Energy News
Posted on July 20, 2009 at 09:28:07 am
Research at the University of Liverpool has shown it is possible to develop an 'invisibility cloak' to protect buildings from earthquakes.
Posted on July 20, 2009 at 09:19:23 am
A new method for capturing significantly more heat from low-temperature geothermal resources holds promise for generating virtually pollution-free electrical energy.
Posted on July 20, 2009 at 09:13:11 am
Bio-Mass Burning Stove Also Converts Heat Into Sound Then Electricity.
Posted on July 14, 2009 at 11:43:34 am
Circulating Fluidized Bed (CFB) technology uses fluidization to mix and circulate fuel particles with limestone as they burn in a low-temperature combustion process.
Posted on July 10, 2009 at 01:12:04 pm
New design grows optically active semiconductors in arrays of nanoscale pillars, each a single crystal, with dimensions measured in billionths of a meter.
Posted on July 08, 2009 at 09:54:05 pm
Called SunCatchers, the new dishes have a refined design that will be used in commercial-scale deployments of the units beginning in 2010.
Posted on July 05, 2009 at 01:53:42 pm
For a long time, batteries were bulky and heavy. Now, a new cutting-edge battery is revolutionizing the field. It is thinner than a millimeter, lighter than a gram, and can be produced cost-effectively through a printing process.
Posted on July 04, 2009 at 12:07:24 am
A new study suggests that the form of El Nino may be changing potentially causing not only a greater number of hurricanes than in average years, but also a greater chance of hurricanes making landfall.
Posted on June 23, 2009 at 01:05:27 am
Germany's effort to replace coal- and nuclear-fired electricity generation with renewables hinges on completing a large number of offshore wind farms--which are being developed at a troublingly slow pace.
Posted on June 17, 2009 at 11:34:14 am
In the future, will wind power tapped by high-flying kites light up New York?
