Energy

How Close Are We To Getting Hydrogen From Algae As A Fuel Source?

As gas prices continue to climb, alternative fuels get a lot of attention but how close are they? Scientists atArgonne National Laboratory are working to chemically manipulate algae for production of the next generation of renewable fuels – hydrogen gas. S ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 1 2008 - 4:28pm

Everything Is Energy (But Algae Is Great)

In the last 20 years, physicists have, after drilling down into ever smaller particles of matter come to this conclusion, that everything is energy This, to some degree confirms some of the underpinnings of eastern philosophies and religions. If everything ...

Article - David Houle - Apr 2 2008 - 4:21pm

Solar Energy Needs 10 More Years Of R&D To Beat Petroleum- Expert

Even with oil prices at $100 a barrel, it could take 10 or more years of intensive research and development to reduce the cost of solar energy to levels competitive with petroleum, according to Harry Gray, Ph.D., the Arnold O. Beckman Professor of Chemistr ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 7 2008 - 5:21pm

Future Energy Tech- Real Time Monitoring Of Energy Use And Pricing Choices For Households

In many homes, an employee from the electric or gas company comes by to read the meter and you only find out power consumption after the fact. That doesn't tell you precisely how much energy the customer has used at what times or with which devices bu ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 8 2008 - 11:26am

'In Vitro Synthetic Biology' Hydrogen Process Could Lead To Sugar-Fueled Cars

Chemists are describing development of a “revolutionary” process for converting plant sugars into hydrogen, which could be used to cheaply and efficiently power vehicles equipped with hydrogen fuel cells without producing any pollutants. The process involv ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 24 2009 - 10:29am

FLOX Improved Combustion Means Fire Without Smoke- And Cleaner Energy

Combustion without flames can be used to build much more efficient industrial gas turbines for power generation than are used in current models and produce almost no polluting emissions, say Mohamed Sassi of The Petroleum Institute in Abu Dabi and colleagu ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 12 2008 - 9:58am

We Need A Rockefeller Of Solar Power

There are many on-going themes in the large discussion of global warming and replacing fossil fuels with renewable, clean energy. One of the dominant ones is that alternative fuels such as solar are much more expensive than fossil fuels. This argument is o ...

Article - David Houle - Apr 15 2008 - 6:45pm

The Microturbulence Road To Achieving Magnetic Confinement Fusion

Magnetic confinement fusion could be a safe, environmentally friendly way to provide a substantial part of the world’s energy needs in the 21st century but before that can happen science needs to understand the complex behavior of hot collisionless plasmas ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 21 2008 - 3:14pm

Energy Complacence Or Energy Panic- Living A Deja Vu Life

As a futurist I speak and write about trends and the future. I am often asked questions about the future of one thing or another. In most cases I speak to general trends, not specific outcomes. In some areas I can be somewhat specific as I have taken the t ...

Article - David Houle - Apr 27 2008 - 7:35pm

Biofuels May Be Doomed- But A Fungus Approach Is Worth A Look

The genome analysis of a champion biomass-degrading fungus has revealed a surprisingly minimal repertoire of genes that it employs to break down plant cell walls, highlighting opportunities for further improvements in enzymes customized for biofuels produc ...

Article - News Staff - May 4 2008 - 8:01pm