Lithium-ion battery inventor working on cheaper alternative September 25, 2015 // 4 Comments The inventor of the lithium-ion battery is developing sodium-ion batteries as a cheaper alternative. Sodium, the main [...]
Sustainability research is growing faster than research overall September 24, 2015 // 2 Comments A study published by Elsevier and SciDev.Net says that research on sustainability is growing almost twice as much as [...]
Valero Energy Partners LP buys Corpus Christi Terminal Services Business for US$465mn September 24, 2015 // 2 Comments Valero Energy Partners LP (VLP) announced yesterday that it acquired Corpus Christi Terminal Services from a subsidiary of [...]
New protein speeds up biofuel production September 24, 2015 // 2 Comments For this research, Gonzalez-Esquer worked with Cheryl Kerfeld, the Hannah Distinguished Professor of Structural [...]
Highly accurate method for measuring luminous efficacy of LEDs September 24, 2015 // 1 Comment A new method helps discovering the most efficient lamps, which may save billions in lighting costs in the future. [...]
Researchers produce flexible energy storage September 24, 2015 // 3 Comments The Department of Applied Physics of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) developed a simpler way to make manganese [...]
Chernobyl meltdown was preventable, study says September 23, 2015 // 2 Comments The worst nuclear disaster since the 1986 Chernobyl meltdown never should have happened, according to a new study. [...]
Gas turbines answer the need for energy storage September 23, 2015 // 1 Comment Since the wind doesn’t always blow and the sun doesn’t always shine at the time that energy is needed, many [...]
Transparent coat cools solar cells by beaming heat to space September 23, 2015 // 3 Comments The hotter solar cells get, the less efficient they become at converting the photons in light into useful electricity. Now, [...]
Real-time feedback most effective method to save electricity September 23, 2015 // 2 Comments A study shows that apps that give real-time energy use are the most effective tools to save energy. Real-time feedback is [...]