 Mar 2013

NREL Convenes SAPC Working Group to Securitize Solar PV Assets

The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE)'s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) recently convened the Solar Access to Public Capital (SAPC) working group with a mission to enable securitization of solar PV assets and associated cash flows in the marketplace.

From National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) 27 Mar 2013

Fuji Electric Commences Production of UL-Certified DC Quick Chargers for Electric Vehicles

Fuji Electric Corp. of America has announced that U.S. production of their UL-Certified DC Quick Chargers for Electric Vehicles has commenced, with the first production units shipping out of Milpitas, CA by late-March.

27 Mar 2013

Cost Competitive Commercial Renewable Hydrogen Generators to Be Built by HyperSolar

HyperSolar, Inc., the developer of a breakthrough technology to produce renewable hydrogen using sunlight and any source of water, today announced its plan to build renewable hydrogen generators for commercial use.

27 Mar 2013

A*STAR, Fujitsu Partner to Enhance Singapore's Urban Sustainability

The Centre leverages on high performance computing (HPC)-enabled R&D technologies based on real-world data to enhance Singapore's urban sustainability & create key innovations for industry development

27 Mar 2013

Vista to Utilize MFG-8 Thermal Gasifier for Northeastern US Waste-to-Energy Project

Vista International Technologies, Inc., a pioneer in efficient Waste-to-Energy technology, is pleased to announce that it has begun construction on the company's previously announced northeastern US pilot Waste-to-Energy project.

26 Mar 2013

NorthStar's Fast Recharging Blue + Battery Delivers Long Life on Unstable Power Grids

NorthStar's new premium AGM Blue + Battery delivers fast recharging and high PSOC cyclic performance, for long life on very unstable power grids, and impressive fuel savings when used with hybrid telecom power systems.

26 Mar 2013

New Strategy for Improving Power-Generation Efficiency of Wind-Farms

Incorporating wind power into existing power grids is challenging because fluctuating wind speed and direction means turbines generate power inconsistently. Coupled with customers' varying power demand, many wind-farm managers end up wasting power-generation capacity and limiting the service life of turbines through active control – including fully stopping turbines – in order to avoid any possible damage to the power grid from spikes in supply.

26 Mar 2013

Novel Technique to Produce Hydrogen Gas from Ash

Every year, millions of tons of environmentally harmful ash is produced worldwide, and is mostly dumped in landfill sites or, in some countries, used as construction material. The ash is what is left when rubbish has been burnt in thermal power stations.

26 Mar 2013

Marine Animal Tunicate Holds Potential as a Renewable Source of Biofuel

The marine animal tunicate can be used both as biofuel and fish food, according to prize-winning Norwegian research.

26 Mar 2013

Study of Peach Genome May Help Improve Plant Biomass Yield for Biofuels

Rapidly growing trees like poplars and willows are candidate “biofuel crops” from which it is expected that cellulosic ethanol and higher energy content fuels can be efficiently extracted. Domesticating these crops requires a deep understanding of the physiology and genetics of trees, and scientists are turning to long-domesticated fruit trees for hints.

25 Mar 2013