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FuelCell Energy and Toyota Collaborate on Sustainable Transportation Fuel Project

FuelCell Energy, an international company dealing with clean, innovative, and economical fuel cell solutions for the supply, recovery, and storage of energy, has just reported the execution of a hydrogen and power off-take agreement with Toyota, highlighting a unique collaboration in which Toyota will buy renewable hydrogen for vehicle fueling produced on-site from a multi-megawatt SureSourceTM fuel cell power plant situated at the Port of Long Beach in California.

1 Dec 2017

MIT Plans in Place to Meet Greenhouse Gas Reduction Targets

MIT has been forging ahead on strategies to implement the Institute's Plan for Action on Climate Change, which was adopted in 2015.

1 Dec 2017

Bacteria Created by Caltech Team can Make Boron-Carbon Bonds

Caltech's Frances Arnold, the Linus Pauling Professor of Chemical Engineering, Bioengineering and Biochemistry, and her team, in feat of bioengineering, have formed bacteria that can, for the first time, make chemical compounds having bonds between carbon and boron. Before now, such boron-carbon bonds were formed only in the laboratories of chemists and could not be created by any known life form.

30 Nov 2017

Nylon Filter Cartridge Optimised for Petrochemical Processing

With maximum operating temperatures of 150°C and compatibility with petrochemical products including aromatics, Amazon Filters SupaSpun II Nylon filter cartridges provide unmatched performance for use in refineries and o...

30 Nov 2017

Affordable Ventilated Laboratory Cabinet

The Asynt GP540 is a new bench-mounted, general-purpose, ventilated laboratory cabinet designed for use in a wide-range of applications. In the modern laboratory, where space is always at a premium, the compact GP...

30 Nov 2017

New System Could Help Make Supply of Renewable Electricity More Stable

Grid operators need to do more than just distributing the electricity produced by photovoltaic plants and wind farms. They have to ensure a regular quality of supply as well. It is a complex issue to achieve this with the available components and systems.

29 Nov 2017

From Waste to Useful Fuel

Carbon dioxide is a waste product from industry and is, in part, responsible for global warming and the associated rising temperatures. But what if this greenhouse gas could be turned into useful compounds such as fuel and chemical feedstock?

By Kerry Taylor-Smith 29 Nov 2017

Agrophotovoltaics May Help Increase Land Use Efficiency by more than 60%

Until recently, acreage was chosen for either photosynthesis or photovoltaics, that is, to produce grow crops or electricity. An agrophotovoltaics (APV) pilot project near Lake Constance, however, has currently showed that both uses are compatible.

28 Nov 2017

Artificial Photosynthesis System for Clean and Sustainable Synthesis of Ethylene

A research team at the National University of Singapore (NUS) has designed a prototype device that simulates natural photosynthesis to synthesize ethylene gas by using just water, sunlight, and carbon dioxide.

27 Nov 2017

Novel System Converts Diesel Exhaust Particulate Matter into Air-Ink

On a break from his studies in the MIT Media Lab, Anirudh Sharma SM '14 traveled home to Mumbai, India. While there, he noticed that throughout the day his T-shirts were gradually accumulating something that resembled dirt.

27 Nov 2017

U.S. Senator Speaks About America’s Climate Change at MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative

United States Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) spoke at MIT on Nov. 20 about efforts to deny the legitimacy of climate science and how such misinformation can be combated.

24 Nov 2017

New Study Reveals a Massive Hydrogen Generator at the Earth's Core-Mantle Boundary

When water meets the Earth's core, temperatures & pressures in the core-mantle boundary causes water to separate into hydrogen & an oxidized iron dioxide.

23 Nov 2017

Energy Stored in Electric Cars Could Soon Power Our Lives

Power that is stored in electric cars could be returned to the grid, thereby supporting the grid and acting as a potential storage for clean energy.

23 Nov 2017

New Low-Emissions Technology Could Convert Methane Without Forming CO2

As we make progress toward more sustainable ways of powering our way of life, there is a pursuit to bridge the gap between the carbon dioxide-emitting fossil fuels we depend on for our most fundamental needs, and the cleaner, but not yet economically attainable alternative technologies.

22 Nov 2017

UCLA Researchers One Step Closer to Developing Hydrogen Cars

Researchers at UCLA have a designed device that can employ solar energy to efficiently and economically create and store energy, which could be employed to power electronic devices, and to produce hydrogen fuel for eco-friendly cars.

21 Nov 2017