By Wayne.Hicks@nrel.gov (Wayne Hicks) April 25, 2016 Researchers at the Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) discovered single-walled carbon nanotube semiconductors could be favorable for photovoltaic systems because they can potentially convert sunlight to electricity or fuels without losing much energy. The research builds on the Nobel Prize-winning work…

Hybrid batteries that charge faster than conventional ones could have significantly better electrical capacity and long-term stability when prepared with a gentle-sounding way of making electrodes. Called ion soft-landing, the high-precision technique resulted in electrodes that could store a third more energy and had twice the lifespan compared to those…

By African Utility Week Aquaponic farming, a geyser switch and other water and energy savings gadgets and software are amongst the winning innovations and inventions that will be showcased at the Innovation Hub taking place during the upcoming African Utility Week in Cape Town from 17-19 May. Fifteen SMEs, start-ups…

By GREEN CREATIVE GREEN CREATIVE, the commercial grade LED lighting manufacturer proudly announces the launch of its HID LED 45W and HID LED 27W universal voltage lamps. [PR.com] Read more here:: http://www.pr.com/press-release/667917

By Wayne.Hicks@nrel.gov (Wayne Hicks) April 22, 2016 Researchers at the Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have uncovered a way to overcome a principal obstacle in using two-dimensional (2D) semiconductors in electronic and optoelectronic devices. 2D semiconductors such as molybdenum disulfide are only a few layers thick and are…

By WALLACH IP Management and Consulting WALLACH IP Management and Consulting announced a new business venture focused on professional patent protection services. Founder Dr. Brenda Wallach, who has nearly twenty years’ experience advising cutting-edge companies, is filling a critical need for companies that must protect their intellectual property and do…

By By DIANE CARDWELL The renewable energy development company, which grew rapidly in recent years, said it aimed to shed assets to streamline its business. Read more here:: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/22/business/energy-environment/sunedison-files-for-bankruptcy-protection.html

By By JUSTIN GILLIS and CORAL DAVENPORT Unless countries develop more ambitious plans, they say, the world could suffer profound consequences, including debilitating heat waves, food shortages and fast-rising seas. Read more here:: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/22/science/united-nations-paris-climate-change-document.html

By Wayne.Hicks@nrel.gov (Wayne Hicks) Carbon emissions and energy requirements reduced with new approach April 21, 2016 A new process using light to reduce dinitrogen into ammonia, the main ingredient in chemical fertilizers could inspire development of new, more sustainable processes that eliminate the energy-intensive, lengthier processes now commonly in use.…

By Robin Sayles Précis: Low crude oil prices have driven oilfield operators to consider CSP enhanced oil recovery (EOR) as a way of reducing production costs, John O’Donnell, vice president of business development at GlassPoint Solar, told CSP Today. Oil prices fluctuated between $28 and $42 per barrel in the…