Study shows hybrid effect on power distribution March 12, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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A growing number of plug-in hybrid electric cars and trucks could require major new power generation resources or none at all— depending on when people recharge their automobiles. | |
 New process makes diesel fuel and industrial chemicals from simple sugar June 29, 2006 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 50 vote(s)
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The soaring prices of oil and natural gas have sparked a race to make transportation fuels from plant matter instead of petroleum. Both biodiesel and gasoline containing ethanol are starting to make an impact ... | |
 Alternative fuel vehicles will be tough sell May 30, 2007 | User rating: 3.4 / 5 after 32 vote(s)
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Imagine a vehicle that runs on hydrogen or biofuels and offers the same features, performance and price as today's gasoline vehicle. Will it capture half the market? Not likely, concludes a new MIT analysis ... | |
Smithsonian scientists highlight environmental impacts of biofuels January 03, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 23 vote(s)
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Biofuels reduce greenhouse-gas emissions in comparison to fossil fuels. In the Jan. 4 issue of the journal Science, Smithsonian researchers highlight a new study that factors in environmental costs of biofuel production. ... | |
 Sweet success for pioneering hydrogen energy project May 23, 2006 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 26 vote(s)
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Bacteria that can munch through confectionery could be a valuable source of non-polluting energy in the years ahead, new research has shown. In a feasibility study funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences ... | |
 New world record for solar-to-grid conversion efficiency February 13, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 35 vote(s)
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On a perfect New Mexico winter day — with the sky almost 10 percent brighter than usual — Sandia National Laboratories and Stirling Energy Systems (SES) set a new solar-to-grid system conversion efficiency ... | |
Army looks to hydrogen to lighten soldiers' load March 27, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
Researchers at Missouri University of Science and Technology are developing a portable, hydrogen-generating power system to power everything from laptops to communications gear for soldiers in the battlefield. | |
Study finds cloudy outlook for solar panels February 21, 2008 | User rating: 3.4 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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Despite increasing popular support for solar photovoltaic panels in the United States, their costs far outweigh the benefits, according to a new analysis by Severin Borenstein, a professor at the University of California, ... | |
U.S. to help fund biomass research April 15, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
The U.S. Department of Energy says it will provide up to $44 million in funding to assist universities in biomass technology research and development. | |
 Screen-printed solar cells January 29, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 44 vote(s)
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Members of the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE are traveling to Tokyo with bulky luggage these days. Their destination is Nanotech 2008, the world’s largest trade fair for nanotechnology. ... | |
Professor demonstrates new hydrogen fuel system February 23, 2007 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 111 vote(s)
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Northern Nevada energy consumers can be excused if they have a sense of "sticker shock" when their power bills come due following the holiday season. Or, that they have a feeling of powerlessness as the price of gasoline ... | |
Team sets solar cell record July 24, 2007 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 93 vote(s)
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Using a novel technology that adds multiple innovations to a very high-performance crystalline silicon solar cell platform, a consortium led by the University of Delaware has achieved a record-breaking combined solar cell ... | |
Carbon capture strategy could lead to emission-free cars February 11, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a strategy to capture, store and eventually recycle carbon from vehicles to prevent the pollutant from finding its way from a car tailpipe into the atmosphere. ... | |
 Electricity from a thin film February 01, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 30 vote(s)
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Teams of researchers all over the world are working on the development of organic solar cells. The Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE in Freiburg is presenting avenues towards industrial mass ... | |
Experimental 'wind to hydrogen' system up and running January 08, 2007 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 39 vote(s)
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Xcel Energy and the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory today unveiled a unique facility that uses electricity from wind turbines to produce and store pure hydrogen, offering what may become an ... | |
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