Energy

Alane- Reversible Generation Of Aluminum Hydride For Hydrogen Storage

One of the major obstacles in widespread use hydrogen as a clean energy alternative is hydrogen storage. Solid-state storage, using solid materials such as metals that absorb hydrogen and release it as needed, has safety and practicality advantages over st ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 14 2014 - 11:37am

U.S. Energy Usage Dropped In 2008 But Ethanol Use Went Up

Americans used more solar, nuclear, biomass and wind energy in 2008 than they did in 2007, according to energy flow charts released by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and less coal and petroleum during the same time frame. Natural gas consumpti ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 20 2009 - 1:54pm

Sun Power For Soldiers

'Sun power for soldiers' sounds like aging hipsters have taken over the military, right?   No, this is still manly; a special "conductive ink" that can be used to make printed organic photovoltaic solar cell panels on very thin, flexibl ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 21 2009 - 12:24am

Bok... Bok... Biodiesel

Scientists in Nevada are reporting development of a new and environmentally friendly process for chicken parts that are a lot better for you than Chicken Nuggets- namely, producing biodiesel fuel from 'chicken feather' meal, the 11 billion pounds ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 8 2010 - 6:56pm

Alternative Energy Is Nothing Without Conversion- And Polymer Electrolyte Membranes May Be It

Everyone is concerned about dwindling fossil fuel resources and current levels of petroleum consumption but pressure to shift to more sustainable energy sources has led to lobbyists and bigger government programs, not a better environment. The best approac ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 24 2009 - 4:19pm

5 Cutting-Edge Technologies That Could Lead To Efficient Hydrogen Vehicles

Less stable materials may not sound like a great thing for your car but they may be the solution to producing a clean-running hydrogen fuel cell vehicle. More on that in just a minute. First, let's talk about where things are in clean energy. If you&# ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jul 24 2009 - 6:35pm

Peak Oil? Not If This Deep Earth Hydrocarbon Theory Is True

We know how oil and natural gas deposits were created; living organisms died, were compressed, and heated under heavy layers of sediments in the Earth's crust. Scientists have debated for years whether some of these hydrocarbons could also have been c ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 27 2009 - 10:08am

Untapped Geothermal Energy- The Upside To Abandoned Mineshafts

Abandoned mine shafts could be used to provide geothermal energy to local towns, say two engineers from the University of Oviedo in the journal Renewable Energy. They say the method they have developed makes it possible to estimate the amount of heat that ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 27 2009 - 3:57pm

Hydrogen- The Metal?

Hydrogen is the most common element in the universe and is an insulating gas.  Hydrogen is also the simplest of the elements: it contains one proton and one electron.  But at high pressures hydrogen may turn into a superconductor and scientists at the Carn ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 27 2017 - 12:56pm

Organic Solar Cells Get A Bubble Boost

Organic solar cells that can be produced easily and inexpensively are the perfect solution to future 'personalized' power generation.   Major obstacles remain, such as coaxing these carbon-based materials to reliably form the proper structure at ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 8 2010 - 6:56pm