A detailed account has been provided by researchers of how to control the electron charge of nanoparticles of platinum, an important catalyst in fuel cells, to maximize the efficiency of the process. Read more here:: http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/matter_energy/fuel_cells/~3/xvN1T8fh_Y4/151214130622.htm
Stephen Munday, managing director of Clean Energy Installations, recently held discussions with Chandhry Abdul Majid, Prime Minister of Azad Jammu & Kashmir (AJK), about solar photovoltaics (PV) strategy in the North-East region of Pakistan. Munday’s meetings with senior AJK officials took place as severe energy shortages across Pakistan threaten to…
Now that wind and solar energy have proven their ability to generate cost-effective electricity, energy storage is the next technology advance needed to take renewables to another level. Wind and solar create energy on an inconsistent basis that often doesn’t line up with a home, business, or utility’s energy needs,…
Euphoria is easy. And in the case of the climate change accord signed in Paris, it is also justified. After the false dawn of Kyoto and the fiasco of Copenhagen, the world has begun to get its act together. Bravo, world. But only just, and only just in time. And…
By Heba Hashem Read more here:: http://social.csptoday.com/tracker/project/rgtu-cross-linear-csp-plant
Crystal growth on a nano/microscale level produces “match-head”-like, three-dimensional structures that enhance light absorption and photovoltaic efficiency. This is the first large structure grown on a nanowire tip and it creates a completely new architecture for harnessing energy. Read more here:: http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/matter_energy/solar_energy/~3/RbZSrixQf8w/151211132524.htm
A pair of socks embedded with miniaturized microbial fuel cells and fueled with urine pumped by the wearer’s footsteps has powered a wireless transmitter to send a signal to a PC. This is the first self-sufficient system powered by a wearable energy generator based on microbial fuel cell technology. Read…
Falling battery prices and a rapidly increasing number of applications have recently kick-started the deployment of electricity storage systems in the residential, industrial, and public sector. Much attention is being payed to this rising star but which are the most attractive storage markets worldwide? Enviacon international tackles this and much…
By Wayne.Hicks@nrel.gov (Wayne Hicks) December 11, 2015 Scientists from the Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have discovered that a metabolic pathway previously only suggested to be functional in photosynthetic organisms is actually a major pathway and can enable efficient conversion of carbon dioxide to organic compounds. The discovery…
By By MELISSA EDDY Both are trying to develop climate-friendly energy solutions that can serve as a model for countries now meeting in Paris, as they each try to curb carbon emissions. Read more here:: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/11/world/europe/california-and-germany-opposites-with-a-common-energy-goal.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
