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Biological-Based Fuel Cell Uses Waste Tomatoes to Generate Electricity

News - 17 Mar 2016

A group of scientists are working to generate electricity from an unusual source: damaged tomatoes, which are not fit to be sold at grocery stores. The pilot project involves a biological-based fuel...

Cyanobacteria Uses Sunlight and Water to Directly Make Hydrogen

News - 12 Nov 2015

In the quest for renewable fuels, scientists are taking lessons from a humble bacterium that fills our oceans and covers moist surfaces the world over. While the organism captures light to make food...

Researchers Explore Market Potential and Environmental Trade-Offs of Using Natural Gas in Marine Fuels

News - 25 Sep 2015

As the maritime shipping industry transitions toward cleaner fuels in response to new environmental regulations and emissions standards, abundant supplies of natural gas in the United States, and...

Researchers Develop More Efficient Bio-Battery with Inorganic Components

News - 23 Feb 2015

UBC microbiologist J. Thomas Beatty, bioengineer John Madden and chemist Curtis Berlinguette are working across disciplines to develop a new generation of solar cells. Their inspiration? Mother...

Beach Microbial Communities Affected By Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

News - 18 Feb 2015

When oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill first began washing ashore on Pensacola Municipal Beach in June 2010, populations of sensitive microorganisms, including those that capture sunlight or fix...

Stanford Awarded Eight Seed Grants for Promising New Research in Clean Technology and Energy Efficiency

News - 15 Dec 2014

Stanford University's Precourt Institute for Energy, Precourt Energy Efficiency Center and TomKat Center for Sustainable Energy have awarded eight seed grants totaling about $1.5 million for...

National Renewable Energy Laboratory Makes it Easier for Industry Partners to Work with the Lab

News - 7 Aug 2014

The Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is accelerating the availability of next-generation energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies in the marketplace by...

Tethys -Online Database for Ocean Energy and Offshore Wind Resources

News - 22 May 2014

Wondering what the impact on killer whales might be from a turbine installed under the sea? Curious whether crabs and other crustaceans might be attracted to underwater cables carrying electricity to...

Weather Favors Installation of Pipes for Stanford Energy System Innovations Project

News - 29 Mar 2014

Normally, drought is a bad thing – except when it accelerates construction that has sometimes proven disruptive to the Stanford community. Thanks to favorable weather, the Stanford Energy...

NSF Center to Study Effect of Atmospheric Particles on the Environment and Climate

News - 10 Sep 2013

Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla will today announce a five-year, $20 million award from the National Science Foundation to support an innovative program of research and education on how interactions...