Innovative Process Rapidly Turns Plant Waste Into Biofuels
Rutgers-led team develops innovative process to rapidly dissolve plant fibers to make it easier to turn plant waste into biofuels. Researchers have developed a new…
Green Energy
Capturing Extra Energy From the Sun: Harnessing Hot Carriers for High Efficiency Solar Cells
Materials that can slow the cooling of highly energetic hot carriers could capture extra energy from the Sun. Two-dimensional solar materials may offer a way…
Gasification Goes Green: Low-Temp Photocatalyst Slashes Carbon Footprint for Syngas
Rice University engineers have created a light-powered nanoparticle that could shrink the carbon footprint of a major segment of the chemical industry. The particle, tiny…
Harvesting Ocean Energy: Bio-Inspired Membrane Efficiently Produces Electricity From Saltwater
Inspired by membranes in the body tissues of living organisms, scientists have combined aramid nanofibers used in Kevlar with boron nitride to construct a membrane…
Technological Breakthrough Achieved for Solar Cells – Previously Thought Impossible
Scientists at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) achieved a technological breakthrough for solar cells previously thought impossible. The scientists successfully integrated an aluminum source…
Successful Test for Superconducting 3.6 Megawatt Wind Turbine
A superconducting rotor has been successfully tested on an active wind turbine for the first time. The EcoSwing consortium designed, developed, manufactured a full-size superconducting…
Fusion Researchers Find Safer, More Effective Way to Create a Star on Earth
A major issue with operating ring-shaped fusion facilities known as tokamaks is keeping the plasma that fuels fusion reactions free of impurities that could reduce…
Using Extremely Fast Lasers to Develop Perovskite Solar Cells That Can Harvest More Electricity
Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) in a collaboration with the University of Groningen (UG) in the Netherlands, have developed a method to…
Cheaper Renewable Energy by Fine-Tuning Thermoelectric Materials
Researchers from Queen Mary University of London have developed new thermoelectric materials, which could provide a low-cost option for converting heat energy into electricity. Materials…
Uncertain Role for Natural Gas in the Transition to Clean Energy Due to Leaks in Wells, Tanks and Pipelines
MIT study finds that challenges in measuring and mitigating leakage of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, prove pivotal. A new MIT study examines the opposing…
New Flexible Transparent Solar Cells Could Be Used in Buildings, Vehicles and Portable Electronics
Freestanding Microwire-Array Enables Flexible Solar Windows TSCs are emerging devices that combine the advantages of visible transparency and light-to-electricity conversion. One of the valuable prospective…
Researchers Find New Way to Convert Carbon Dioxide Into Usable Fuel
Scientists devise new catalyst that uses light to turn carbon dioxide to fuel. The concentration of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere is steadily increasing, and…
Carbon Intensity of Power Sector Down in 2019 As Renewables Saw Considerable Growth
Engineers from Carnegie Mellon University’s Scott Institute for Energy Innovation have compiled carbon emissions for the U.S. electric power sector for the second quarter (Q2)…
Saving Bats From Wind Turbine Death – “Green-Green Dilemma”
German scientists survey stakeholders about their attitudes toward methods to mitigate bat fatalities from wind turbines used in generating renewable energy. Wind energy holds great…
“Big Surprise” Discovery Increases Perovskite Solar Cell Efficiency
Discovery means simpler and cheaper manufacturing methods are actually beneficial for the material’s use in next-generation solar cells or LED lighting. Scientists at the University…
Turning Waste Heat Into Hydrogen Fuel Using Reverse Electrodialysis
Using waste heat helps cut cost of producing hydrogen. Hydrogen as an energy carrier can help us move away from fossil fuels, but only if…
New Hybrid Device Efficiently Captures and Stores Solar Energy
Device offers a new avenue for capitalizing on abundant solar energy. Researchers from the University of Houston have reported a new device that can both…
Direct Thermal Charging Cell Converts Waste Heat Into Usable Electricity
Dr. Tony Shien-Ping Feng of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) and his team invented a Direct Thermal Charging…