https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/en-usCopyright (C) 2026 newslocker.comTue, 28 May 2019 08:01:00 +0200 This important discovery is laid out in their paper published today in Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. The paper is titled “The structure of the stress induced photosystem I – IsiA antenna supercomplex.”Overall structure of the PSI-IsiA supercomplex.
“Sup]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/asu-team-throws-new-light-on-photosynthetic-supercomplex-structure/Tue, 28 May 2019 08:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/asu-team-throws-new-light-on-photosynthetic-supercomplex-structure/ The team published their findings on May 22, 2019 in the journal Energy &]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/data-science-helps-engineers-discover-new-materials-for-solar-cells-and-leds/Tue, 28 May 2019 06:48:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/data-science-helps-engineers-discover-new-materials-for-solar-cells-and-leds/ These Li-S batteries are derived from three-dimensional (3D) interconnected porous graphene/CNT aerogels, simultaneously serving as sulfur host and interlayer. Their findings were published in Nano Energ]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/3d-graphenecarbon-nanotube-aerogels-for-ultrahigh-volumetric-energy-density-li-s-batteries-developed/Tue, 28 May 2019 06:30:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/3d-graphenecarbon-nanotube-aerogels-for-ultrahigh-volumetric-energy-density-li-s-batteries-developed/ Ultrathin films often behave quite differently from the same material in bulk form. For example, bulk FeSe superconduc]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/superconductor-films-convert-heat-into-electricity/Tue, 28 May 2019 05:54:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/superconductor-films-convert-heat-into-electricity/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/high-energy-textile-lithium-battery-is-highly-flexible-for-wearable-electronics/Tue, 28 May 2019 05:15:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/high-energy-textile-lithium-battery-is-highly-flexible-for-wearable-electronics/ This reservoir is designed to remain close to equilibrium with the reacting gas streams as they follo]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/major-step-forward-in-the-production-of-green-hydrogen/Tue, 28 May 2019 00:53:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/major-step-forward-in-the-production-of-green-hydrogen/ Life today depends heavily on electricity. However, the unrelenting demand for electricity calls for increasingly greener and “portable” sources of energy. Although windmills and solar panels are promising alternatives, the fluctuation in output levels depending on external factors renders them as unreliable. Thus, from the viewpoint of resour]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/charging-into-the-futurenovel-rock-salt-for-use-in-rechargeable-magnesium-batteries/Tue, 28 May 2019 00:40:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/charging-into-the-futurenovel-rock-salt-for-use-in-rechargeable-magnesium-batteries/ On a November afternoon in 2017, a magnitude 5.5 earthquake shook Pohang, South Korea, injuring dozens and forcing more than 1,700 of the city’s residents into emergency housing. Research now shows that development of a geothermal energy project shoulders]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/geothermal-energys-earthquake-problem-and-possible-solutions/Tue, 28 May 2019 00:23:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/geothermal-energys-earthquake-problem-and-possible-solutions/ This week, two rare-earth mineral-processing companies announced a new joint-venture whose aim will be to establish a rare-earth ore processing plant in Hondo, Texas..
Construction takes place at the site of Lynas Corp.’s Advanced Materials Plant in the Gebeng Industrial Zone near Kuantan, Malaysia, on Thursday, April 19, 2012.
.Lynas Corp., an Australian rare-earths processor, and Blue Line Corp., a che]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/australian-rare-earth-ore-processor-wants-to-build-a-plant-in-the-us/Tue, 28 May 2019 00:14:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/australian-rare-earth-ore-processor-wants-to-build-a-plant-in-the-us/ Scientists Develop High-efficiency, Stable Thermoelectric Module Based on High-performance Liquid-like Materials
Based on high-performance liquid-like materials, scientists from the Shanghai Institute of Ceramics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Northwestern University in US innovatively fabricated a Cu2Se/Yb0.3Co4Sb12 thermoelectric module with eight n-type Ni/Ti/Yb0.3Co4Sb12 legs and eight p-type Ni/Mo/Cu2Se legs.
Their strategy goes beyond the normal design of TE]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/scientists-develop-high-efficiency-stable-thermoelectric-module-based-on-high-performance-liquid-like-materials/Sun, 26 May 2019 17:17:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/scientists-develop-high-efficiency-stable-thermoelectric-module-based-on-high-performance-liquid-like-materials/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/waste-not-want-not-empowered-by-heat-converting-waste-heat-into-electricity/Sun, 26 May 2019 16:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/waste-not-want-not-empowered-by-heat-converting-waste-heat-into-electricity/ “In this research, we explore the opportunity for new design possi]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/pixelgreen-a-hybrid-green-media-wall-for-existing-high-rise-buildings/Sat, 25 May 2019 19:11:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/pixelgreen-a-hybrid-green-media-wall-for-existing-high-rise-buildings/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/need-for-rigorous-procedures-within-electrochemical-production-of-ammonia/Sat, 25 May 2019 18:50:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/need-for-rigorous-procedures-within-electrochemical-production-of-ammonia/ Compared to our current computers, the human brain uses a fraction of]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/learning-magnets-could-lead-to-energy-efficient-data-processing/Sat, 25 May 2019 18:27:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/learning-magnets-could-lead-to-energy-efficient-data-processing/ The world’s largest carmaker is creating its first all-electric plant and phasing out production of the internal combustion-engine cars built by generations of local]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/threat-or-promise-e-auto-boom-could-cost-industry-jobs/Sat, 25 May 2019 18:16:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/threat-or-promise-e-auto-boom-could-cost-industry-jobs/ Physicists from the University of Belgrade in Serbia believe they’ve found a way to manipulate superth]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/strain-enables-new-applications-of-2d-materials/Sat, 25 May 2019 18:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/strain-enables-new-applications-of-2d-materials/ But far greater challenges remain in the heat and transport secto]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/zero-carbon-electric-transport-is-already-in-reach-for-small-islands/Sat, 25 May 2019 17:47:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/zero-carbon-electric-transport-is-already-in-reach-for-small-islands/ But it isn’t just phones that can distract us while driving. Increasingly, vehicles come pre-installed with technology that promises to improve our lives and let us get that little bit more productivity o]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/in-car-technology-are-we-being-sold-a-false-sense-of-security/Sat, 25 May 2019 17:31:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/in-car-technology-are-we-being-sold-a-false-sense-of-security/ Akichika Kumatani of Tohoku University’s Adva]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/mathematically-designed-graphene-has-improved-electrocatalytic-activity/Sat, 25 May 2019 17:19:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/mathematically-designed-graphene-has-improved-electrocatalytic-activity/ Creating this E-ferry prototype Ellen, due for delivery in May, involved designing, building and demonstrating a f]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/why-eu-funded-e-ferry-is-set-to-electrify-the-passenger-ship-sector/Sat, 25 May 2019 17:05:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/why-eu-funded-e-ferry-is-set-to-electrify-the-passenger-ship-sector/ The material, epsilon iron(III) oxide, shows promise as a building block for exotic nanoscale structures that could be useful for spintronic devices, electronic or storage applications that take advantage of not only the charge of electrons but also their spin states.A microscope image s]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/nearly-2d-form-of-iron-oxide-with-strong-magnetic-properties-potentially-useful-for-spintronic-devices/Sat, 25 May 2019 16:24:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/nearly-2d-form-of-iron-oxide-with-strong-magnetic-properties-potentially-useful-for-spintronic-devices/ “We have successfully introduced the carbon species into the monolayer of the semiconducting material,” said]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/adding-a-carbon-atom-transforms-2d-semiconducting-material/Sat, 25 May 2019 16:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/adding-a-carbon-atom-transforms-2d-semiconducting-material/ Would you eat lab-created fish? This San Diego startup is carving new path in ‘alt-meat’ industry
Local startup BlueNalu is developing seafood products like fish, crustaceans and mollusks — all designed in labs and grown in bioreactors
It’s official: alternative meat has gone mainstream.
Vegetarian creations like the Impossible Burger — which look and taste like real meat — are the big headliners, with companies like Beyond Meat and Impossible Foo]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/would-you-eat-lab-created-fish-this-san-diego-startup-is-carving-new-path-in-alt-meat-industry/Sat, 25 May 2019 05:44:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/would-you-eat-lab-created-fish-this-san-diego-startup-is-carving-new-path-in-alt-meat-industry/ Because of their high energy-storage density, materials such as metal oxides, sulfides, and fluorides are promising electrode materials for lithium-ion batteries in electric vehicles and other technologies. However, their capacity fades very rapidly. Now, scienti]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/finding-the-cause-of-capacity-loss-in-a-metal-oxide-battery-material/Fri, 24 May 2019 20:12:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/finding-the-cause-of-capacity-loss-in-a-metal-oxide-battery-material/ Engineered electroactive microbes could be part of the solution; these microbes are capable of borrowing an electron from solar or wind electricity and using the energy to break apart carbon dioxide molecules from th]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/engineered-bacteria-could-be-missing-link-in-energy-storage/Fri, 24 May 2019 19:52:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/engineered-bacteria-could-be-missing-link-in-energy-storage/ Indiana University researchers have created a powerful new molecule for the extraction of salt from liquid. The work has the potential to help increase the amount of drinkable water on Earth.Yun Liu holds a 3D-printed model of the chloride-capture molecule. Photo by Fred Zwicky, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Built using chemical bonds previously regarded as too]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/building-a-better-salt-trap-iu-researchers-synthesize-a-molecular-cage-to-trap-chloride/Fri, 24 May 2019 19:42:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/building-a-better-salt-trap-iu-researchers-synthesize-a-molecular-cage-to-trap-chloride/ Current]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/100-renewables-doesnt-equal-zero-carbon-energy-and-the-difference-is-growing/Fri, 24 May 2019 19:23:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/100-renewables-doesnt-equal-zero-carbon-energy-and-the-difference-is-growing/ Published today in the journal Science, the research is the latest from UMD materials science and engineering Associate Professor Liangbing Hu and his team to exploit the natural properties of wood to create]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/latest-umd-wood-technology-could-make-homes-cooler-and-more-energy-efficient/Fri, 24 May 2019 17:27:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/latest-umd-wood-technology-could-make-homes-cooler-and-more-energy-efficient/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/electrified-methane-reformer-produces-far-less-carbon-dioxide/Fri, 24 May 2019 17:06:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/electrified-methane-reformer-produces-far-less-carbon-dioxide/ Metal-organic frameworks, or MOFs, are incredibly versatile and super porous nanomaterials that can be used to store, separate, release or protect almost anything.
Predicted to be the defining material of the 21st century, MOFs are ideal for sensing and trapping substances at minute concentrations, to purify water or air, and can also hold large a]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/building-next-gen-smart-materials-with-the-power-of-sound/Fri, 24 May 2019 03:53:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/building-next-gen-smart-materials-with-the-power-of-sound/ Plants use sunlight to drive chemical reactions between water and CO2 to cr]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/artificial-photosynthesis-transforms-carbon-dioxide-into-liquefiable-fuels/Thu, 23 May 2019 22:31:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/artificial-photosynthesis-transforms-carbon-dioxide-into-liquefiable-fuels/ Today virtually all solar cells are made of high-purity silicon. It’s a well-established technology, and in recent years the manufacturing cost has dropped significantly due to economies of scale. N]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/quantum-rebar-quantum-dots-enhance-stability-of-solar-harvesting-perovskite-crystals/Thu, 23 May 2019 22:18:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/quantum-rebar-quantum-dots-enhance-stability-of-solar-harvesting-perovskite-crystals/ UrFU scientists are working on solving the problem of extracting non-ferrous and noble metals which are located in hard-to-process ores. Currently, there are many deposits where it is technically difficult to extract valuable components. This may be due to the presence of nanoscale gold and platinum group metals, their dissemination into the minerals’ sulfide matrix, the presence of such high-toxic compound]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/urfu-scientists-develop-new-technology-for-extracting-non-ferrous-and-noble-metals/Thu, 23 May 2019 20:06:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/urfu-scientists-develop-new-technology-for-extracting-non-ferrous-and-noble-metals/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/seeking-energy-independence-palestinians-open-solar-plant/Thu, 23 May 2019 19:56:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/seeking-energy-independence-palestinians-open-solar-plant/ An international team of researchers has brought a new generation of solar cells a step closer to commercialisation, by showing how sunlight can trigger a ‘healing process’ in the cells to improve their efficiency and stability.
The new research – led by Swinburne in c]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/how-doping-boosts-next-gen-solar-cells-towards-commercialisation/Thu, 23 May 2019 19:42:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/how-doping-boosts-next-gen-solar-cells-towards-commercialisation/ Over the last decade, Colorado State University researchers have led pioneering studies into improving the performance and cost of solar energy by fabricating and testing new materials that extend beyond the capabilities of silicon. They have focused on a material that shows promise for replacing silicon, called cadm]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/researchers-gain-key-insight-into-solar-materials-soaring-efficiency/Thu, 23 May 2019 16:49:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/researchers-gain-key-insight-into-solar-materials-soaring-efficiency/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/rollout-may-20-2019-of-revised-si-measurement-standards-no-longer-dependent-on-physical-objects-but-on-physical-constants/Wed, 22 May 2019 05:51:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/rollout-may-20-2019-of-revised-si-measurement-standards-no-longer-dependent-on-physical-objects-but-on-physical-constants/ ..
NIST is making available multimedia resources regarding the International System of Units (SI) makeover, at this link:https://www.nist.gov/si-redefinition/resources-reporters
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NIST also posted this article:The ‘Gang of Five’ and the SI Revolution, by: Peter Mohr, May 20, 2019, at this link:https://www.nist.gov/blogs/taking-measure/gang-five-and-si-revolution
&mdash]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/all-base-units-of-measurement-now-tied-to-defined-constants-rather-than-physical-objects/Wed, 22 May 2019 05:51:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/all-base-units-of-measurement-now-tied-to-defined-constants-rather-than-physical-objects/ “Low-Speed Electric Vehicles: An Underappreciated Threat to Gasoline Demand in China and Global Oil Prices?” is authored by Gabriel Collins, the Baker Botts Fellow in Energy and Environmental Regulatory Affairs at the B]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/expert-low-speed-electric-vehicles-could-affect-chinese-gasoline-demand-oil-prices/Tue, 21 May 2019 20:22:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/expert-low-speed-electric-vehicles-could-affect-chinese-gasoline-demand-oil-prices/ “We wanted to evaluate these new, pellet-fueled stoves, and secured funding from the Clean Cooking Alliance and the Climate and]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/field-study-finds-pellet-fed-stoves-cut-pollutant-emissions-90-nearing-gas-stove-performance/Tue, 21 May 2019 17:18:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/field-study-finds-pellet-fed-stoves-cut-pollutant-emissions-90-nearing-gas-stove-performance/ Unlike conventional drones that require propellers and sometimes wings, DOCOMO’s propellerless and wingless drone blimp simply requires helium to remain airborne. Moreover, it can travel forward, backward or up/down propelled via ultrasonic vibrations generated by several sm]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/safe-blade-free-drone-propelled-with-ultrasonic-vibrations/Tue, 21 May 2019 16:55:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/safe-blade-free-drone-propelled-with-ultrasonic-vibrations/ Surrey, United Kingdom- AFC Energy, the leading British fuel cell power company, today announced the first successful integration of alkaline fuel cells with an ammonia cracker for hydrogen production. The use of ammonia as an inexpensive and widely available liquid fuel enables a reliable, clean solution to the growing demand for off-grid electricity. It also has the potential to provide a highly cost]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/afc-energy-cracks-use-of-ammonia-in-alkaline-fuel-cell/Tue, 21 May 2019 05:21:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/afc-energy-cracks-use-of-ammonia-in-alkaline-fuel-cell/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-invention-may-extend-the-life-of-bridges/Mon, 20 May 2019 21:53:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-invention-may-extend-the-life-of-bridges/ The rapid development of information technology calls for data storage devices controlled by quantum mechanisms without energy losses. Maint]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/super-efficient-computer-memory-has-almost-no-energy-dissipation/Mon, 20 May 2019 21:10:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/super-efficient-computer-memory-has-almost-no-energy-dissipation/ Shares in JL MAG Rare-Earth Co. surged by their daily limit Monday after state news agency Xinhua said the Chinese president had stopped by the company in Jiangxi. Official news outlets give regular updates on the whereabouts of top leaders, sometimes leading to share spikes on the belie]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/xis-trip-to-rare-earths-plant-stokes-talk-of-trade-retaliation/Mon, 20 May 2019 21:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/xis-trip-to-rare-earths-plant-stokes-talk-of-trade-retaliation/ Researchers at the University of California San Diego and Case Western Reserve University have taken a step toward that goal. They discovered that a biological nanoparticle—a plant virus—is capable of delivering pesticide molecules deeper below the ground, to places that are normally be]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/how-plant-viruses-can-be-used-to-ward-off-pests-and-keep-plants-healthy/Mon, 20 May 2019 20:42:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/how-plant-viruses-can-be-used-to-ward-off-pests-and-keep-plants-healthy/ A relatively simple process could help turn the tide of climate change while also turning a healthy profit. That’s one of the hopeful visions outlined in a new Stanford-led paper that highlights a seemingly counterintuitive solution: converting one greenhouse gas into anot]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/converting-methane-to-co2-a-remedy-for-climate-change/Mon, 20 May 2019 20:22:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/converting-methane-to-co2-a-remedy-for-climate-change/ In a new study, researchers have propelled water nanodroplets across a graphene surface at speeds of up to 250 km (155 miles) per hour—which, for comparison, is about twice as fast as a sprinting cheetah. The water droplets’ ultrafast velocities don’t require any pump, but instead occur simply due to the geometric patte]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/high-speed-directed-transport-of-water-droplets-at-the-nanoscale/Mon, 20 May 2019 16:30:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/high-speed-directed-transport-of-water-droplets-at-the-nanoscale/ “The narrower the distance, the more chips can be squeezed in to boost computing power and energy efficiency. One nanometer corresponds to one ten-thousandth the diameter of a human hair.”Credit: Samsung
At the Samsung Foundry Forum in Santa Clara, California, the company recently sought to impress advancements it has made in 3nm gate-all]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/transition-from-nanowires-to-nanosheets-to-boost-computing-power-and-energy-efficiency/Mon, 20 May 2019 15:59:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/transition-from-nanowires-to-nanosheets-to-boost-computing-power-and-energy-efficiency/ The ultimate degree of control for engineering would be the ability to create and manipulate materials at the most basic level, fabricating devices atom by atom with precise control.Microscope images are paired with diagrams illustrating the controlled movement of atoms within a graphite lattice, using an electron beam to manipulate the positions of atoms one a time. Courtesy of the researchers
Now, scientists at MIT, the]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/manipulating-atoms-one-at-a-time-with-an-electron-beam/Mon, 20 May 2019 03:40:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/manipulating-atoms-one-at-a-time-with-an-electron-beam/ An exciton is a bound state of an electron and an electron hole which are attracted to each other. ZnO, wh]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/speed-up-of-optical-process-enables-energy-saving-high-efficiency-optical-devices/Sat, 18 May 2019 17:56:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/speed-up-of-optical-process-enables-energy-saving-high-efficiency-optical-devices/ An exciton is a bound state of an electron and an electron hole which are attracted to each other. ZnO, wh]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/speed-up-in-optical-process-to-enable-energy-saving-high-efficiency-optical-devices/Sat, 18 May 2019 17:56:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/speed-up-in-optical-process-to-enable-energy-saving-high-efficiency-optical-devices/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/artificial-island-in-north-sea-to-gather-and-distribute-energy-from-surrounding-offshore-wind-farms/Sat, 18 May 2019 17:37:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/artificial-island-in-north-sea-to-gather-and-distribute-energy-from-surrounding-offshore-wind-farms/ Construction of the 50MW/200MWh grid-scale battery is expected to begin before the end of the year, with plans to be operational in 2020.Pangea Energy is part of Sen Tek Energy Solutions, a multinational renewable energy project developer in South East Asia. It signed the letter of intent with Canadian energy storage systems manufacture]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/cellcube-to-bring-grid-scale-vanadium-battery-to-south-australia/Sat, 18 May 2019 17:05:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/cellcube-to-bring-grid-scale-vanadium-battery-to-south-australia/ “Hermeus is developing an aircraft that not only improves the aviation experience with very reduced flight times, but also has the potential to hav]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/americas-next-hypersonic-passenger-plane-could-travel-between-new-york-and-london-in-15-hours/Sat, 18 May 2019 16:15:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/americas-next-hypersonic-passenger-plane-could-travel-between-new-york-and-london-in-15-hours/ We all use a variety of chemical substances in our everyday lives. Cosmetics, medicines, birth control pills, plant fertilizers, detergents – all these compounds facilitate our lives. But for the environment, the use of these product]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/multiferroic-nanoparticles-found-to-efficiently-remove-micropollutants-from-wastewater/Fri, 17 May 2019 17:50:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/multiferroic-nanoparticles-found-to-efficiently-remove-micropollutants-from-wastewater/ Engineers must manage a maelstrom in the core of operating nuclear reactors. Nuclear reactions deposit an extraordinary amount of heat in the fuel rods, setting off a frenzy of boiling, bubbling, and evaporation in surrounding fluid. From this churning fl]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/optimizing-heat-transfer-in-current-and-next-generation-nuclear-reactors/Fri, 17 May 2019 16:36:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/optimizing-heat-transfer-in-current-and-next-generation-nuclear-reactors/ The technology, which is the first of its kind in the world, purifies the air through the photosynthesis of microscopic plants, removing greenhouse gases from the environment whilst generating breathable oxygen.Arborea have developed an innovative cultivation system which facilitates the growth of tiny plant-life – such as mic]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/worlds-first-biosolar-leaf-to-tackle-air-pollution-in-white-city/Fri, 17 May 2019 15:50:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/worlds-first-biosolar-leaf-to-tackle-air-pollution-in-white-city/ MAGMA, designed and developed by researchers at The University of Manchester in collaboration with engineers from BAE Systems, successfully trialled the two ‘flap-free’ technologies earlier this month at the Llanbedr Airfield.
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For the first]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/successful-demonstration-of-breakthrough-blown-air-flight-technologies-to-revolutionise-future-aircraft-design/Fri, 17 May 2019 00:41:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/successful-demonstration-of-breakthrough-blown-air-flight-technologies-to-revolutionise-future-aircraft-design/ The astrophysicist Carl Sagan liked to say that extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. But Dennis Danzik’s assertions blow past extraordinary and motor right on to fantastic.In a lab in Scottsdale, Ariz., IEC is preparing a magnetic generator for commercial use and is using t]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/one-mans-unlikely-quest-to-power-the-world-with-magnets/Thu, 16 May 2019 20:48:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/one-mans-unlikely-quest-to-power-the-world-with-magnets/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/how-plants-are-working-hard-for-the-planet/Thu, 16 May 2019 19:58:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/how-plants-are-working-hard-for-the-planet/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/a-new-iron-based-superconductor-stabilized-by-inter-block-charger-transfer/Thu, 16 May 2019 19:11:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/a-new-iron-based-superconductor-stabilized-by-inter-block-charger-transfer/ From the charging unit for smartphones to the power supply of the laptop or washing machine to LED lights or charging stations of electric cars – switching power supplies are omnipresent in electrical devices. They convert the alternating current from]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-power-supply-unit-lets-electrical-devices-live-longer/Thu, 16 May 2019 18:52:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-power-supply-unit-lets-electrical-devices-live-longer/ Lilium has raised $100 million, last year applied for regulatory approval in Europe and the US, and hired its first CFO.
Flying taxis sound crazy, but chief commercial officer Remo Gerber says they might make more economic sense than ride-hailing firms like Uber.
Gerber thinks Lilium could offer $70 air taxi rides in Europe by 2025, but first it needs to solve]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/this-futuristic-flying-taxi-startup-took-a-giant-leap-towards-making-70-rides-a-reality-within-6-years/Thu, 16 May 2019 18:31:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/this-futuristic-flying-taxi-startup-took-a-giant-leap-towards-making-70-rides-a-reality-within-6-years/ The nanocomposite combines one-dimensional polymer nanofibers and two-dimensional boron nitride nanosheets. The nanofibers reinforce the self-assembling material while the “white graphene” nanosheets provide a thermally conductive network that allows i]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/flexible-insulator-offers-high-strength-and-superior-thermal-conduction/Thu, 16 May 2019 18:06:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/flexible-insulator-offers-high-strength-and-superior-thermal-conduction/ From smartphones to pacemakers and now even cars, batteries power much of our world and their importance only continues to grow. There are two particular aspects of batteries that many believe need to improve to meet our future needs. Thes]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/self-repairing-high-capacity-long-life-batteries/Thu, 16 May 2019 16:54:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/self-repairing-high-capacity-long-life-batteries/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-technique-prepares-2d-perovskite-single-crystals-for-highest-photodetectivity/Thu, 16 May 2019 03:21:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-technique-prepares-2d-perovskite-single-crystals-for-highest-photodetectivity/ DTU researchers are currently working with leading companies in the field to optimize the design of the float]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/wind-turbines-to-venture-out-into-the-deep-sea/Thu, 16 May 2019 02:54:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/wind-turbines-to-venture-out-into-the-deep-sea/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/energy-free-superfast-computing-invented-by-scientists-using-light-pulses/Thu, 16 May 2019 01:59:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/energy-free-superfast-computing-invented-by-scientists-using-light-pulses/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/saving-energy-in-the-production-of-chemicals/Thu, 16 May 2019 01:41:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/saving-energy-in-the-production-of-chemicals/ Unlike water, liquid refrigerants and other fluids that have a low surface tension tend to spread quickly into a sheet when they come into contact with a surface. But for many industrial processes it would be better if the fluids formed droplets, which could roll or fall off the surface and carry heat away with them.
Now, researchers at MIT have made significant progress in promoti]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-surface-treatment-could-improve-refrigeration-efficiency/Thu, 16 May 2019 01:23:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-surface-treatment-could-improve-refrigeration-efficiency/ The Senate’s Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a hearing on the Amer]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/us-senate-moves-forward-on-plan-to-develop-electric-vehicle-supply-chain/Wed, 15 May 2019 17:25:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/us-senate-moves-forward-on-plan-to-develop-electric-vehicle-supply-chain/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/washable-wearable-battery-like-devices-could-be-woven-directly-into-clothes/Wed, 15 May 2019 17:07:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/washable-wearable-battery-like-devices-could-be-woven-directly-into-clothes/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/irelands-first-grass-fed-biorefinery-hits-the-road-to-help-farmers-go-green/Wed, 15 May 2019 16:21:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/irelands-first-grass-fed-biorefinery-hits-the-road-to-help-farmers-go-green/ A popular selling point for electric vehicles is the notion that you never have to stop for gas. Your “gas station” is in your garage—simply plug in your vehicle to charge it overnight.But what if you live in an apartment? Or park somewhere without a plug? How practical is it to own an electric vehicle if you can’t charge it at home?This undated photo provided by Edmunds shows a 2017 Chevrolet Bolt at a charging station in a shopping mall parking lot. Yo]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/can-you-own-an-electric-car-without-a-home-charger/Wed, 15 May 2019 15:50:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/can-you-own-an-electric-car-without-a-home-charger/ As the world looks towards a gradual move away from fossil fuel powered cars and trucks, greener alternative technologies are being explored, such as electric battery powered vehicles.Another ‘green’ technology with great potential is hydrogen power. However, a major obstacle has been the size, complexity, and expense of the fuel systems – until now.
An int]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-material-could-unlock-potential-for-hydrogen-powered-vehicle-revolution/Wed, 15 May 2019 15:42:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-material-could-unlock-potential-for-hydrogen-powered-vehicle-revolution/ A Newcastle-based company has developed a new technology that has the potential to replace coal-fired power and change the world. The technology – which is named HERO [Hydrogen Energy Release Optimiser] – produces no pollution..Power Play: Star Scientific chief technology officer Steven Heaton, chairman Andrew Horvath and chief engineer Jim Murray with a HERO device at Mayfield West. Picture: Max Mason-Hubers
Star Scientific chairman An]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/hydrogen-technology-developed-in-newcastle-could-replace-coal-fired-power/Wed, 15 May 2019 04:18:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/hydrogen-technology-developed-in-newcastle-could-replace-coal-fired-power/ My research on EVs, dating back a decade, convinces me that this global transformation in mobility, from petroleum-fueled vehicles to electric ones, will come sooner than later. The shift is already happening in China, which is the world’s largest automobile market, with 23 million cars sold in 2018. As Western countries approach peak car ownership, there are st]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/the-electric-vehicle-revolution-will-come-from-china-not-the-us/Tue, 14 May 2019 23:59:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/the-electric-vehicle-revolution-will-come-from-china-not-the-us/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/electrodes-hot-edges-convert-co2-gas-into-fuels-and-chemicals/Tue, 14 May 2019 23:41:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/electrodes-hot-edges-convert-co2-gas-into-fuels-and-chemicals/ Most of the world’s solar power is currently produced by solar panels – also known as photovoltaic panels – that are made of silicon.
Recently, new solar panels have been created that are made from a semiconducting material called cadmium telluride (CdTe).CdTe panels have been found to produce electricity at lower costs than silicon pane]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/student-helps-solve-scientific-puzzle-that-could-improve-solar-panel-efficiency/Tue, 14 May 2019 23:31:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/student-helps-solve-scientific-puzzle-that-could-improve-solar-panel-efficiency/ Building a better lithium-ion battery involves addressing a myriad of factors simultaneously, from keeping the battery’s cathode electrically and ionically conductive to making sure that the battery stays safe after many cycles.
In a new discovery, scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory have developed a new cathode coating by using an oxidative chemical vapor deposition technique]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-argonne-coating-could-have-big-implications-for-lithium-batteries/Tue, 14 May 2019 23:16:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-argonne-coating-could-have-big-implications-for-lithium-batteries/ Volkswagen to invest 1bn euros in battery production plant
Automaker Volkswagen AG says it is investing 1 billion euros ($1.12 billion) to set up a battery production plant in Germany. Chief executive Herbert Diess said Tuesday that the factory is part of the company’s effort to electrify its vehicles. He said the plant will be built in the northern city of Salzgitter, which has ready access to vast wind power plants in the region. Volkswagen is trying to move o]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/volkswagen-to-invest-1-billion-for-battery-plant-in-germany-huge-preorders-for-new-id3-car/Tue, 14 May 2019 18:26:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/volkswagen-to-invest-1-billion-for-battery-plant-in-germany-huge-preorders-for-new-id3-car/ Glass has always been an unlikely material for large buildings, because of how difficult it becomes to control temperature and glare indoors. In fact, the use of]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/glass-skyscrapers-a-great-environmental-folly-that-could-have-been-avoided/Tue, 14 May 2019 17:02:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/glass-skyscrapers-a-great-environmental-folly-that-could-have-been-avoided/ The development of water splitting technologies is important to Australia as a country with enormous renewable energy resources, according Dr Alexandr Simonov from the Monash School of Chemistry, and the lead author of a paper published today in Nature Catalysi]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/hydrogen-production-breakthrough-hot-acidic-self-healing-catalytic-process-is-stable-low-cost/Tue, 14 May 2019 16:13:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/hydrogen-production-breakthrough-hot-acidic-self-healing-catalytic-process-is-stable-low-cost/ In a study published this month in the journal Batteries and Supercaps, researchers from The Ohio State University detailed their findings centering around the construction of the battery’s cathode, which stores the energy produced by a chemical reaction in a meta]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/researchers-find-way-to-build-potassium-oxygen-batteries-that-last-longer/Tue, 14 May 2019 15:28:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/researchers-find-way-to-build-potassium-oxygen-batteries-that-last-longer/ Solar cells made of perovskite hold much promise for the future of solar energy. The material is cheap, easy to produce and almost as efficient as silicon, the material traditionally used in solar cells. However, perovskite degrades quickly, severely limiting its efficiency and stability over time. Researchers from Eindhoven University of Technology,]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/just-like-toothpaste-fluoride-radically-improves-the-stability-of-perovskite-solar-cells/Tue, 14 May 2019 15:06:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/just-like-toothpaste-fluoride-radically-improves-the-stability-of-perovskite-solar-cells/ “We aim to have a carbon-neutral new passenger car fleet in 20 years,” said Ola Kallenius, current head of Mercedes research, who is to succeed Dieter Zetsche as chairman of the Daimler group next week.dpa/AFP / Marijan Murat.All Mercedes models will be electric or hybrids within two decades, a com]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/mercedes-wants-to-abandon-combustion-engines-by-2039/Mon, 13 May 2019 22:26:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/mercedes-wants-to-abandon-combustion-engines-by-2039/ “We aim to have a carbon-neutral new passenger car fleet in 20 years,” said Ola Kallenius, current head of Mercedes research, who is to succeed Dieter Zetsche as chairman of the Daimler group next week.dpa/AFP / Marijan Murat.All Mercedes models will be electric or hybrids within two decades, a com]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/mercedes-want-to-abandon-combustion-engines-by-2039/Mon, 13 May 2019 22:26:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/mercedes-want-to-abandon-combustion-engines-by-2039/ A University of Oklahoma-led interdisciplinary global study expands the understanding of activated sludge microbiomes for next-generation wastewater treatment and reuse systems enhanced by microbiome engineering. Wastewater treatment and reuse are critical to global health and sustaining a world populati]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/study-expands-understanding-of-bacterial-communities-for-global-next-generation-wastewater-treatment-and-reuse-systems/Mon, 13 May 2019 22:15:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/study-expands-understanding-of-bacterial-communities-for-global-next-generation-wastewater-treatment-and-reuse-systems/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/energy-from-seawater-power-generator-autonomously-switches-between-two-functional-modes/Mon, 13 May 2019 22:06:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/energy-from-seawater-power-generator-autonomously-switches-between-two-functional-modes/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/nasa-funds-aviation-research-on-a-new-fuel-concept/Mon, 13 May 2019 21:59:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/nasa-funds-aviation-research-on-a-new-fuel-concept/ Electric cars are rapidly moving from the periphery of the automotive sector in the EuropeanUnion to the mainstream. The sales figures alone across Europe do not necessarily justify sucha bold claim, given that]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/electric-cars-current-trends-make-for-a-shocking-change/Mon, 13 May 2019 18:35:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/electric-cars-current-trends-make-for-a-shocking-change/ Wastewater treatment plants produce an effluent commonly known as sludge. Plant operators p]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/turning-wastewater-sludge-into-energy-and-mineral-salts/Mon, 13 May 2019 17:55:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/turning-wastewater-sludge-into-energy-and-mineral-salts/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/researchers-outline-the-current-state-of-potassium-ion-battery-technology/Mon, 13 May 2019 16:05:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/researchers-outline-the-current-state-of-potassium-ion-battery-technology/ The proposal would raise the annual registration fee to $1,000, more than 57 times the current amount of $17.50.
Illinois officials believe the legislation will raise $2.4 billion for future projects, the major one being roadway improvement, according to the Chicago Tribune.Electric car]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/illinois-residents-could-be-charged-1000-a-year-to-own-an-electric-vehicle-under-new-legislation/Sun, 12 May 2019 15:03:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/illinois-residents-could-be-charged-1000-a-year-to-own-an-electric-vehicle-under-new-legislation/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/450-million-use-for-carbon-capture-or-for-renewables/Sun, 12 May 2019 14:42:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/450-million-use-for-carbon-capture-or-for-renewables/ When Three Mile Island officially shuts down in September, it will mark the end of a noteworthy history — the one where a partial meltdown of the reactor’s core occurred in 1979, which then set in motion a long debate over nuclear energy’s future.
Now, though, it is about more than Three Mile Island. It is about the fate of nuclear energy in a carbon-conscious world. In other words, the global appetite for energy will grow while the demands to prod]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/if-nuclear-energy-is-replaced-by-natural-gas-say-goodbye-to-climate-goals/Sun, 12 May 2019 14:21:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/if-nuclear-energy-is-replaced-by-natural-gas-say-goodbye-to-climate-goals/ Elaphe, a Tier One supplier to the auto industry, is a leader in designing in-wheel motors and has products for everything from small passenger cars to SUVs and light trucks. At]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/elaphe-debuts-new-high-torque-in-wheel-hub-motor/Sun, 12 May 2019 13:55:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/elaphe-debuts-new-high-torque-in-wheel-hub-motor/ A researcher at the University of Calgary says she has developed a method of turning greenhouse gases into valuable carbon nanofibres.
Mina Zarabian came up with the concept while completing her doctorate in chemical and petroleum engineering at the university’s Schulich School of Engineering.Mina Zarabian from the chemical engineering department at the University of Calgary, shows the carbon nanofibres created]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/calgary-researchers-turn-greenhouse-gases-into-valuable-carbon-nanofibres/Sun, 12 May 2019 05:49:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/calgary-researchers-turn-greenhouse-gases-into-valuable-carbon-nanofibres/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/easy-energy-systems-modular-fully-automated-ethanol-biofuel-refinery/Sun, 12 May 2019 03:12:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/easy-energy-systems-modular-fully-automated-ethanol-biofuel-refinery/ A Navy scientist has re-engineered the software that allows long-endurance drones to powerlessly climb into the sky on bubbles of warm air.Solar-soaring UAVs don’t need large batteries because they harvest energy from the environment]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/naval-research-laboratory-improves-autopilot-algorithm-for-soaring-drones/Sun, 12 May 2019 01:47:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/naval-research-laboratory-improves-autopilot-algorithm-for-soaring-drones/ Britain goes a week without coal power for the first time since the Industrial Revolution
Britain has relied on burning coal for power since the Industrial Revolution, which began in the UK in the 18th Century and spread to other parts of the world.
The Industrial Revolution saw new factories being built and a massive increase in the use of fossil fuels. The world’s first coal-fired power station was opened in London in 1882.Britain has gone a week without burning any coal to]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/greener-days-for-uk-a-period-of-more-than-five-days-without-burning-coal/Sat, 11 May 2019 00:13:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/greener-days-for-uk-a-period-of-more-than-five-days-without-burning-coal/ As the name implies, semiconductors are the Goldilocks of electrically conductive materials– not a metal, and not an insulator, but a “just-right” in-between whose conducting properties can]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/2d-insulators-with-ferromagnetic-properties-are-rare-researchers-just-identified-a-new-one/Fri, 10 May 2019 17:39:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/2d-insulators-with-ferromagnetic-properties-are-rare-researchers-just-identified-a-new-one/ The capsules – known as Ooho – are developed by Skipping Rocks Lab, an innovative sustainable packaging startup founded by Imperial alumni Pierre Paslier and Rodrigo Garcia.
This year’s Virgin Money London Marathon will see the largest ever trial of Ooho following a successful trial at The Vitality Big Half. Lucozade Sport will b]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/edible-water-bottles-developed-by-imperial-start-up-to-be-trialled-at-marathon/Fri, 10 May 2019 17:25:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/edible-water-bottles-developed-by-imperial-start-up-to-be-trialled-at-marathon/ Over the past several years, Stanford transformed its energy infrastructure by electrifying its heating system, replacing its gas-fired power plant with grid power, creating a unique system to recover heat, building massive tanks to store hot and cold water, and building a solar power pla]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/cities-can-follow-stanfords-energy-makeover-to-cut-emissions-of-carbon-dioxide-affordably-new-study-finds/Fri, 10 May 2019 17:05:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/cities-can-follow-stanfords-energy-makeover-to-cut-emissions-of-carbon-dioxide-affordably-new-study-finds/ A molecule sold as a food additive has an underground role, too: helping roots grow faster.
When added to soil, the molecule, called beta-cyclocitral, speeds root growth in rice and tomato plants, scientists report May 8, 2019, in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. It also mak]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/a-plant-hormone-that-speeds-root-growth-could-be-a-new-agricultural-tool/Fri, 10 May 2019 16:50:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/a-plant-hormone-that-speeds-root-growth-could-be-a-new-agricultural-tool/ Buildings of the future may be lit by collections of glowing plants and designed around an infrastructure of sunlight harvesting, water transport, and soil collecting and composting systems. That’s the vision behind an interdisciplinary collaboration between an MIT architecture professor and a professor of chemical engineering.Glowing nanobionic watercress illumi]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/ambient-plant-illumination-could-light-the-way-for-greener-buildings/Fri, 10 May 2019 16:36:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/ambient-plant-illumination-could-light-the-way-for-greener-buildings/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/copper-oxide-photocathodes-laser-experiment-reveals-location-of-efficiency-loss/Fri, 10 May 2019 16:09:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/copper-oxide-photocathodes-laser-experiment-reveals-location-of-efficiency-loss/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/bengaluru-researchers-develop-superior-low-cost-catalyst-for-water-splitting/Fri, 10 May 2019 06:25:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/bengaluru-researchers-develop-superior-low-cost-catalyst-for-water-splitting/ Various use of electronics and skin-attachable devices are expected with the development of transparent battery that can both generate and store power. DGIST (President Young Kuk) announced on Tuesday, April 23 that Senior Researcher Changsoon Choi’s team in the Smart Textile Research Group dev]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/development-of-transparent-and-flexible-battery-for-power-generation-and-storage-at-once/Fri, 10 May 2019 05:51:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/development-of-transparent-and-flexible-battery-for-power-generation-and-storage-at-once/ The foam is mostly made from nanocrystals of cellulose, the most abundant plant material on earth. The researchers also developed an environmentally friendly and simple manufacturing process to make the foam, using water as a solvent instead of other harmful solvents.An environmentally-friendly, plant-based material that for]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/researchers-develop-viable-environmentally-friendly-alternative-to-styrofoam/Fri, 10 May 2019 05:29:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/researchers-develop-viable-environmentally-friendly-alternative-to-styrofoam/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/secrets-of-fluorescent-microalgae-could-lead-to-super-efficient-solar-cells/Fri, 10 May 2019 05:02:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/secrets-of-fluorescent-microalgae-could-lead-to-super-efficient-solar-cells/ Scientists must often ask themselves, compared to what? How do the results we generate in the laboratory compare with those obtained by others? How do our theoretical calculations compare with experimental data?Test facility for evaluation of battery performance and life at Argonne National Laboratory. (Image by Argonne National Laboratory.)
Answering such questions is especially crucial for researchers and developers]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/assessing-battery-performance-compared-to-what/Fri, 10 May 2019 04:42:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/assessing-battery-performance-compared-to-what/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/methane-consuming-bacteria-could-be-the-future-of-fuel/Thu, 09 May 2019 20:12:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/methane-consuming-bacteria-could-be-the-future-of-fuel/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-york-city-passes-a-green-new-deal-requiring-green-roofs-on-new-buildings/Thu, 09 May 2019 19:59:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-york-city-passes-a-green-new-deal-requiring-green-roofs-on-new-buildings/ Light yet sturdy, plastic is great – until you no longer need it. Because plastics contain various additives, like dyes, fillers, or flame retardants, very few plastics can be recycled without loss in performance or aesthetics. Even the most recyclable plastic, PET – or poly(ethylene terephthalate) – is only recycled at a rat]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/plastic-gets-a-do-over-breakthrough-discovery-recycles-plastic-from-the-inside-out/Thu, 09 May 2019 19:41:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/plastic-gets-a-do-over-breakthrough-discovery-recycles-plastic-from-the-inside-out/ Building on their previous discoveries of the water-in-salt electrolytes reported in Science in 2015, the researchers added a new cathode. This new ca]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/reversible-chemistry-clears-path-for-safer-batteries/Thu, 09 May 2019 17:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/reversible-chemistry-clears-path-for-safer-batteries/ Its silver pipes and vats contain a substance that Vattenfall, the plant’s operator, says could become a key ingredient for a fossil fuel-free future.A chimney billows out steam at Berlin’s Reuter West thermal power station on Wednesday, April 24, 2019. (AP Photos/Frank Jordans)
The energy company, together with a Swedish start-up,]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/just-add-water-salt-battery-could-help-renewable-energy-use/Thu, 09 May 2019 16:54:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/just-add-water-salt-battery-could-help-renewable-energy-use/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/two-thirds-of-worlds-longest-rivers-throttled-by-mankind-study/Thu, 09 May 2019 16:36:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/two-thirds-of-worlds-longest-rivers-throttled-by-mankind-study/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/laser-structuring-at-triple-the-productivity/Wed, 08 May 2019 21:06:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/laser-structuring-at-triple-the-productivity/ The en]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-technology-behind-the-worlds-smallest-power-converter/Wed, 08 May 2019 20:10:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-technology-behind-the-worlds-smallest-power-converter/ Active cooling systems, by definition, are cooling systems that use electricity to cool a hot or warm device down to ambient temper]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/using-metals-with-high-thermoelectric-power-factor-to-create-efficient-all-solid-state-active-cooler/Wed, 08 May 2019 19:57:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/using-metals-with-high-thermoelectric-power-factor-to-create-efficient-all-solid-state-active-cooler/ A cheaper, cleaner and more sustainable way of making hydrogen fuel from water using sunlight is step closer thanks to new research from the University of Bath’s Centre for Sustainable Chemical Technologies..
With the pressure on global leaders to reduce carbon emissions significantly to solve a climate change emergency, there is an urgent need to develop cleaner energy alternatives to burning fossi]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/solar-powered-hydrogen-fuels-a-step-closer/Wed, 08 May 2019 19:32:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/solar-powered-hydrogen-fuels-a-step-closer/ The new vessels will benefit from ABB’s zero-emission technology when]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/abb-powers-tourists-to-the-niagara-falls-with-first-us-built-all-electric-vessels/Wed, 08 May 2019 19:13:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/abb-powers-tourists-to-the-niagara-falls-with-first-us-built-all-electric-vessels/ “With this method we have actually changed the time scale dramatically,” says geo]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/iceland-turns-carbon-dioxide-to-rock-for-cleaner-air/Wed, 08 May 2019 17:12:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/iceland-turns-carbon-dioxide-to-rock-for-cleaner-air/ Researchers at the universities of Sussex and Bristol have unveiled how the practical laws used to design optical systems can also be applied to sound through acoustic metamaterials at the ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems.Acoustic lens creating acoustic objects for end-users
The researchers have d]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/how-to-create-a-spotlight-of-sound-with-lego-like-bricks/Wed, 08 May 2019 16:45:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/how-to-create-a-spotlight-of-sound-with-lego-like-bricks/ UC Santa Barbara students sent up, via balloon, a prototype miniature spacecraft that might eventually become the “wafercraft” that researchers posit could be propelled by lasers to achieve space travel at relativistic speeds to reach nearby star systems and exoplanets.
So begins a journey, funded by NASA and several private foundations, that may one day lead to interstellar travel.Photo credit: Courtesy Imag]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/first-flights-first-iterations-of-space-traveling-wafercraft/Wed, 08 May 2019 15:56:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/first-flights-first-iterations-of-space-traveling-wafercraft/ .Xianguo Li with a fuel cell in his lab
“With our design approach, the cost could be]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/clean-fuel-cells-could-be-cheap-enough-to-replace-gas-engines-in-vehicles/Wed, 08 May 2019 15:37:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/clean-fuel-cells-could-be-cheap-enough-to-replace-gas-engines-in-vehicles/ .One method of controlling magnetism]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/move-over-silicon-switches-theres-a-new-way-to-compute/Wed, 08 May 2019 15:21:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/move-over-silicon-switches-theres-a-new-way-to-compute/ University of Queensland Meat Science Professor Dr Louwrens Hoffman said conventional livestock industries would not be able to meet worldwide demand for meat, and alternatives were needed to replace or complement traditional protein sources.
“An overpopulated world is going to struggle to find enough protein unless people are willing to]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/would-you-like-maggots-with-that/Wed, 08 May 2019 13:54:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/would-you-like-maggots-with-that/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/evgo-goes-100-renewable-to-power-the-nations-largest-public-ev-fast-charging-network/Wed, 08 May 2019 05:37:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/evgo-goes-100-renewable-to-power-the-nations-largest-public-ev-fast-charging-network/ Improved cycle life drives lower cost in the industrial battery sector.Energy Systems Inc. (ZAF), a developer of next-generation battery technology, has announced [May 07, 2019] a technology breakthrough in their nickel-zinc (NiZn) battery technology that extends cycle life and improves reliability to disrupt the rapidly growing industrial battery market…
…an innovative electrode design, which resulted in the potential to double our projected cycle life. The magnitude]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/breakthrough-in-cycle-life-performance-for-nickel-zinc-battery/Wed, 08 May 2019 04:58:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/breakthrough-in-cycle-life-performance-for-nickel-zinc-battery/ As the state continues its projection to surpass North Carolina as the Southeast’s top solar state, researchers at the University of Florida’s Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering are working to make solar power more affordab]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/uf-researchers-developing-sensor-to-improve-efficiency-of-solar-power-grids/Wed, 08 May 2019 03:55:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/uf-researchers-developing-sensor-to-improve-efficiency-of-solar-power-grids/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/precise-temperature-measurements-with-invisible-light/Tue, 07 May 2019 16:32:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/precise-temperature-measurements-with-invisible-light/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/experimental-device-generates-electricity-from-the-coldness-of-the-universe/Tue, 07 May 2019 15:47:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/experimental-device-generates-electricity-from-the-coldness-of-the-universe/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-class-of-catalysts-for-energy-conversion/Tue, 07 May 2019 15:18:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-class-of-catalysts-for-energy-conversion/ Ideas about how to get this done as soon as possible, including those Democratic lawmakers like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have sketched out in the Green New Deal framework, vary. But most energy experts see two basic steps as essential.
First, stop relying on fossil fuels to generate most electricity. Second, t]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/why-reducing-carbon-emissions-from-cars-and-trucks-will-be-so-hard/Mon, 06 May 2019 23:03:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/why-reducing-carbon-emissions-from-cars-and-trucks-will-be-so-hard/ This ‘idle time’ occurs when the car has been fully charged but is left plugged in. High idle time obviously reduces the availability of chargers, but it also provides an opportunity for grid operators to balance the grid.The number of e-vehicles on t]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/electric-vehicles-a-new-model-to-reduce-time-wasted-at-charging-points/Mon, 06 May 2019 22:47:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/electric-vehicles-a-new-model-to-reduce-time-wasted-at-charging-points/ The model calculation used in the study indicates that the numbers of affected flying insects could be relevant for the stability of the flying insect population and thus influence species protection and the food chain.
The study does not conclude whether wind farms are the main cause of insect extinction or whether they have an impact on it.
The study recommends an empirical review of the losse]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/dlr-studies-interactions-between-flying-insects-and-wind-farms/Sun, 05 May 2019 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/dlr-studies-interactions-between-flying-insects-and-wind-farms/ After death: Washington state set to become the first to allow human composting
Washington state is set to become the first to allow “natural organic reduction” as a burial alternative — commonly referred to as human composting — as a bill legalizing the process was approved by the legislature and now heads to Gov. Jay Inslee’s desk.
The process will turn a body into soil within weeks, the Associated Press reported Monday.
Democratic Sen. Jami]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/recompose-the-ultimate-recycling/Sat, 04 May 2019 17:37:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/recompose-the-ultimate-recycling/ If, as most evidence suggests, the world is transitioning away from fossil fuels and towards renewables, what will happen to the oil states?Picture credit: DESMOG
Even if you hold the same views as The Times commenters I highlighted on Wednesday, I would imagine that you still believe that at a certain point renewable energy will overtake fossil fuels.
I mean, on a long enough timeline, it has to. Fossil fuel will run out]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/will-the-oil-wealth-last/Sat, 04 May 2019 16:25:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/will-the-oil-wealth-last/ Thanks to a steady fall in capital costs of solar technologies, it is increasingly commonplace for industrial and warehouse buildings in the New York metropolitan region to place solar panels on their rooftops, explains the MTA.A rendering of the roof of the Coney Island Maintenance Facility with solar (Sourc]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/mta-looks-to-lease-roof-space-for-solar/Sat, 04 May 2019 16:08:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/mta-looks-to-lease-roof-space-for-solar/ Graphene is celebrated as an extraordinary material. It consists of pure carbon, only a single atomic layer thick. Nevertheless, it is extremely stable, strong, and even conductive. For electronics, however, graphene still has crucial disadvantages. It cannot be used as a semiconductor, since it has no bandgap. By sticking hydrogen atoms to graphene such a bandgap can be formed. Now researchers from Göttingen and Pasadena (USA) have produced an]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/stickier-than-expected-hydrogen-binds-to-graphene-in-10-femtoseconds/Sat, 04 May 2019 04:34:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/stickier-than-expected-hydrogen-binds-to-graphene-in-10-femtoseconds/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-material-to-pave-the-way-for-more-efficient-electronic-devices/Sat, 04 May 2019 02:43:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-material-to-pave-the-way-for-more-efficient-electronic-devices/ In new research, published recently in the journal Energy and Environmental]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/industry-ready-process-makes-plastics-chemical-from-plant-sugars/Fri, 03 May 2019 22:54:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/industry-ready-process-makes-plastics-chemical-from-plant-sugars/ An innovative new solar-cell design which has the capability to drive down costs of solar cell manufacture, has been created by scientists at the University of Sheffield and energy technology company Power Roll.The new solar-cell design has a surface embossed with micro grooves
In a study published in the journal Energy and Environmental Scien]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/groovy-new-solar-technology-aims-to-be-the-future-of-renewable-energy/Fri, 03 May 2019 17:41:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/groovy-new-solar-technology-aims-to-be-the-future-of-renewable-energy/ Capturing visible and infrared radiatio]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/novel-thermoelectric-nanoantenna-design-for-use-in-solar-energy-harvesting/Fri, 03 May 2019 17:32:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/novel-thermoelectric-nanoantenna-design-for-use-in-solar-energy-harvesting/ The idea is that its solar cells, which are small-scale, can be embedded into electronic devices in the home.While 3GSolar is yet to announce relationships with globally known brands, the company’s technology is not restricted to theoretical applications.
Its phot]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/how-your-smart-watch-could-soon-be-powered-by-small-solar-cells/Fri, 03 May 2019 17:10:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/how-your-smart-watch-could-soon-be-powered-by-small-solar-cells/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/e-mobility-battery-cells-optimally-welded-with-robots-and-lasers-for-electric-racing-cars/Fri, 03 May 2019 16:43:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/e-mobility-battery-cells-optimally-welded-with-robots-and-lasers-for-electric-racing-cars/ It is one of the great dilemmas of climate change: We take such comfort from air conditioning that worldwide energy consumption for that purpose has already tripled since 1990. It is on track to grow even faster through mid-century—and assuming fossil-fuel–fired power plants provide the electricity, that could cause enough carbon dioxide emissions to warm the planet by another deadly half-degree Ce]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/could-air-conditioning-fix-climate-change/Fri, 03 May 2019 15:45:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/could-air-conditioning-fix-climate-change/ Army and Naval scientists have demonstrated a new class of solid-state phase change material for thermal energy storage, with applications and immediate impact ranging from large-scale power generation to the suppression of thermal transients associated with high-energy laser directed energy applications.Thermal energy storage figure of merit vs. transformation temperature for the r.t. Martensite and r.t. R-p]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/smart-materials-just-got-smarter/Fri, 03 May 2019 01:45:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/smart-materials-just-got-smarter/ In a recent interview in our series about how renewables could influence the shape of grids and global energy]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/renewables-and-geopolitics-storage-could-rip-up-the-current-global-picture/Thu, 02 May 2019 22:58:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/renewables-and-geopolitics-storage-could-rip-up-the-current-global-picture/ For several days in mid-April, downtown London was paralyzed by thousands of “climate activists” protesting the failure of the British government to act swiftly enough to combat climate change. In mid-March, thousands of students across the United States staged school “walkouts” to demand action on climate change as well.
These protests are ongoing, but the underlying logic is hard to see. The primary sources of anthropogenic CO2 ar]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/commentary-why-dont-climate-activists-support-nuclear-power/Thu, 02 May 2019 22:48:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/commentary-why-dont-climate-activists-support-nuclear-power/ Non-toxic pest control could help feed growing global population, boost organic food production and drive bio-fuel production
Experiments show up to 92% more crops survive with this approach compared to no pest controlA University of Sussex mathemat]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/sussex-mathematicians-breakthrough-on-non-toxic-pest-control-which-doesnt-harm-bees/Thu, 02 May 2019 19:11:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/sussex-mathematicians-breakthrough-on-non-toxic-pest-control-which-doesnt-harm-bees/ Changyong Cao, director of MSU’s Soft Machines and Electronics Laboratory, led a team of scientists in creating highly stretchable supercapacitors for powering wearable electronics. The newly developed supercapacitor has demonstrated solid performance and stability, even when it i]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/self-powered-wearable-tech/Thu, 02 May 2019 19:03:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/self-powered-wearable-tech/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/researchers-make-organic-solar-cells-immune-to-the-ravages-of-water-air-and-light/Thu, 02 May 2019 18:51:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/researchers-make-organic-solar-cells-immune-to-the-ravages-of-water-air-and-light/ Before determining which underlying properties of solid materials are crucial for improving these applications, researchers]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/simulations-identify-importance-of-lattice-distortions-in-ion-conducting-fuel-cell-materials/Thu, 02 May 2019 18:36:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/simulations-identify-importance-of-lattice-distortions-in-ion-conducting-fuel-cell-materials/ One of the most fundamental chemical reactions that takes place in energy-conversion systems — including catalysts, flow batteries, high-capacity energy-storing supercapacitors, and systems to make fuels using solar energy — has now been analyzed in detail. The results could inform the development of new electrode or catalyst materials with properties precisely tuned to match the energy level]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/thermodynamic-insights-could-lead-to-better-catalysts/Thu, 02 May 2019 18:10:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/thermodynamic-insights-could-lead-to-better-catalysts/ “Tim Johnston, my co-founder, and I initially sketched out the Li-Cycle process in late 2016,” says Ajay Kochhar (ChemE 1T3), the company’s co-founder, President & CEO. Kochhar describes Li-Cycle as a resource-rec]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/startup-aims-to-clean-up-the-lithium-ion-battery-supply-chain/Thu, 02 May 2019 17:52:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/startup-aims-to-clean-up-the-lithium-ion-battery-supply-chain/ France and Germany power up electric battery allianceFrance and Germany on Thursday unveiled a multibillion-euro alliance to develop next-generation batteries for electric vehicles, hoping to break the grip Asian producers have on a vital component for European carmakers as they shift away from combustion motors.
Speaking in Paris, the French and German finance ministers said five to six billion euros ($5.6 to $6.7 billion) would be invested in the so-called “Airbus for batter]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/asia-europe-compete-for-ev-battery-dominance/Thu, 02 May 2019 17:40:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/asia-europe-compete-for-ev-battery-dominance/ However, if scientists such as Swinburne’s Dr Rosalie Hocking could find a way to make hydrogen in a similar wa]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/swinburne-research-investigates-making-water-into-clean-fuels/Thu, 02 May 2019 15:21:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/swinburne-research-investigates-making-water-into-clean-fuels/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/microscopic-protective-covering-for-better-batteries/Thu, 02 May 2019 01:21:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/microscopic-protective-covering-for-better-batteries/ Do you feel the warmth coming off your computer or cell phone? That’s wasted energy radiating from the device. With automobiles, it is estimated that 60% of fuel efficiency is lost due to waste heat. Is it possible to capture this energy and convert it into electricity?
Researchers working in the area of thermoelectric power generation say absolutely. But whether it can be done cost-]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/transforming-waste-heat-into-clean-energy/Thu, 02 May 2019 01:07:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/transforming-waste-heat-into-clean-energy/ The perfect scalable solution for residential power need
WATT’s quiet, low emission operation and compact modular form factor make the perfect scalable solution for residential power needs. The residential system will be based on WATT’s current ImperiumTM system, a 1kW hybrid SOFC unit converted to operate on readily available natural gas. This presents a powerful opportunity to provide reliable, efficient and affordable site-generated electricity without the limit]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/watt-fuel-cell-combine-with-residential-solar-and-powerwall-and-who-needs-electric-companies/Wed, 01 May 2019 21:18:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/watt-fuel-cell-combine-with-residential-solar-and-powerwall-and-who-needs-electric-companies/ Two Articles
Glenelg energy plant up and running on biogas from SA Water sewerage worksA new industry is up and running in Glenelg with a pilot thermal energy storage system switched on today..The $5 million project at the Glenelg Wastewater Treatment Plant will kickstart job creation and provide new options to make better use of renewable energy, according to the State Government and the company behind the venture, 1414 Degrees.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/biogas-fueled-1414-degrees-silicon-storage-up-and-running-at-south-australia-water-utility/Wed, 01 May 2019 17:17:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/biogas-fueled-1414-degrees-silicon-storage-up-and-running-at-south-australia-water-utility/ Polymers are usually the go-to material for thermal insulation. Think of a silicone oven mitt, or a Styrofoam coffee cup, both manufactured from polymer materials that are excellent at trapping heat.
Now MIT engineers have flipped the picture of the standard polymer insulator, by fabricating thin polymer films that conduct heat — an ability normally associated with metals. In]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-polymer-films-conduct-heat-instead-of-trapping-it/Wed, 01 May 2019 03:22:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-polymer-films-conduct-heat-instead-of-trapping-it/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/chemists-make-thermoset-polymer-using-amine-and-triketone-that-is-recyclable/Wed, 01 May 2019 03:07:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/chemists-make-thermoset-polymer-using-amine-and-triketone-that-is-recyclable/ Until today, platinum was one of only a select group of costly precious metals that can be used in chiral catalysts to remove potentially dangerous molecules from medicines before they hit the market. But platinum is rare. Platinum is expensive. FIU chemists have developed an iron-based material that may be able to perform the same function. And unlike platinum, iron is abundant. Iron is chea]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/discovery-could-be-game-changer-for-pharmaceuticals/Wed, 01 May 2019 02:36:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/discovery-could-be-game-changer-for-pharmaceuticals/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/cooling-with-light/Wed, 01 May 2019 02:19:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/cooling-with-light/ A consortium of researchers using the unique Molecular Foundry at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) set out to do just that with Planck’s Law.Planck’s Law, which forms the basis of quantum theory, states that electromagnetic radiation from heated bodies is distributed over a wide range of wavelengths and wide range of angles.
However, Max Pla]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/exploring-new-ways-to-control-thermal-radiation/Tue, 30 Apr 2019 17:33:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/exploring-new-ways-to-control-thermal-radiation/ The discovery has important implications for global malnutrition with chickpeas seen as a major solution.Professor Rajeev Varshney in chickpea field
Chickpeas are the third most commonly produced grain legume, however drought and increasing temper]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/breakthrough-in-high-yield-drought-resilient-chickpeas/Tue, 30 Apr 2019 15:46:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/breakthrough-in-high-yield-drought-resilient-chickpeas/ Hydrogen will play a key role in reducing our dependence on fossil fuels. It can be sustainably produced by using]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/record-solar-hydrogen-production-with-concentrated-sunlight/Tue, 30 Apr 2019 15:18:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/record-solar-hydrogen-production-with-concentrated-sunlight/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/inorganic-perovskite-absorbers-for-use-in-thin-film-solar-cells/Tue, 30 Apr 2019 15:02:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/inorganic-perovskite-absorbers-for-use-in-thin-film-solar-cells/ The discovery that organic materials, such as polymers, can act as semiconductors led to a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2000. Since then, research within organic electronics has truly exploded, n]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/water-creates-traps-in-organic-electronics/Mon, 29 Apr 2019 23:10:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/water-creates-traps-in-organic-electronics/ The plasma was produced in a non]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/non-thermal-plasma-new-technology-could-kill-999-of-the-deadly-germs-in-the-air/Mon, 29 Apr 2019 22:41:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/non-thermal-plasma-new-technology-could-kill-999-of-the-deadly-germs-in-the-air/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/how-to-purify-water-with-graphene/Mon, 29 Apr 2019 22:24:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/how-to-purify-water-with-graphene/ In a paper published Feb. 19 in the journal Energy & Environmental Science, the researchers reported that their process doubled the currently accepted rate for scalable technologies that produc]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/sunlight-pulls-hydrogen-from-wastewater/Mon, 29 Apr 2019 22:12:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/sunlight-pulls-hydrogen-from-wastewater/ Since 2012, Stefan Freunberger at the Institute of Chemical Technologies of Materials of Graz University of Technology has been working on the development of a new battery generation that is more efficient, more durable and more cost-effective to produce than current models. Freunberger sees great potential in lithium-]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-breakthroughs-in-research-on-super-batteries/Mon, 29 Apr 2019 18:33:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-breakthroughs-in-research-on-super-batteries/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/tailor-made-enzymatic-solutions-reduce-time-and-cost-of-biorefinery-processes/Mon, 29 Apr 2019 17:51:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/tailor-made-enzymatic-solutions-reduce-time-and-cost-of-biorefinery-processes/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/a-safer-way-to-transmit-personal-data-use-your-body-like-a-wire/Mon, 29 Apr 2019 17:38:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/a-safer-way-to-transmit-personal-data-use-your-body-like-a-wire/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/decoupled-graphene-thanks-to-potassium-bromide/Mon, 29 Apr 2019 17:21:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/decoupled-graphene-thanks-to-potassium-bromide/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/using-60-less-water-in-paper-production/Mon, 29 Apr 2019 17:03:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/using-60-less-water-in-paper-production/ Some of the most famous scientific discoveries happened by accident. From Teflon and the microwave oven to penicillin, scientists trying to solve a problem sometimes find unexpected things. This is exactly how we created phosphorene nanoribbons – a material made from one of the universe’s basic building blocks, but that has the potential to revolutionise a wide range of technologies.
We’d been trying to separa]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/we-accidentally-created-a-new-wonder-material-that-could-revolutionise-batteries-and-electronics/Mon, 29 Apr 2019 16:47:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/we-accidentally-created-a-new-wonder-material-that-could-revolutionise-batteries-and-electronics/ Proteins involved in photosynthesis can be used to inexpensively and efficiently generate solar energy. Although these proteins, such as photosystem I, are inherently robust, the lifetime of isolated protein complexes in semi-artificial electrodes is significantly shorter. Therefore, the technological application of such bioelectrodes is still limited. A research team]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/longer-life-for-bioelectrodes/Mon, 29 Apr 2019 16:26:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/longer-life-for-bioelectrodes/ Stuttgart-based Bosch and Powercell Sweden AB — formerly a subsidiary of carmaker Volvo — aim to bring the fuel cells to market “in 2022 at the latest”.Hydrogen fuel stations are still are rare sight across Germany.Hydrogen-powered electric vehicles could pro]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/germanys-bosch-powers-up-hydrogen-cells-for-cars/Mon, 29 Apr 2019 15:58:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/germanys-bosch-powers-up-hydrogen-cells-for-cars/ The researchers’ novel idea is a porous, sponge-like aerogel]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/graphene-sponge-paves-the-way-for-future-batteries/Mon, 29 Apr 2019 15:32:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/graphene-sponge-paves-the-way-for-future-batteries/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/chinas-quest-for-clean-limitless-energy-heats-up/Mon, 29 Apr 2019 00:50:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/chinas-quest-for-clean-limitless-energy-heats-up/ Blockchain Is The Next Big Thing For Renewable Energy.Blockchain has been touted as the next big technological advance – impacting everything from online transactions to e-government. But what does it mean for renewable energy?
Essentially an online register that securely stores information, blockchain serves as a repertoire of knowledge accessible to everyone. Rather than being controlled by one entity, blockchain is spread across multiple computers and us]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/blockchain-and-renewable-energy/Sun, 28 Apr 2019 17:20:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/blockchain-and-renewable-energy/ The 15m-long, 10.5m wingspan, Phoenix is the world’s first large variable-buoyancy-powered UAV. Resembling an airship with wings, in appearance, the ultra-long-endurance aircraft spends half its time as a heavier-than-air aeroplane and the other half as a lighter-than-air balloon. It is the repeated transition between t]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/southampton-engineers-celebrate-worlds-first-flight-of-pioneering-lighter-than-air-uav/Fri, 26 Apr 2019 22:14:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/southampton-engineers-celebrate-worlds-first-flight-of-pioneering-lighter-than-air-uav/ Ford to build all-new battery electric vehicle using Rivian’s flexible skateboard platform
The investment is subject to customary regulatory approval; Ford’s Joe Hinrichs to join Rivian’s board of directorsRivian today announced an equity investment of $500 million from Ford Motor Company. In addition to the investment, the companies have agreed to work together to develop an all-new, next-gene]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/rivian-announces-500-million-investment-from-ford-partnership-to-deliver-all-new-ford-battery-electric-vehicle/Fri, 26 Apr 2019 21:55:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/rivian-announces-500-million-investment-from-ford-partnership-to-deliver-all-new-ford-battery-electric-vehicle/ Now, a researc]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/fueling-the-future-tapping-into-100-year-supply-of-natural-gas/Fri, 26 Apr 2019 20:54:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/fueling-the-future-tapping-into-100-year-supply-of-natural-gas/ Excited quantum states occur when light is absorbed by a particle and the energy from that light is temporarily stored within the particle, making its energ]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/carnegie-mellon-chemists-manipulate-the-quantum-states-of-gold-nanoclusters/Fri, 26 Apr 2019 19:18:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/carnegie-mellon-chemists-manipulate-the-quantum-states-of-gold-nanoclusters/ The idea began as a joke over morning coffee. “One day, as we were discussing per]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/caffeine-gives-solar-cells-an-energy-boost/Fri, 26 Apr 2019 18:13:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/caffeine-gives-solar-cells-an-energy-boost/ You’ve never heard Dean Martin like this.
This recording of Martin’s classic “Volare” was transmitted wirelessly via a semiconductor laser — the first time a laser has been used as a radio frequency transmitter.In a paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Appli]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/the-first-laser-radio-transmitter/Fri, 26 Apr 2019 06:51:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/the-first-laser-radio-transmitter/ Phil De Luna (MSE PhD 1T9) is the pap]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/how-to-take-the-petro-out-of-the-petrochemicals-industry/Fri, 26 Apr 2019 02:58:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/how-to-take-the-petro-out-of-the-petrochemicals-industry/ Automakers and the fossil fuel industry have often pushed the idea that electric vehicles are worse for the environment than diesel and gasoline-powered vehicles because they are powered by dirty electricity.Studies looking at overall emissions based on electrici]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-study-claiming-electric-cars-are-dirtier-than-diesel-debunked/Fri, 26 Apr 2019 02:45:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-study-claiming-electric-cars-are-dirtier-than-diesel-debunked/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/using-dna-templates-to-harness-the-suns-energy/Thu, 25 Apr 2019 17:04:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/using-dna-templates-to-harness-the-suns-energy/ Military inventors filed plans for a highly unusual flying machine which uses an ‘inertial mass reduction device’ to travel at ‘extreme speeds’.
What that means is that the aircraft uses complex technology to reduce its mass and thereby lessen inertia (an object’s resistance to motion) so it can zoom along at high velocities.
The patent is highly complex and describes]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/the-us-navy-secretly-designed-a-super-fast-futuristic-aircraft-resembling-a-ufo-documents-reveal/Thu, 25 Apr 2019 16:12:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/the-us-navy-secretly-designed-a-super-fast-futuristic-aircraft-resembling-a-ufo-documents-reveal/ The nano research team led by professors Helge Weman and Bjørn-Ove Fimland at NTNU’s Department of Electronic Systems has succeeded in creating light-emitting diodes, or LEDs, from a nanomaterial that emits ultraviolet light.
It is the first time anyone has created ultraviolet light on a graphene surface.A molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) machine]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-nanomaterial-to-replace-mercury/Thu, 25 Apr 2019 15:02:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-nanomaterial-to-replace-mercury/ One of the main objects of our apartments — the refrigerator — consumes]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/magnet-vs-freon-scientists-invent-a-magnetic-refrigerator-which-is-30-40-more-efficient-than-usual/Thu, 25 Apr 2019 14:21:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/magnet-vs-freon-scientists-invent-a-magnetic-refrigerator-which-is-30-40-more-efficient-than-usual/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/synthetic-rubber-outperforms-natural-rubber/Thu, 25 Apr 2019 12:34:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/synthetic-rubber-outperforms-natural-rubber/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/energy-saving-new-led-phosphor/Thu, 25 Apr 2019 12:10:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/energy-saving-new-led-phosphor/ .Today, scientists fro]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/scientists-develop-low-cost-energy-efficient-materials/Wed, 24 Apr 2019 18:54:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/scientists-develop-low-cost-energy-efficient-materials/ The researchers say their world-first invention could help reduce the costs of renewable electricity below that of existing coal power stations, as well as lead to more efficient solar cells.Dr. Sherman Wong, who worked on the study of the new type of silicon. Image credit: ANU
Senior researcher ANU Professor Jod]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-silicon-promises-sunnier-days-for-solar-tech/Wed, 24 Apr 2019 17:21:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-silicon-promises-sunnier-days-for-solar-tech/ Exploring how a hazardous fungal pathogen ‘tastes’ its surroundings within a wheat plant to coordinate virulence could be the key to developing new control strategies, scientists believe.A field of wheat infected with Fusarium Head Blight. Credit: Neil Brown.
Researchers at the University of Bath and Rothamsted Research have bee]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/targeting-how-fungi-taste-wheat-could-be-key-to-developing-control/Wed, 24 Apr 2019 16:55:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/targeting-how-fungi-taste-wheat-could-be-key-to-developing-control/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/capturing-the-behavior-of-single-atom-catalysts-on-the-move/Wed, 24 Apr 2019 16:06:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/capturing-the-behavior-of-single-atom-catalysts-on-the-move/ “Accidentally dropping electronics, such as a laptop or cellphone, is a common scenario that may lead to the failure of the device,” said Julio D’Arc]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/takes-a-licking-and-keeps-on-storing/Wed, 24 Apr 2019 15:53:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/takes-a-licking-and-keeps-on-storing/ –  “A traditional LIDAR is based on mounting an array of lasers on a rotating tower, like the Velodyne puck,”–  “Our approach to LIDAR is based on integrated micro-opto-mechanics, where we have built a tuneable grating into the surface of a silicon chip.”–  “By modifying the grating period, we decide in which direction the beam should sweep.”–  Would cost about USD]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/this-compact-and-cheap-lidar-could-steer-small-autonomous-vehicles/Wed, 24 Apr 2019 02:43:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/this-compact-and-cheap-lidar-could-steer-small-autonomous-vehicles/ Computers and artificial intelligence continue to usher in major changes in the way people shop. It is relatively easy to train a robot’s brain to create a shopping list, but what about ensuring that the robotic shopper can easily tell the difference between the thousands of products in the store?
Purdue University researchers and experts in brain-inspired computing think part of the a]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/a-magnetic-personality-maybe-not-but-magnets-can-help-ai-get-closer-to-the-efficiency-of-the-human-brain/Tue, 23 Apr 2019 22:25:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/a-magnetic-personality-maybe-not-but-magnets-can-help-ai-get-closer-to-the-efficiency-of-the-human-brain/ What if there were no tunnels in the Swiss Alps? Anyone trying to travel through them would have to go up and down hills and zigzag around the ranges. A lot more energy and time is saved to pass through a tunnel than to climb a mountain. This is similar to how catalysts work: they speed up the chemical reactions by lowering the ene]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/heterogeneous-catalyst-goes-enzymatic/Tue, 23 Apr 2019 17:56:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/heterogeneous-catalyst-goes-enzymatic/ These Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) sensors are affixed to cars’ roofs, where they increase wind drag, a particular disadvantage for electric cars. They can add around $10,000 to a car’s cost. But despite their drawbacks, most experts have considered LiDAR sensors the only plausible way for self-driving vehicles to saf]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-way-to-see-objects-accelerates-future-of-self-driving-cars/Tue, 23 Apr 2019 17:41:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-way-to-see-objects-accelerates-future-of-self-driving-cars/ The new findings are publ]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/study-reducing-energy-required-to-convert-co2-waste-into-valuable-resources/Tue, 23 Apr 2019 08:37:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/study-reducing-energy-required-to-convert-co2-waste-into-valuable-resources/ The grand challenge to improve energy storage and increase battery life, while ensuring safe operation, is becoming evermore critical as we become increasingly reliant on this energy source for everything from portable devices to electric vehicles. A Columbia Engineering team led by Yuan Yang, assistant professor of ]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-technique-produces-longer-lasting-lithium-batteries/Tue, 23 Apr 2019 08:13:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-technique-produces-longer-lasting-lithium-batteries/ An international team, including Kiyotaka Nakajima of Hokkaido University, Japan, and Emiel Hensen of Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands, has developed an energy-efficient method to synthesize bioplastic ingredients. The new technology will contribute towards the rea]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/green-plastic-production-made-easy/Tue, 23 Apr 2019 06:52:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/green-plastic-production-made-easy/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/modified-white-graphene-for-eco-friendly-energy/Tue, 23 Apr 2019 06:32:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/modified-white-graphene-for-eco-friendly-energy/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/light-based-computer-hardware-that-can-compete-with-silicon/Tue, 23 Apr 2019 06:14:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/light-based-computer-hardware-that-can-compete-with-silicon/ But a new study from University of Michigan researchers found that meal kits have a much lower overall carbon footprint than the same meals purchased at a grocery store, despite having more packaging.Average greenhouse gas emissions were one-third lower for meal kit dinners than the store-bought meals whe]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/those-home-delivered-meal-kits-are-greener-than-you-thought-new-study-concludes/Tue, 23 Apr 2019 06:04:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/those-home-delivered-meal-kits-are-greener-than-you-thought-new-study-concludes/ St. Augustinegrass (Stenotaphrum secundatum) is the most common turfgrass species in the southeastern United States, and it is typically planted with a single cultivar across an entire lawn. But multiple cultivated varieties, or cultivars, of St. Augustinegrass are commercially available, and landscape entomologists at the]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/mixing-lawn-grass-varieties-could-trim-fall-armyworm-infestations/Tue, 23 Apr 2019 05:55:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/mixing-lawn-grass-varieties-could-trim-fall-armyworm-infestations/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/human-influence-on-climate-change-is-traced-back-to-the-19th-century/Tue, 23 Apr 2019 05:28:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/human-influence-on-climate-change-is-traced-back-to-the-19th-century/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/from-coal-to-gas-how-the-shift-can-help-stabilize-climate-change/Tue, 23 Apr 2019 04:46:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/from-coal-to-gas-how-the-shift-can-help-stabilize-climate-change/ Today’s information society is built on digital computers that have evolved drastically for half a century and are capable of executing complicated tasks reliably. The human brain, by contrast, operates under very limited power and is capable of executing complex tasks efficient]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/neuron-and-synapse-mimetic-spintronics-devices-developed/Sat, 20 Apr 2019 22:21:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/neuron-and-synapse-mimetic-spintronics-devices-developed/ Solid-state sodium-ion batteries are far safer than conventional lithium-ion batteries, which pose a risk of fire and explosions, but their performance has been too weak to offset the safety advantages. Researchers Friday reported developing an organic cathode that dramatically improves both stability and energy density.Forming compatible interfaces between cathode active materials and solid electrolytes is importa]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/researchers-report-high-performance-solid-state-sodium-ion-battery/Sat, 20 Apr 2019 17:04:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/researchers-report-high-performance-solid-state-sodium-ion-battery/ If you put a teapot of boiling water on the kitchen table, it will gradually cool down. However, its temperature is not expected to fall below that of the table. It is precisely this everyday experience that illustrates one of t]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/thermodynamic-magic-enables-cooling-without-energy-consumption/Sat, 20 Apr 2019 04:58:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/thermodynamic-magic-enables-cooling-without-energy-consumption/ But now, that silver lining looks to be reaching an unceremonious end, according to Bloomberg. There’s now more than 486 electric vehicle manufacture]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/with-486-manufacturers-chinas-electric-vehicle-bubble-is-set-to-burst/Fri, 19 Apr 2019 18:26:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/with-486-manufacturers-chinas-electric-vehicle-bubble-is-set-to-burst/ Like a metal python, the huge pipe snaking through a CERN high-tech hall is actually a new electrical transmission line. This superconducting line is the first of its kind and allows vast quantities of electrical current to be transported within a pipe of a relatively small diameter. Similar pipes could well be used in towns in the future.Tests be]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/successful-tests-of-a-cooler-way-to-transport-electricity/Fri, 19 Apr 2019 18:14:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/successful-tests-of-a-cooler-way-to-transport-electricity/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/from-nata-de-coco-to-computer-screens-cellulose-gets-a-chance-to-shine/Fri, 19 Apr 2019 17:59:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/from-nata-de-coco-to-computer-screens-cellulose-gets-a-chance-to-shine/ Taking a step closer to a “green” replacement for fossil fuels, a research team that includes a chemical engineer at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) has developed a]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/an-exotic-microbe-and-an-unusual-extraction-process-may-add-up-to-an-economical-way-to-make-a-promising-biofuel/Fri, 19 Apr 2019 17:44:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/an-exotic-microbe-and-an-unusual-extraction-process-may-add-up-to-an-economical-way-to-make-a-promising-biofuel/ A new chemical formula is behind the boost in efficiency, which also improved the structural and optoelectronic properties of the solar cell.Kai Zhu is lead author of the new paper. Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL
Perovskite refers to a crystalline structure formed through chemistry. Unlik]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/perovskite-breakthrough-shows-importance-of-added-chemical-compound-in-boosting-efficiency/Fri, 19 Apr 2019 17:18:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/perovskite-breakthrough-shows-importance-of-added-chemical-compound-in-boosting-efficiency/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/researchers-find-adding-rare-earth-element-to-piezoelectric-crystals-dramatically-improves-performance/Fri, 19 Apr 2019 17:03:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/researchers-find-adding-rare-earth-element-to-piezoelectric-crystals-dramatically-improves-performance/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/through-thick-and-thin-neutrons-track-lithium-ions-in-battery-electrodes/Fri, 19 Apr 2019 16:39:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/through-thick-and-thin-neutrons-track-lithium-ions-in-battery-electrodes/ The internet is one of the single biggest consumers of power in the world. With data capacity expected to double every year and the physical infrastructure used to encode and process data reaching it]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/breakthrough-research-to-revolutionise-internet-communication/Fri, 19 Apr 2019 00:21:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/breakthrough-research-to-revolutionise-internet-communication/ f this were a film about humanity’s last hope before climate change wiped us out, Hollywood would be accused of flagrant typecasting. That’s because Dr Joanne Chory is too perfect for the role to be believable.A view of a grow room where plants that belong to the genera Arabidopsis, Lotus and Med]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/this-scientist-thinks-she-has-the-key-to-curb-climate-change-super-plants/Thu, 18 Apr 2019 19:07:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/this-scientist-thinks-she-has-the-key-to-curb-climate-change-super-plants/ When put under pressure, plastic crystals of neopentylglycol yield huge cooling effects – enough that they are competitive with conventional coolants. In addition, the material is inexpensive, widely available and functions at close to room temperature. Details are published in the journal Nature Commun]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/green-material-for-refrigeration-identified/Thu, 18 Apr 2019 17:38:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/green-material-for-refrigeration-identified/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-co-capture-technology-is-not-the-magic-bullet-against-climate-change/Thu, 18 Apr 2019 17:26:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-co-capture-technology-is-not-the-magic-bullet-against-climate-change/ Building the electric vehicles, solar arrays, wind turbines and other renewable energy infrastructure necessary to meet the ambitious goals of the Paris Climate Agreement could outstrip current production rates for key metals by as early as 2022, according to new research
The report calls for a dramatic scalin]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-research-exposes-extent-of-mineral-demand-for-renewable-energy-technologies/Thu, 18 Apr 2019 17:16:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-research-exposes-extent-of-mineral-demand-for-renewable-energy-technologies/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/ub-researchers-develop-new-variant-of-maxwells-demon-at-nanoscale/Thu, 18 Apr 2019 17:02:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/ub-researchers-develop-new-variant-of-maxwells-demon-at-nanoscale/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/artificial-intelligence-accelerates-efforts-to-develop-clean-virtually-limitless-fusion-energy/Thu, 18 Apr 2019 16:55:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/artificial-intelligence-accelerates-efforts-to-develop-clean-virtually-limitless-fusion-energy/ An earlier form of fusion technology that barely made it out of the starting blocks has just overcome a serious hurdle. It’s got a long way to catch up, but given its potential cost and versatility, a table-sized fusion device like this is worth watching out for.While many have long given up on an early form of plasma conf]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/researchers-just-demonstrated-nuclear-fusion-in-a-device-small-enough-to-keep-at-home/Wed, 17 Apr 2019 19:20:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/researchers-just-demonstrated-nuclear-fusion-in-a-device-small-enough-to-keep-at-home/ In a study published in J. Am. Chem. Soc., a research group led by Prof. LUO Junhua from Fujian Institute of Research on the Structu]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/scientists-design-two-dimensional-hybrid-perovskite-ferroelectric-for-polarized-light-detection/Wed, 17 Apr 2019 18:57:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/scientists-design-two-dimensional-hybrid-perovskite-ferroelectric-for-polarized-light-detection/ Researchers from Kent Business School set out to examine to what extent the rising demand for solar panels as part of a push to use renewable energy sources is responsible for the rising cost of silver.Solar panel demand causing worldwide silver price rises
Silver is a core element for the manufacture of solar panels, as it has the highest electrical and thermal conducti]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/solar-panel-demand-causing-spike-in-worldwide-silver-prices/Wed, 17 Apr 2019 18:46:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/solar-panel-demand-causing-spike-in-worldwide-silver-prices/ An interna]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/scientists-developing-technology-for-water-purification-by-electric-discharges/Wed, 17 Apr 2019 18:28:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/scientists-developing-technology-for-water-purification-by-electric-discharges/ Conductive inks have been around for nearly a decade and they represent a multi-hundred million-dollar market that is expected to grow rapi]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/need-more-energy-storage-just-hit-print/Wed, 17 Apr 2019 17:42:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/need-more-energy-storage-just-hit-print/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/tailor-made-materials-with-ultrafast-connections/Wed, 17 Apr 2019 16:15:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/tailor-made-materials-with-ultrafast-connections/ Sono Motors to Produce Sion in Sweden
First series production SEV to be manufactured at former SAAB plant in Trollhättan.
Munich, April 17, 2019 – The first series production solar electric vehicle (SEV) developed by the German mobility provider Sono Motors is to be manufactured in Sweden. As Sono Motors officially announced today, the first generation of the Sion will be produced in]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/solar-powered-electric-car-nears-production-update/Wed, 17 Apr 2019 08:48:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/solar-powered-electric-car-nears-production-update/ Graphene can come from graphite. But borophene? There’s no such thing as borite.
Unlike its carbon cousin, two-dimensional borophene can’t be reduced from a larger natural form. Bulk boron is usually only found in combination with other elements, and is certainly not layered, so borophene has to be made from the atoms up. Even then, the borophene you get may not be what you need.
For that reas]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/graphene-phosphorene-and-now-borophene/Wed, 17 Apr 2019 07:17:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/graphene-phosphorene-and-now-borophene/ The result partially corroborates past PPPL]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/physicists-improve-understanding-of-heat-and-particle-flow-in-the-edge-of-a-fusion-device/Wed, 17 Apr 2019 06:46:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/physicists-improve-understanding-of-heat-and-particle-flow-in-the-edge-of-a-fusion-device/ “The device can work in remote areas because it provides its own power and does not need batteries,” said senior author Richard Kaner, who holds UCLA’s Dr. Myung Ki Hong Endowed Chair in Materials Innovation. “It’s a very clever device — a weather station that]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-scientific-device-creates-electricity-from-snowfall/Tue, 16 Apr 2019 23:31:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-scientific-device-creates-electricity-from-snowfall/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/solar-evaporator-offers-a-fresh-route-to-fresh-water/Tue, 16 Apr 2019 19:25:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/solar-evaporator-offers-a-fresh-route-to-fresh-water/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/researchers-explore-energy-saving-catalysts-that-operate-at-room-temperature/Tue, 16 Apr 2019 18:56:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/researchers-explore-energy-saving-catalysts-that-operate-at-room-temperature/ Creating a lithium-ion battery that can charge in a matter of minutes but still operate at a high capacity is possible, according to research from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute just published in Nature Communications. This development has the potential to improve battery performance for consumer electronics, solar grid storage, and electric vehicles.
A lithium-ion battery charges and discharges]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/stabilized-vanadium-disulfide-key-to-lithium-batteries-that-are-faster-charging-energy-dense-compact/Tue, 16 Apr 2019 17:05:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/stabilized-vanadium-disulfide-key-to-lithium-batteries-that-are-faster-charging-energy-dense-compact/ Link: https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2019/01/10-disruptive-battery-technologies-trying-to-compete-with-lithium-ion/10 disruptive battery technologies trying to compete with lithium-ion
By SPW | January 29, 2019
By Sofiane Boukhalfa, PhD, project architect; and Navneeta]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/10-disruptive-battery-technologies/Tue, 16 Apr 2019 08:21:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/10-disruptive-battery-technologies/ The material is a thiol–yne nanocomposite polymer tailored to hold light-emitting quantum dots, tiny semiconductors whose size and composition can be precisely tuned to produce bright, clear, and energy-efficient colors.
According to a study published by]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/next-generation-screens-for-phones-tvs-and-monitors-may-utilize-quantum-dot-polymers/Tue, 16 Apr 2019 03:49:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/next-generation-screens-for-phones-tvs-and-monitors-may-utilize-quantum-dot-polymers/ Perovskite-based solar cells are the fastest-advancing solar technology to date. Since they were first used in 200]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/perovskite-solar-cells-the-interface-makes-the-difference/Tue, 16 Apr 2019 00:27:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/perovskite-solar-cells-the-interface-makes-the-difference/ Don’t worry, you don’t need t]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/seven-common-myths-about-quantum-physics/Tue, 16 Apr 2019 00:15:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/seven-common-myths-about-quantum-physics/ “From a chemistry standpoint, we have discovered a new photocatalytic reaction using laser light and water molecules, which is new and exciting,” said Saujan Sivaram, Ph.D., lead author of the study. “From a general perspective, this]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/nrl-develops-laser-processing-method-to-increase-efficiency-of-optoelectronic-devices/Mon, 15 Apr 2019 23:35:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/nrl-develops-laser-processing-method-to-increase-efficiency-of-optoelectronic-devices/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/a-next-generation-triboelectric-nanogenerator-teng-to-realize-constant-current-from-electrostatic-breakdown/Mon, 15 Apr 2019 22:05:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/a-next-generation-triboelectric-nanogenerator-teng-to-realize-constant-current-from-electrostatic-breakdown/ Fortunately, a recent study is bringing this dream closer. Professor WU Yuen’s team from the Univers]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/breakthrough-in-water-electrolysis-via-ruthenium-based-catalysts/Mon, 15 Apr 2019 17:24:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/breakthrough-in-water-electrolysis-via-ruthenium-based-catalysts/ When particles bond in free space, they normally create atoms or molecules. However, much more exotic bonding states can be produced inside solid objects.
Researchers at TU Wien have now managed to utilise this: so-called “multi-particle exciton complexes” have been produced by applying electrical pulses to extremel]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/light-from-exotic-particle-states/Mon, 15 Apr 2019 17:03:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/light-from-exotic-particle-states/ Their system is a dense array of parallel cotton threads strung vertically, with a steady stream of water droplets flowing down the strings. Rising water vapor, pushed upward by a fan, is captured by the “web” of water droplets an]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/taking-a-cue-from-spider-webs-ucla-researchers-snag-fresh-water-with-vapor-capture-system/Mon, 15 Apr 2019 16:09:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/taking-a-cue-from-spider-webs-ucla-researchers-snag-fresh-water-with-vapor-capture-system/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/novel-batteries-are-the-first-to-use-water-splitting-technology-at-their-core/Mon, 15 Apr 2019 15:54:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/novel-batteries-are-the-first-to-use-water-splitting-technology-at-their-core/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/worlds-fastest-hydrogen-sensor/Sun, 14 Apr 2019 16:57:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/worlds-fastest-hydrogen-sensor/ A new motive fuel cell system manufacturing hall i]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/ballard-to-opens-fuel-cell-center-in-europe-to-serve-zero-emission-marine-market/Sun, 14 Apr 2019 15:52:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/ballard-to-opens-fuel-cell-center-in-europe-to-serve-zero-emission-marine-market/ A new motive fuel cell system manufacturing hall i]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/ballard-to-open-fuel-cell-center-in-europe-to-serve-zero-emission-marine-market/Sun, 14 Apr 2019 15:52:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/ballard-to-open-fuel-cell-center-in-europe-to-serve-zero-emission-marine-market/ The chairman of the Global Solar Council (GSC) wants to “destroy” utility-scale PV and believes that rooftop solar will provide more than half the world’s energy by 2050.
In an exclusive interview with Recharge, Pranav Mehta also declared that he would be happy for China to have a global monopoly on the production of solar cells, and that wind power is destined to b]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/global-solar-council-boss-i-want-to-destroy-utility-scale-pv/Sun, 14 Apr 2019 15:28:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/global-solar-council-boss-i-want-to-destroy-utility-scale-pv/ Huh?Solid-State Energy Storage & EV Batteries
We know that Ford is interested in all solid-state technology because the Colorado based company Solid Power just announced that For]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/ford-to-gasmobiles-look-out-solid-state-ev-batteries-are-coming/Sat, 13 Apr 2019 09:24:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/ford-to-gasmobiles-look-out-solid-state-ev-batteries-are-coming/ arbon dioxide (CO2) has a bad reputation due to its pivotal role in the greenhouse gas effect at the Earth’s surface. But scientists at the Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis (JCAP), a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Innovation Hub, view CO2as a promising solution to clean, low-cost, renewable energy.Six-step selection criteria used in the search for photocathodes for CO2 reducti]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/searching-for-photocathodes-that-convert-co2-into-fuels/Fri, 12 Apr 2019 18:22:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/searching-for-photocathodes-that-convert-co2-into-fuels/ If somewhere during that journey you could reduce internal losses, you might not need a machine as big as you thought.Sandia National Laboratories mechanical technologist Kenny Velasquez makes adjustments during the final installation of the hardware inside]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-device-in-z-machine-measures-power-for-nuclear-fusion/Fri, 12 Apr 2019 18:10:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-device-in-z-machine-measures-power-for-nuclear-fusion/ Each year, the Laboratory releases energy flow charts that illustrate the nation’]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/us-energy-use-rises-to-highest-level-ever/Fri, 12 Apr 2019 17:57:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/us-energy-use-rises-to-highest-level-ever/ The UChicago research group comprises comp]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/research-provides-speed-boost-to-quantum-computers/Fri, 12 Apr 2019 17:30:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/research-provides-speed-boost-to-quantum-computers/ A new type of pocket-sized antenna, developed at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, could enable mobile communication in situations where conventional radios don’t work, such as under water, through the ground and over very long distances through air.The device emits very low frequency (VLF) radiation wit]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/slac-develops-novel-compact-antenna-for-communicating-where-radios-fail/Fri, 12 Apr 2019 17:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/slac-develops-novel-compact-antenna-for-communicating-where-radios-fail/ The discovery is being published today in Nature Communications, an open access journal that publishes high-quality research from all areas of the natural sciences.A team of researchers, led by the University of Minne]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-thin-transparent-film-could-improve-electronics-and-solar-cells/Fri, 12 Apr 2019 16:46:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-thin-transparent-film-could-improve-electronics-and-solar-cells/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/marrying-two-types-of-solar-cells-draws-more-power-from-the-sun/Fri, 12 Apr 2019 06:22:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/marrying-two-types-of-solar-cells-draws-more-power-from-the-sun/ PCFCs consist of two electrodes separated by a membrane that allows protons across. At the first electrode, known as the air]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/proton-conducting-fuel-cell-pcfc-uses-only-one-set-of-catalysts-for-making-then-using-h2/Fri, 12 Apr 2019 06:04:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/proton-conducting-fuel-cell-pcfc-uses-only-one-set-of-catalysts-for-making-then-using-h2/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/researchers-discover-self-healing-catalyst-for-potential-large-scale-use-in-safe-hydrogen-production-and-storage/Fri, 12 Apr 2019 03:15:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/researchers-discover-self-healing-catalyst-for-potential-large-scale-use-in-safe-hydrogen-production-and-storage/ Alemán, a member of the UO’s Center for Optical, Molecular, and Quantum Science, has made artificial atoms that work in ambient conditions. The research, published in the journal Nano Letters, could be a big step in efforts to develop secure quantum communication networks and all-optical q]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/artificial-atoms-that-work-at-room-temperature-may-enable-same-for-quantum-computers/Thu, 11 Apr 2019 19:12:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/artificial-atoms-that-work-at-room-temperature-may-enable-same-for-quantum-computers/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/ready-set-go-scientists-evaluate-a-novel-technique-for-firing-up-the-fuel-that-feeds-fusion-reactions/Thu, 11 Apr 2019 18:58:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/ready-set-go-scientists-evaluate-a-novel-technique-for-firing-up-the-fuel-that-feeds-fusion-reactions/ Pivot Power will collaborate with manufacturer and system integrator redT on what is claimed to be the world’s first grid-scale hybrid battery energy storage project to use a combination of lithium-ion and vanadium technologies.
Pivot Power is a relatively new company that has quickly risen to prominence in the UK over the past few months with a plan to deploy 2GW of energy storage and a network of EV chargers.
Pivot will lead a consortium of companies which will deve]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/redt-collaborates-in-worlds-first-grid-scale-lithium-vanadium-hybrid-project/Thu, 11 Apr 2019 03:49:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/redt-collaborates-in-worlds-first-grid-scale-lithium-vanadium-hybrid-project/ Since the isolation of 2-dimensional phosphorene, which is the phosphorus equivalent of graphene, in 2014, more than 100 theoretical studies have predicted that new and exciting properties could emerge by producing narrow ‘ribbons’ of this material. These properties could be extremely valuable t]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/wonder-material-individual-2d-phosphorene-nanoribbons-made-for-the-first-time/Wed, 10 Apr 2019 21:59:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/wonder-material-individual-2d-phosphorene-nanoribbons-made-for-the-first-time/ Graphene, a new material with applications in biomedical technology, electronics, composites, energy and sensors, may soon help send rockets to space.
A new propellant formulation method to use graphene foams – material used in electronics, optics and energy devices – to power spacecraft is being developed in Purdue University’s Maurice J. Zucrow Laboratories, which is the largest academic propulsion lab in]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-hybrid-energy-method-could-fuel-the-future-of-rockets-spacecraft-for-exploration/Wed, 10 Apr 2019 16:39:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-hybrid-energy-method-could-fuel-the-future-of-rockets-spacecraft-for-exploration/ Renewable Energy Now Accounts for a Third of Global Power CapacitySector adds 171 GW of generating capacity in 2018
The decade-long trend of strong growth in renewable energy capacity continued in 2018 with global additions of 171 gigawatts (GW), according to new data released by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) today. The annual increase of 7.9 per cent was bolstered by new additions from solar and wind energy, which accounted for 84 per cent of the]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/renewable-energy-now-accounts-for-a-third-of-global-power-capacity/Wed, 10 Apr 2019 05:49:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/renewable-energy-now-accounts-for-a-third-of-global-power-capacity/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/graphene-coating-could-help-prevent-lithium-battery-fires/Tue, 09 Apr 2019 21:50:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/graphene-coating-could-help-prevent-lithium-battery-fires/ Now, in an advance that could help lead the way toward longer-lived green energy devices, engineers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have revealed new insights about the chemical reactions that power]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/fuel-cell-advance-a-breath-of-fresh-air-for-future-power-alternative/Tue, 09 Apr 2019 18:04:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/fuel-cell-advance-a-breath-of-fresh-air-for-future-power-alternative/ Heavy-duty trucks, such as the 18-wheelers that transport many of the world’s goods from farm or factory to market, are virtually all powered by diesel engines. They account for a significant portion of worldwide greenhouse gas emissions, but little has been done so far to curb their climate-change-inducing exhaust.Heavy trucks such as these 18-wheelers contribute a sig]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/engineers-develop-concept-for-hybrid-heavy-duty-trucks/Tue, 09 Apr 2019 17:56:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/engineers-develop-concept-for-hybrid-heavy-duty-trucks/ Natural gas and biogas have become increasingly popular sources of energy throughout the world in recent years, thanks to their cleaner and more efficient combustion process when compared to coal and oil.MIT researchers have developed a new polymer membrane that can dramatically improve the efficiency of natural gas purification, while reducing its environmental impact. Image: Chelsea Turner, MIT
However, t]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/greener-more-efficient-natural-gas-filtration/Tue, 09 Apr 2019 17:49:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/greener-more-efficient-natural-gas-filtration/ How to locate potentially polluting animal farms has long been a problem for environmental regulators. Now, Stanford scholars show how a map-reading algorithm could help regulators identify facilities more efficiently than ever before.Sample swine (left) and poultry (right) facilities, with the original image (top) and a h]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/location-of-water-polluters-identified-faster-using-machine-learning/Tue, 09 Apr 2019 17:35:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/location-of-water-polluters-identified-faster-using-machine-learning/ The energy produced over the lifetime of typical rooftop solar panels more than makes up for the energy it takes to make, mount and then eventually recycle them. But adding a home battery usually lowers those dividends, according to new research from Stanford University.Solar panels produce far more energy than is required to make th]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/substantial-energy-savings-using-solar-panels-less-so-with-battery-storage/Tue, 09 Apr 2019 17:05:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/substantial-energy-savings-using-solar-panels-less-so-with-battery-storage/ Electrochemical energy systems — processes by which electrical energy is converted to chemical energy — are at the heart of establishing more efficient generation and storage of intermittent energy from renewable sources in fuel cells and batteries.A new catalyst design methodology proposed by UD researchers will help produce more efficient and higher-performing fuel cells. Dion Vlachos (above), the Allan and Myra Fergu]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/restructured-surface-of-catalysts-enable-higher-electric-current-faster-reactions-for-fuel-cells/Tue, 09 Apr 2019 16:35:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/restructured-surface-of-catalysts-enable-higher-electric-current-faster-reactions-for-fuel-cells/ Fuel cells work by converting chem]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/technology-makes-fuel-cells-more-powerful-more-durable-less-expensive/Tue, 09 Apr 2019 16:08:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/technology-makes-fuel-cells-more-powerful-more-durable-less-expensive/ 35-year-old Amanda Knorr of Hellertown, Pennsylvania received just 30 months in federal prison for a ponzi scheme involving her 2005 startup, Mantria, in which “many people lost their life savings,” according to as]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/bill-clinton-honoree-thrown-in-jail-over-biggest-clean-energy-scam-in-american-history/Tue, 09 Apr 2019 05:28:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/bill-clinton-honoree-thrown-in-jail-over-biggest-clean-energy-scam-in-american-history/ A new distillation device can better recycle contaminants produced by a desalination plant to dramatically reduce waste.
When sea water is purified using reverse osmosis membranes, a liquid brine containing salts and other impurities is often disposed of directly into the environment. Strict regulations are now pushing desalination plants to adopt zero liquid discharge principles to t]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/solar-powered-cup-brews-better-brine-treatments/Mon, 08 Apr 2019 18:09:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/solar-powered-cup-brews-better-brine-treatments/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/time-reversal-violation-theorized-as-key-ingredient-unraveling-mystery-of-missing-antimatter/Mon, 08 Apr 2019 17:52:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/time-reversal-violation-theorized-as-key-ingredient-unraveling-mystery-of-missing-antimatter/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/goldman-the-renewables-revolution-is-good-for-big-oil/Sun, 07 Apr 2019 17:49:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/goldman-the-renewables-revolution-is-good-for-big-oil/ The two firms “signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on long-term lithium supplies for battery cells,” VW said in a statement, although it did not reveal the financial terms of the deal.“Volkswagen is thus already securing a significant share o]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/vw-seals-10-year-lithium-deal-for-electric-cars/Sat, 06 Apr 2019 18:50:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/vw-seals-10-year-lithium-deal-for-electric-cars/ On the verge of outcompeting current thin-film solar cells, perovskite solar cells seem to embody an ideal solar cell: highly efficient and low-cost – if there was not the issue of a weak long-term stability, which remains a challenge. Related to this are peculiar phenomena occurring in perovskite materials and devices, where very slow microscopic processes can furn]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/mystery-of-negative-capacitance-in-perovskite-solar-cells-solved/Sat, 06 Apr 2019 18:35:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/mystery-of-negative-capacitance-in-perovskite-solar-cells-solved/ Two moderate-sized earthquakes that struck the southern Sichuan Province of China last December and January were probably caused by nearby fracking operations, according to a new studypublished in Seismological Research Letters.A shale gas well in Sichuan prov]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/damaging-sichuan-earthquakes-linked-to-fracking-operations/Sat, 06 Apr 2019 18:23:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/damaging-sichuan-earthquakes-linked-to-fracking-operations/ The simple act of boiling water is one of humankind’s oldest inventions, and still central to many of today’s technologies, from coffee makers to nuclear power plants. Yet this seemingly simple process has complexities that have long defied full understanding.Image shows the rate of heat transfer from a metal surface, with red the highest and blue the lowest. The large blue areas]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/getting-to-the-bottom-of-the-boiling-crisis/Sat, 06 Apr 2019 17:58:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/getting-to-the-bottom-of-the-boiling-crisis/ A hydrogen fuel cell is a zero-harmful-emissions power source that acts like a cross between a battery and a gas tank. It employs hydrogen as the fuel and harnesses]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/hydrogen-fuel-cells-with-a-database-of-500000-materials-researchers-zero-in-on-best-bets/Sat, 06 Apr 2019 17:48:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/hydrogen-fuel-cells-with-a-database-of-500000-materials-researchers-zero-in-on-best-bets/ .
.Satellites]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/rocket-fuel-thats-cleaner-safer-and-still-full-of-energy/Sat, 06 Apr 2019 17:22:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/rocket-fuel-thats-cleaner-safer-and-still-full-of-energy/ Methanation plant in Falkenhagen starts operation and supplies synthetic methane – another step towards a successful energy transition.
Methanation plant in Falkenhagen starts operation and supplies synthetic methane – another step towards a successful energy transition.
Essential building block for an integrated energy transition: Power-to-gas technology makes it possible to meet the energy needs of the heating, transport and industry sectors with low CO2emissions
Europ]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/methanation-gains-further-foothold-in-germany-austria/Fri, 05 Apr 2019 19:13:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/methanation-gains-further-foothold-in-germany-austria/ Let’s put that into perspective. It is wid]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/swiss-startup-innolith-claims-1000-whkg-battery-breakthrough/Fri, 05 Apr 2019 18:34:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/swiss-startup-innolith-claims-1000-whkg-battery-breakthrough/ The thermal battery has similar functionality to lithium-ion and lead-acid batteries; it can take any form of electrical input and create alternating current (AC) or direct current (DC).
Andrew Robinson, CEO of CCT Energy Storage, with]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-thermal-battery-could-be-a-game-changer-for-storing-renewable-energy/Fri, 05 Apr 2019 15:10:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-thermal-battery-could-be-a-game-changer-for-storing-renewable-energy/  
An atomic model for the microbial nanowires that conduct electricity]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/electricity-conducting-bacteria-yield-secret-to-tiny-batteries-big-medical-advances/Fri, 05 Apr 2019 01:40:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/electricity-conducting-bacteria-yield-secret-to-tiny-batteries-big-medical-advances/ In a new study, a team led by physicist Cindy Regal showed that it could load groups of individual atoms into large grids with an efficiency unmatched by existing methods.A photograph of an infrared “optical tweezers” device. Normally, the light from such lasers would be invisible to the naked eye. (Credit: Mark Brown)
Lone atoms are a potentia]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/optical-tweezers-achieve-new-feats-of-capturing-atoms/Thu, 04 Apr 2019 23:19:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/optical-tweezers-achieve-new-feats-of-capturing-atoms/ Imagine being able to hear people whispering in the next room, while the raucous party in your own room is inaudible to the whisperers. Yale researchers have found a way to do just that — make sound flow in one direction — within a fundamental technology found in everything from cell phones to gravitational wave detectors.In the im]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/its-a-one-way-street-for-sound-waves-in-this-new-technology/Thu, 04 Apr 2019 17:37:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/its-a-one-way-street-for-sound-waves-in-this-new-technology/ A new concept for ultrafast data transfer over fiber optic cables has been developed by RUB engineers. In conventional systems, a laser sends light signals through the cables and the information is encoded in the modulation of ligh]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/spin-lasers-facilitate-rapid-data-transfer/Thu, 04 Apr 2019 17:22:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/spin-lasers-facilitate-rapid-data-transfer/ This achievement is a major step in research that could one day lead to more efficient optical communication, as the technique could be used to alleviate data congestion and prevent informat]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/researchers-develop-way-to-control-speed-of-light-send-it-backward/Thu, 04 Apr 2019 17:04:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/researchers-develop-way-to-control-speed-of-light-send-it-backward/ Three articles reprinted below:
Europe is stockpiling wind energy by converting it to hydrogen
Clean Chemistry
Ørsted, an energy company in Denmark, announced in March its new plans to convert electricity from its wind turbines into hydrogen fuel, joining the ranks of several other prominent European power companies.
While it’s expensive, stockpiling renewable electricity as hydrogen makes sense as]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/denmarks-biggest-energy-firm-to-convert-excess-wind-energy-to-hydrogen/Wed, 03 Apr 2019 22:21:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/denmarks-biggest-energy-firm-to-convert-excess-wind-energy-to-hydrogen/ This funding is the largest investment made into Direct Air Capture – a climate change mitigation technology that captures carbon dioxide directly from the atmosphere
Carbon Engineering Ltd. (CE), a Canadian clean energy company, today announced the completion of an equity financing round of USD$68 million, marking the largest private investment made int]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/funded-industrial-scale-dac-facility-that-will-capture-up-to-one-million-tons-of-co2-each-year/Wed, 03 Apr 2019 21:36:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/funded-industrial-scale-dac-facility-that-will-capture-up-to-one-million-tons-of-co2-each-year/ Researchers of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have developed a novel, even more economical LED street light. They replaced conventional high-performance diodes by a special array of weaker LEDs and, thus, succeeded in reducing power consumption by another 20%. As a result, CO2 emission is decreased and municipalities might save millions of power costs. Pfalzwerke]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/highly-economical-led-street-lights-tested-in-practice/Wed, 03 Apr 2019 18:54:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/highly-economical-led-street-lights-tested-in-practice/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/self-driving-vehicles-model-predicts-sequential-motions-of-pairs-of-interacting-agents/Wed, 03 Apr 2019 18:26:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/self-driving-vehicles-model-predicts-sequential-motions-of-pairs-of-interacting-agents/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/atomic-switches-by-plasmonic-heating-of-metallic-contact-points/Wed, 03 Apr 2019 17:43:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/atomic-switches-by-plasmonic-heating-of-metallic-contact-points/ Over the past decade, wind power production in the U.S. has tripled, becoming the largest source of renewable energy in the country. There are more than 56,800 wind turbines in 41 states and territories, generating more than 6 percent of the nation’s electricity, supporting more than 105]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/the-complicated-future-of-offshore-wind-power-in-the-us/Wed, 03 Apr 2019 17:16:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/the-complicated-future-of-offshore-wind-power-in-the-us/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/edmunds-examines-costly-side-effect-of-safety-tech-repairs/Wed, 03 Apr 2019 16:58:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/edmunds-examines-costly-side-effect-of-safety-tech-repairs/ Their main appeal is that they are so easy to ride. A flood of startupsoffer on-demand services. Simply download an app, scan the barcode, ride and drop at your destination.
While this is a simple idea, it has caused a few problems.
When they reach their destinations, riders leave them and walk away. The scooters, like doc]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/banning-tiny-vehicles-would-deny-us-smarter-ways-to-get-around-our-cities/Wed, 03 Apr 2019 16:40:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/banning-tiny-vehicles-would-deny-us-smarter-ways-to-get-around-our-cities/ .The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) is using principles in quantum science and engineering to build a graphene-based logic dev]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/team-harnesses-spin-of-electrons-to-power-tech-devices/Wed, 03 Apr 2019 16:16:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/team-harnesses-spin-of-electrons-to-power-tech-devices/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/transparent-wood-can-store-and-release-heat/Wed, 03 Apr 2019 15:49:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/transparent-wood-can-store-and-release-heat/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/researchers-advance-in-the-development-of-papaya-sugarcane/Wed, 03 Apr 2019 15:22:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/researchers-advance-in-the-development-of-papaya-sugarcane/ Data centers are server farms that facilitate communication between users and web services, and are some of the most energy-con]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/advance-boosts-efficiency-of-flash-storage-in-data-centers/Wed, 03 Apr 2019 15:08:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/advance-boosts-efficiency-of-flash-storage-in-data-centers/ The color of a material can often tell you something about how it handles heat. Think of wearing a black shirt on a sweltering summer’s day — the darker the pigment, the warmer you’re likely to feel. Likewise, the more transparent a glass window]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/researchers-tune-materials-color-and-thermal-properties-separately/Wed, 03 Apr 2019 14:52:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/researchers-tune-materials-color-and-thermal-properties-separately/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-alternatives-may-ease-demand-for-scarce-rare-earth-permanent-magnets/Tue, 02 Apr 2019 18:46:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-alternatives-may-ease-demand-for-scarce-rare-earth-permanent-magnets/ Japanese scientists have developed a technique to transform a copper-based substance into a material that mimics properties of precious and pricey metals, such as gold and silver. The new medium, made of copper nanoparticles (very small copper-based structures) has promising applications in the production of electronic devices that would otherwise depend on expensive gold and silver counterparts. It is also suitable in the fabrication of electronic components using pr]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/copper-based-alternative-for-next-generation-electronics/Tue, 02 Apr 2019 17:38:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/copper-based-alternative-for-next-generation-electronics/ Scientists at the Sensitive Instrument Facility of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory achieved real-time atom rearrangement monitoring using aberration-corrected scanning transmission electron microscopy during the synthesis of intermetallic nanoparticles (iNPs).Credit: CC0 Public Domain
In collaboration with Wenyu Huang, an associate professor in the Department of Chemistry at Iowa State University and a]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/scientists-capture-live-atomic-level-detail-of-nanoparticle-formation/Tue, 02 Apr 2019 17:18:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/scientists-capture-live-atomic-level-detail-of-nanoparticle-formation/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/bacterial-factories-could-manufacture-high-performance-proteins-for-space-missions/Tue, 02 Apr 2019 17:08:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/bacterial-factories-could-manufacture-high-performance-proteins-for-space-missions/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/methane-oxidation-on-the-plus-side-a-selective-industrial-route-to-methanesulfonic-acid/Tue, 02 Apr 2019 16:53:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/methane-oxidation-on-the-plus-side-a-selective-industrial-route-to-methanesulfonic-acid/ Christina Bu, the Norwegian Electric Vehicle Association’s general secretary, said Monday that 58.4 percent of new cars sold in the country in March were battery-powered, calling it “historically high.”
Bu added that electric car]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/in-a-first-electric-cars-outsell-traditional-ones-in-norway/Tue, 02 Apr 2019 05:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/in-a-first-electric-cars-outsell-traditional-ones-in-norway/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/how-to-ice-proof-the-next-generation-of-aircraft/Tue, 02 Apr 2019 04:35:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/how-to-ice-proof-the-next-generation-of-aircraft/ Rice University researchers literally have a solution to deal with the glut of used lithium-ion batteries left behind by the ever-increasing demand for electric vehicles, cellphones and other electronic devices..The Rice lab of materials scientist Pulickel Ajayan used an environmentally friendly deep eutectic solvent to extract valuable elements from the metal oxides commonly used as cathodes]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-blue-green-solution-for-recycling-worlds-batteries/Tue, 02 Apr 2019 04:16:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-blue-green-solution-for-recycling-worlds-batteries/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/novel-role-of-water-in-production-of-renewable-fuels/Tue, 02 Apr 2019 04:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/novel-role-of-water-in-production-of-renewable-fuels/ The electrical energy from batteries powers not only the ignition system that turns the engine and moves electric vehicles but also powers almost every sensing feature of today’s automobiles. Electricity turns on the car headlights for night travel, rolls the windows up and down, senses numerous actions within the car to keep drivers aware and alert to their environment.Nissan Leaf dashboard]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/tiny-sensors-big-potential/Tue, 02 Apr 2019 03:37:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/tiny-sensors-big-potential/ A team of engineers has built and tested a radically new kind of airplane wing, assembled from hundreds of tiny identical pieces. The wing can change shape to control the plane’s flight, and could provide a significant boost in aircraft production, flight, and maintenance efficiency, the researchers say.
New way of fabricating aircraft wings could enable radical new designs, such as]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/mit-and-nasa-engineers-demonstrate-a-new-kind-of-airplane-wing/Mon, 01 Apr 2019 16:42:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/mit-and-nasa-engineers-demonstrate-a-new-kind-of-airplane-wing/ The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has selected nine projects as part of a multimillion-dollar effort funded jointly by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), the California Energy Commission (CEC), and the Southcoast Air Quality Management District (AQMD) to advance the state of technology for natural gas vehicles (NGVs).The selected projects will focus on reducing the total cost]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-projects-to-advance-medium-and-heavy-duty-natural-gas-vehicle-technologies/Sat, 30 Mar 2019 19:50:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-projects-to-advance-medium-and-heavy-duty-natural-gas-vehicle-technologies/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/gallium-oxide-could-have-low-cost-in-future-nrel-analysis-reveals/Sat, 30 Mar 2019 19:33:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/gallium-oxide-could-have-low-cost-in-future-nrel-analysis-reveals/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/a-new-spin-on-organic-semiconductors/Sat, 30 Mar 2019 18:35:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/a-new-spin-on-organic-semiconductors/ Most people may not realize it but they encounter products made with exotic or advanced metals every day.
The metals are used in aircraft, orthopedic components, medical instruments, cars, solar panels, military equipment and other applications, and are called advanced or exotic because they are more difficult to find and more costly to use in manufacturing.
But the conventional method of using advanced metals i]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/design-treatment-of-advanced-metals-producing-better-sculpting-for-defense-vehicles-and-health-products/Sat, 30 Mar 2019 17:41:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/design-treatment-of-advanced-metals-producing-better-sculpting-for-defense-vehicles-and-health-products/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/unravelling-inherent-electrocatalysis-to-improve-the-performance-of-hydrogen-fuel-cells/Sat, 30 Mar 2019 16:18:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/unravelling-inherent-electrocatalysis-to-improve-the-performance-of-hydrogen-fuel-cells/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/tailor-made-electron-contacts-boost-solar-cells-efficiency/Fri, 29 Mar 2019 22:03:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/tailor-made-electron-contacts-boost-solar-cells-efficiency/ The breakthrough was led by a team of plant scientists at the University of Glasgow and is published today in the journal Science. The researchers used a new, synthetic light-activated ion channel, engineered from plant and algal virus proteins, to speed up the opening and closing of the stomata – pores in the leaves of plants &nda]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/more-efficient-way-to-reduce-water-use-and-improve-plant-growth/Fri, 29 Mar 2019 21:31:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/more-efficient-way-to-reduce-water-use-and-improve-plant-growth/ The work is led by LiU scientist Feng Gao, in close collaboration with colleagues in China, Italy, Singapore and Switzerland.
Perovskites are a group of materials defined by their crystal structure, and have been the focus of intense research interest dur]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/record-efficiency-for-perovskite-based-light-emitting-diodes/Fri, 29 Mar 2019 21:09:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/record-efficiency-for-perovskite-based-light-emitting-diodes/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/quantum-optical-cooling-of-nanoparticles/Fri, 29 Mar 2019 17:18:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/quantum-optical-cooling-of-nanoparticles/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/researchers-dramatically-simplify-and-streamline-organic-chemical-synthesis/Thu, 28 Mar 2019 23:42:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/researchers-dramatically-simplify-and-streamline-organic-chemical-synthesis/ “Energy efficiency of a normal refrigerator is affected by the heat-insulating property of the thermal barriers of the freezer. This is due to its low inner temperature,” explained Jingyu Cao at the University of Science and Technology of China. “There is a significant difference in temperature between the freezer of a traditional re]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/scientists-discover-potential-sustainable-energy-technology-for-the-household-refrigerator/Thu, 28 Mar 2019 22:52:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/scientists-discover-potential-sustainable-energy-technology-for-the-household-refrigerator/ With a share of up to ten percent, ethane is the second most common component of natural gas and is present in deep-seated land and marine gas deposits all around the world. Up to now, it was unclear how ethane is degraded in the absence of oxygen. A team of researchers from the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) have solved this mystery, after more than fifteen years of research work in cooperation]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/knowledge-gap-closed-in-our-understanding-of-degradation-of-ethane/Thu, 28 Mar 2019 22:37:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/knowledge-gap-closed-in-our-understanding-of-degradation-of-ethane/ Researchers around the globe have been on a quest for batteries that pack a punch but are smaller and lighter than today’s versions, potentially enabling electric cars to travel further or portable electronics to run for longer without recharging. Now, researchers at MIT and in China say they’ve made a major advance in this area, with a new version of a key component for lithium batteries, the catho]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-approach-could-boost-energy-capacity-of-lithium-batteries/Thu, 28 Mar 2019 22:12:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-approach-could-boost-energy-capacity-of-lithium-batteries/ One of society’s greatest challenges is to meet the need for renewable and sustainable energy. Interest is growing]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/bacteria-could-become-a-future-source-of-electricity/Thu, 28 Mar 2019 01:03:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/bacteria-could-become-a-future-source-of-electricity/ – Polid-state lidar powered by liquid crystal metasurface technology
– The beam can be pointed in any direction, in any sequence.– provides combination of:
   ● Large optical aperture (25 x 25 mm) which delivers long range
   ● 120-degree field-of-view with high angular resolution
   ● Fast random-access beamsteering
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Source: Lumotivehttps://www.lumotive.com/, including this press release:Lumotive Unveils High-P]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/lumotive-unveils-high-performance-lidar-to-enable-autonomous-vehicles/Wed, 27 Mar 2019 23:41:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/lumotive-unveils-high-performance-lidar-to-enable-autonomous-vehicles/ Star Trek‘s famous holodeck is a virtual reality stage that simulates any object in 3-D as if they were real. However, 3-D holographic projection has never been realized. A team of scientists from Bilkent University, Turkey, has now demonstrated the first realistic 3-D holograms th]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/physicists-create-star-trek-style-holograms/Wed, 27 Mar 2019 21:33:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/physicists-create-star-trek-style-holograms/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/pressure-makes-best-cooling/Wed, 27 Mar 2019 21:05:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/pressure-makes-best-cooling/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/3-d-printer-threads-electronic-fibers-onto-fabrics/Wed, 27 Mar 2019 17:08:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/3-d-printer-threads-electronic-fibers-onto-fabrics/ For the first time, a team of researchers from Stony Brook University and the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have revealed the molecular structure of membranes used in reverse osmosis. The research is reported in a recently published paper in ACS Macro Letters, a journal of the American Chemical Society (ACS).Qinyi Fu, Francisco]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/illuminating-water-filtration/Wed, 27 Mar 2019 16:29:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/illuminating-water-filtration/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/fullerenes-bridge-conductive-gap-in-organic-photovoltaics/Wed, 27 Mar 2019 16:01:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/fullerenes-bridge-conductive-gap-in-organic-photovoltaics/ So Louise, tell me what is happening h]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/how-capturing-co2-from-air-can-combat-climate-change/Tue, 26 Mar 2019 03:05:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/how-capturing-co2-from-air-can-combat-climate-change/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/researchers-measure-quantum-power-increase-in-quantum-boost-engine-for-the-first-time/Mon, 25 Mar 2019 18:11:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/researchers-measure-quantum-power-increase-in-quantum-boost-engine-for-the-first-time/ If manufacturers of cell-phone batteries could tell which cells will last at least two years, then they could sell only those to phone makers and send the rest to makers of less demanding devices. New research shows how manufacturers could do this. The technique could be]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/ai-accurately-predicts-the-useful-life-of-batteries/Mon, 25 Mar 2019 17:55:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/ai-accurately-predicts-the-useful-life-of-batteries/ Stretchable electronics is emerging as a promising new technology for next-generation wearable devices, according to a review published in Science and Technology of Advanced Materials.
The technology has many possible applications for healthcare, energy and the military. But there are several challenges involved in finding suitable materials and manufacturing met]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/the-future-of-stretchable-electronics/Mon, 25 Mar 2019 14:17:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/the-future-of-stretchable-electronics/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/catalyst-advance-removes-pollutants-at-low-temperatures/Mon, 25 Mar 2019 13:52:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/catalyst-advance-removes-pollutants-at-low-temperatures/ All-solid-state b]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-research-shows-highest-energy-density-all-solid-state-batteries-now-possible/Mon, 25 Mar 2019 13:29:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-research-shows-highest-energy-density-all-solid-state-batteries-now-possible/ So it may seem counterintuitive that the industry sees the future not in building gargantuan plants, but in small modular reactors, or SMRs — factory]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/are-these-tiny-inherently-safe-nuclear-reactors-the-path-to-a-carbon-free-future/Sat, 23 Mar 2019 22:56:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/are-these-tiny-inherently-safe-nuclear-reactors-the-path-to-a-carbon-free-future/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-record-over-16-percent-efficiency-for-single-junction-organic-solar-cells/Sat, 23 Mar 2019 17:11:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-record-over-16-percent-efficiency-for-single-junction-organic-solar-cells/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/making-solar-cells-can-be-like-buttering-bread/Sat, 23 Mar 2019 04:38:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/making-solar-cells-can-be-like-buttering-bread/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/coffee-based-colloids-for-direct-solar-absorption/Sat, 23 Mar 2019 02:12:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/coffee-based-colloids-for-direct-solar-absorption/ Many species of termite, whose societies are built on hierarchies of kings, queens, workers, and soldiers, live in towering nests that are ventilated by a complex system of tunnels..The nests, also known as mounds, protrude from the ground like skyscrapers and can grow as tall as seven metres. They are also self-cooling, self-ventilating, and self-draining &n]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/x-rays-reveal-secrets-of-termites-self-cooling-self-draining-skyscrapers/Sat, 23 Mar 2019 01:50:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/x-rays-reveal-secrets-of-termites-self-cooling-self-draining-skyscrapers/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/study-shows-how-electricity-eating-microbes-use-electrons-to-fix-carbon-dioxide/Sat, 23 Mar 2019 01:27:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/study-shows-how-electricity-eating-microbes-use-electrons-to-fix-carbon-dioxide/ Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory, in collaboration with researchers from Purdue University and Rutgers University, have merged materials science and condensed matter physics in a study of a promising solid material that conducts lithium ions.
The transport of ions, or charged atoms, through materials plays a crucial role in many electrical systems — from batteries]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/lithium-ions-flow-through-solid-material/Fri, 22 Mar 2019 06:30:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/lithium-ions-flow-through-solid-material/ The e-bike market is booming. Thanks to electric support, cyclists can choose their routes more freely, elderly people can stay mobile, and c]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/mobility-new-quick-charging-system-for-e-bikes/Fri, 22 Mar 2019 06:12:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/mobility-new-quick-charging-system-for-e-bikes/ .
.Schematic and photo of a washable wearing display]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/true-meaning-wearable-displays-self-powered-washable-and-wearable/Fri, 22 Mar 2019 05:56:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/true-meaning-wearable-displays-self-powered-washable-and-wearable/ For connecting wind parks, for DC supply on ships, or for lightweight and compact high-current cabling in future electric airplanes: scientists of Karlsruhe]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/energy-efficient-superconducting-cable-for-future-technologies/Fri, 22 Mar 2019 05:23:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/energy-efficient-superconducting-cable-for-future-technologies/ Cellulose, the main component in the biofuel, is a cheap, renewable, and highly abundant polymer that forms the cell walls of plants. While chain alkanes (such as branched octane, dodecane, and hexadecane) have]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/plant-scraps-are-the-key-ingredient-in-cheap-sustainable-jet-fuel/Fri, 22 Mar 2019 04:57:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/plant-scraps-are-the-key-ingredient-in-cheap-sustainable-jet-fuel/ The design principles behind the new prototype, which changes colour as it charges, could also be applied to existing battery technologies to create new devices for energy storage, biological sensing, and smart colour-changing materials..The video above shows the battery prototype being charged and discharged. As it is charged, the positive electrod]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/non-toxic-salt-water-battery-prototype-can-charge-in-seconds/Fri, 22 Mar 2019 04:32:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/non-toxic-salt-water-battery-prototype-can-charge-in-seconds/ In the world of fusion physics, two letters say it all: ‘L’ and ‘H’. All the cool kids play with the H-mode, which is hot and fiery and is our best prospect for achieving useable fusion energy. The L-mode, which is neither hot nor fiery, has been largely abandoned. But by changing the shape of the L-mode, researchers have been able to get unexpectedly high pressures. Hig]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/physicists-flip-the-d-in-tokamak-get-unexpectedly-good-result/Fri, 22 Mar 2019 02:11:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/physicists-flip-the-d-in-tokamak-get-unexpectedly-good-result/ Physicists Reveal Why Matter Dominates Universe
Syracuse’s Sheldon Stone helps discover matter-antimatter asymmetry in charmed quarks
Physicists in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) have confirmed that matter and antimatter decay differently for elementary particles containing charmed quarks.
Distinguished Professor Sheldon Stone says the findings are a first, although matter-antimatter asymmetry has been observed before in particles with st]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/physicists-partially-reveal-why-matter-dominates-universe/Thu, 21 Mar 2019 22:12:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/physicists-partially-reveal-why-matter-dominates-universe/ The realization of so-called topological materials – which exhibit exotic, defect-resistant properties and are expected to have applications in electronics, optics, quantum computing, and other fields – has opened up a new realm in materials discovery.Screenshot from an animation which appears in the source article. The animation shows how Fermi arc states form a spiraling structure in a crystal material th]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/the-best-topological-conductor-yet-spiraling-crystal-is-the-key-to-exotic-discovery/Thu, 21 Mar 2019 03:30:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/the-best-topological-conductor-yet-spiraling-crystal-is-the-key-to-exotic-discovery/ A study into the effects of high mechanical pressure on the polyiodide TEAI showed that it brings unusually high electrical conductivity starting from insulating state, suggesting that the material may be useful as a switchable semiconductor. This system could represent an alternative to gel electrolytes and ionic liquids in dye-synthesized solar cells. The paper, Pressure-induced Polymerization and Electrical]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/solid-electrolytes-in-solar-cells-in-place-of-organic-based-gelators-and-ionic-liquids/Wed, 20 Mar 2019 17:59:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/solid-electrolytes-in-solar-cells-in-place-of-organic-based-gelators-and-ionic-liquids/ Transistors are semiconductor devices that control voltage and currents in electrical circuits. To reduce economic and environmental costs, electronic devices must become smaller and more effective. This]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/one-transistor-for-all-purposes/Wed, 20 Mar 2019 16:41:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/one-transistor-for-all-purposes/ Researchers have discovered that a bacterium found in camel crickets is capable of breaking down lignin – the stuff that makes wood tough – opening new research pathways for the development of biofuels and chemical manufacturing. The study also highlights the potential inherent in using ecosystem analysis as a tool for targeting research into the identification of commercially valuable microorganisms with industrial applicatio]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/cricket-bacteria-break-down-lignin-highlighting-ecologyrsquos-utility-in-applied-rampd/Wed, 20 Mar 2019 02:48:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/cricket-bacteria-break-down-lignin-highlighting-ecologyrsquos-utility-in-applied-rampd/ Professor Kondo-Francois Aguey-Zinsou and his team at UNSW’s School of Ch]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/unsw-to-develop-hydrogen-storage-for-renewables/Tue, 19 Mar 2019 21:09:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/unsw-to-develop-hydrogen-storage-for-renewables/ The graphene-based material is 1000 times thinner than a human hair and can be tuned for use in solar cells, solar desalination, infrared lights and optical components.Schematic of graphene-based metamaterial absorber. Source: Nature Photonics
Researchers at the University of Sydney, Swinburne University of Technology and the Australian National University have collaborated to develop a solar absorbing, ultrathin film with unique properties that]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/novel-form-of-graphene-based-optical-material-developed/Tue, 19 Mar 2019 20:52:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/novel-form-of-graphene-based-optical-material-developed/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/speeding-the-development-of-fusion-power-to-create-unlimited-energy-on-earth/Tue, 19 Mar 2019 20:38:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/speeding-the-development-of-fusion-power-to-create-unlimited-energy-on-earth/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/jet-fuels-made-from-plants-could-be-cost-competitive-with-conventional-fossil-fuels/Tue, 19 Mar 2019 16:13:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/jet-fuels-made-from-plants-could-be-cost-competitive-with-conventional-fossil-fuels/ Researchers at Caltech have designed a way to levitate and propel objects using only light, by creating specific nanoscale patterning on the objects’ surfaces.Conceptual illustration of a nano-patterned object reorienting itself to remain in a beam of light. Credit: Courtesy of the Atwater laboratory
Though still theoretical, the work is a step toward developing a spacecraft that could reach the nearest plane]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/levitating-objects-with-light/Tue, 19 Mar 2019 15:44:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/levitating-objects-with-light/ The discovery was made by University of Arkansas researchers Jingyi Chen, associate professor of physical chemistry, and Lauren Greenlee, assistant professor of chemical engineering, as well as colleagues from Brookhaven National Lab and Argonne National Lab.The researchers demonstrated]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/researchers-find-cost-effective-method-for-hydrogen-fuel-production-process/Tue, 19 Mar 2019 15:32:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/researchers-find-cost-effective-method-for-hydrogen-fuel-production-process/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/semimetals-are-high-conductors/Mon, 18 Mar 2019 23:31:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/semimetals-are-high-conductors/ Electronics rule our world, but electrons rule our electronics.
A research team at The Ohio State University has discovered a way to simplify how electronic devices use those electrons—using a material that can serve dual roles in electronics, where historically multiple materials have been necessary.Credit: CC0 Public Domain
The team published its findings March 18 in the journal Nature Materials.
“We have essentially found]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/researchers-discover-new-material-to-help-power-electronics/Mon, 18 Mar 2019 23:10:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/researchers-discover-new-material-to-help-power-electronics/ .
University of Warwick third year engineering undergraduates have in recent years been set the task of the examining the puzzle of why Aspen leaves quiver in the presence of a slightest bree]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/trembling-aspen-leaves-could-save-future-mars-rovers/Mon, 18 Mar 2019 22:31:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/trembling-aspen-leaves-could-save-future-mars-rovers/ A rash of cell phone fires in 2016 jolted consumer confidence in lithium-ion batteries, a technology that helped usher in modern portable electronics but has been plagued by safety concerns since it was introduced in the 1980s. As interest in electric vehicles revs up, researchers and industry insiders are searching for improve]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/advances-point-the-way-to-smaller-safer-batteries/Mon, 18 Mar 2019 22:01:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/advances-point-the-way-to-smaller-safer-batteries/ Stanford researchers have devised a way to generate hydrogen fuel using solar power, electrodes and saltwater from San Francisco Bay.Hongjie Dai and his research lab at Stanford University have developed a prototype that can generate hydro]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/stanford-researchers-create-hydrogen-fuel-from-seawater/Mon, 18 Mar 2019 20:53:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/stanford-researchers-create-hydrogen-fuel-from-seawater/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/magnetization-reversal-achieved-at-room-temperature-using-only-an-electric-field/Mon, 18 Mar 2019 16:56:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/magnetization-reversal-achieved-at-room-temperature-using-only-an-electric-field/ The research, led by Idaho National Laboratory and Rutgers University with support from the Critical Materials Institute, is online and in an upcoming issue of the Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics.
Rare-earth elements (REEs) – a class of metallic elements including neodymium and dysprosium – are necessary for the manufact]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/researchers-eye-huge-supply-of-rare-earth-elements-from-mining-waste/Mon, 18 Mar 2019 14:20:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/researchers-eye-huge-supply-of-rare-earth-elements-from-mining-waste/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/nanocrystal-factory-could-revolutionize-quantum-dot-manufacturing/Sun, 17 Mar 2019 02:39:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/nanocrystal-factory-could-revolutionize-quantum-dot-manufacturing/ Current global energy use is extremely inefficient. Across industrial sectors, 20-50 % of energy consumed is lost throu]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-magnetic-liquids-to-convert-waste-heat-into-energy/Sun, 17 Mar 2019 02:07:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-magnetic-liquids-to-convert-waste-heat-into-energy/ Tiny, easy-to-produce particles, called quantum dots, may soon take the place of more expensive single crystal semiconductors in advanced electronics found in solar panels, camera sensors and medical imaging tools. Although quantum dots have begun to break into the consumer market – in the form]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/researchers-measure-near-perfect-performance-in-low-cost-semiconductors/Sun, 17 Mar 2019 01:57:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/researchers-measure-near-perfect-performance-in-low-cost-semiconductors/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/fuel-cell-vehicles-new-sensor-system-safeguards-fuel-quality-at-hydrogen-filling-stations/Sun, 17 Mar 2019 00:47:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/fuel-cell-vehicles-new-sensor-system-safeguards-fuel-quality-at-hydrogen-filling-stations/ A team of scientists including researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have identified the causes of degradation in a cathode material for lithium-ion batteries, as well as possible remedies. Their findings, published on Mar. 7 in Advanced Fun]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/cause-of-cathode-degradation-identified-for-nickel-rich-materials/Sun, 17 Mar 2019 00:28:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/cause-of-cathode-degradation-identified-for-nickel-rich-materials/ One of the greatest global challenges is the efficient use of renewable sources in order to meet the increasing demand for energy and feedstock chemicals in the future. In this context, biomass is a promising alternative to existing fossil sources such as coal or oil. Cellulose plays a decisive role here because it accounts for the largest fraction of the natural carbon storage. These]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/converting-biomass-by-applying-mechanical-force/Sun, 17 Mar 2019 00:18:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/converting-biomass-by-applying-mechanical-force/ The Earth Engine is not a perpetual motion machine. The Earth Engine uses the force created from two opposing magnets. Magnets are a depleting resource that requires “recharging” every three years. If the engine is shut down, it will stop rotating the drive system.The Earth Engine is the only known power sour]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/earth-engine-claim-3-years-of-40-kw-mechanical-energy-production-from-magnets/Fri, 15 Mar 2019 09:43:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/earth-engine-claim-3-years-of-40-kw-mechanical-energy-production-from-magnets/ The Earth Engine is capable of producing 40+Kw of mechanical energy. This energy can be used to generate electricity, operating pumps, compressors, and other mechanical devices.
The Earth Engine is not a perpetual motion machine. The Earth Engine uses the force created from two opposing magnets. Magnets are a depleting resource that requires “recharging” every three years. If the engine]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/earth-engine-3-years-of-40-kw-mechanical-energy-production-from-magnets-orderable-now/Fri, 15 Mar 2019 09:43:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/earth-engine-3-years-of-40-kw-mechanical-energy-production-from-magnets-orderable-now/ The breakthrough, described in a recent issue of the journal Advanced Materials, could be used in disaster situations, water crises or poverty-stricken areas and developing countries. The technol]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/solar-powered-moisture-harvester-collects-and-cleans-water-from-air/Thu, 14 Mar 2019 23:08:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/solar-powered-moisture-harvester-collects-and-cleans-water-from-air/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/renewable-energy-solution-for-industrial-heat-applications/Thu, 14 Mar 2019 17:44:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/renewable-energy-solution-for-industrial-heat-applications/ MIT-led team uses nanoparticles to deliver genes into plant chloroplasts.
MIT researchers have developed a new genetic tool that could make it easier to engineer plants that can survive drought or resist fungal infections. Their technique, which uses nanoparticles to deliver genes into the chloroplasts of plant cells, works with many different plant species, including spinach and other vegetables.MIT engineers have developed a way to deliver genes to the chloroplast]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-methods-for-genetically-modifying-plants/Wed, 13 Mar 2019 20:38:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-methods-for-genetically-modifying-plants/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/powering-devices-with-a-desk-lamp/Wed, 13 Mar 2019 19:12:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/powering-devices-with-a-desk-lamp/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/up-to-250l-day-h2-gas-from-a-16-m-solar-panel-a-patent-attorneys-viewpoint/Wed, 13 Mar 2019 16:41:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/up-to-250l-day-h2-gas-from-a-16-m-solar-panel-a-patent-attorneys-viewpoint/ Researchers at Yale, though, have developed a device that combines mechanical vibration and optical fields to better control light particles. The device has demonstrated an efficient on-chip shaping of photons enabled]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/device-that-shakes-light-a-breakthrough-in-photonics/Wed, 13 Mar 2019 02:38:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/device-that-shakes-light-a-breakthrough-in-photonics/ Imec, a world-leading research and innovation hub in nanoelectronics, energy, and digital technologies and KU Leuven, both partners in EnergyVille, present a novel nanomesh material that could mean a breakthrough in a variety of sustainable-application sectors. The new nanomesh material is a three-dimensional nanometer-scale (metal) grid structure with highly regular internal dimensions. Thank]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/novel-nanomaterial-promises-improvements-in-batteries-and-many-more-sustainable-applications/Wed, 13 Mar 2019 02:30:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/novel-nanomaterial-promises-improvements-in-batteries-and-many-more-sustainable-applications/ In addition, the new plant which will be located at a semiconductor company in Singapore can also recover precious metals from the treated water which can then be sold and reused.Dr Adil Dhalla (left), Managing Director of START Centre, holding the novel tri-bore hollow-fibre membrane, with Dr Antony Prince (right), Founder of Memsift Innovations, holding]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-membrane-water-treatment-system-to-reduce-toxic-waste-and-waste-disposal-cost-by-over-90-per-cent/Wed, 13 Mar 2019 01:47:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-membrane-water-treatment-system-to-reduce-toxic-waste-and-waste-disposal-cost-by-over-90-per-cent/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/engineers-look-beyond-5g/Wed, 13 Mar 2019 00:07:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/engineers-look-beyond-5g/ Three articles reprinted below:
Skeptical scientists face NB Power investmentOlivier Clarisse (left) and Abdelaziz Nait Ajjou (right), professors of chemistry at the Université de Moncton, are skeptical about the claims of JOI Scientific Inc., an American startup. – Acadie Nouvelle: Pascal Raiche-Nogue
Scient]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/joi-scientific-data-gagged-scientists-state-only-there-is-potential-not-far-fetched/Tue, 12 Mar 2019 17:01:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/joi-scientific-data-gagged-scientists-state-only-there-is-potential-not-far-fetched/ The Purdue team, led by Wenzhuo Wu, the Ravi and E]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/movie-technology-inspires-wearable-liquid-unit-that-aims-to-harvest-energy/Tue, 12 Mar 2019 14:39:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/movie-technology-inspires-wearable-liquid-unit-that-aims-to-harvest-energy/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/batio3-nanodot-coating-of-cathode-in-li-ion-batteries-delivers-ultra-fast-charging/Tue, 12 Mar 2019 14:11:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/batio3-nanodot-coating-of-cathode-in-li-ion-batteries-delivers-ultra-fast-charging/ Quantum computers need to preserve quantum information for a long time to be able to crack important problems faster than a normal computer. Energy losses take the state of the qubit from 1 to 0, destroying stored quantum information at the same time. Consequently, scientists all over the globe]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/quantum-physicists-succeed-in-controlling-energy-losses-and-shifts/Mon, 11 Mar 2019 20:29:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/quantum-physicists-succeed-in-controlling-energy-losses-and-shifts/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/controlling-thermal-conductivity-of-polymers-with-light/Mon, 11 Mar 2019 20:08:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/controlling-thermal-conductivity-of-polymers-with-light/ Using a never-before-seen technique, scientists have found a new way to use some of the world’s most powerful X-rays to uncover how atoms move in a single atomic sheet at ultrafast speeds.This image shows the experimental setup for a newly developed technique: ultrafast surface X-ray scattering. This technique couples an optical pump with an X-ray free-electron laser probe to investigate molecular dynamic]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/ultrathin-and-ultrafast-new-technique-for-two-dimensional-material-analysis/Mon, 11 Mar 2019 19:52:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/ultrathin-and-ultrafast-new-technique-for-two-dimensional-material-analysis/ Insects are critical contributors to ecosystem functioning, and like most living organisms their co-evolution with microbes has been essential to support these functions. While many insects are infamous for wreaking havoc wherever they roam, many thousands of species go quietly about their business, providing important services essential to healthy ecosystems using the innovative biochemistry of their microbiomes.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/natures-own-biorefinery/Mon, 11 Mar 2019 19:24:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/natures-own-biorefinery/ As the dem]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/novel-technology-aims-to-improve-lithium-metal-battery-life-safety/Mon, 11 Mar 2019 18:45:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/novel-technology-aims-to-improve-lithium-metal-battery-life-safety/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/in-plane-coherent-control-of-plasmon-resonances-for-plasmonic-switching-and-encoding/Mon, 11 Mar 2019 15:59:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/in-plane-coherent-control-of-plasmon-resonances-for-plasmonic-switching-and-encoding/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/mechanism-reverses-natural-flow-of-heat-violataing-2lot-without-need-for-feedback-control/Mon, 11 Mar 2019 15:09:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/mechanism-reverses-natural-flow-of-heat-violataing-2lot-without-need-for-feedback-control/ Lithium-ion batteries have been the hands-down favorite for smartphones, tablets, laptops, cameras and rechargeable power tools for decades. But they also have drawbacks, such as “thermal runaway” in which a battery fails — or catches fire — due to the buildup of too much heat.Dr. Kyeongjae “K.J.” Cho]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/researchers-discover-the-key-to-safer-batteries-lies-on-the-surface/Mon, 11 Mar 2019 14:42:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/researchers-discover-the-key-to-safer-batteries-lies-on-the-surface/ When a flashlight beam shines onto a strongly scattering medium such as white paint, the light diffuses in both longitudinal and lateral directions. Consequently, the transmitted beam becomes wider and the intensity is lower.
The discovery from scientists at Yale University and the Missouri University of]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-shapes-of-laser-beam-sneak-through-opaque-media/Sun, 10 Mar 2019 15:20:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-shapes-of-laser-beam-sneak-through-opaque-media/ Toyota Has a Curious Justification for Not Selling Any EVs (Yet)
The automaker’s lineup is conspicuously lacking in full battery-electric cars, and we found out whyToyota has long said it believes hybrids are a better bridge between internal-combustion vehicles and hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles.
Most competitors, however, have been been bullish on developing battery-electric vehicles.
A Toyota executive finally outlines the logic behind the company&rsqu]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/strategies-for-toyota-and-to-a-lessor-extent-audi-affected-by-battery-shortage/Sat, 09 Mar 2019 17:53:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/strategies-for-toyota-and-to-a-lessor-extent-audi-affected-by-battery-shortage/ Toyota Has a Curious Justification for Not Selling Any EVs (Yet)
The automaker’s lineup is conspicuously lacking in full battery-electric cars, and we found out whyToyota has long said it believes hybrids are a better bridge between internal-combustion vehicles and hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles.
Most competitors, however, have been been bullish on developing battery-electric vehicles.
A Toyota executive finally outlines the logic behind the company&rsqu]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/strategies-for-toyota-and-to-a-lesser-extent-audi-affected-by-battery-shortage/Sat, 09 Mar 2019 17:53:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/strategies-for-toyota-and-to-a-lesser-extent-audi-affected-by-battery-shortage/ As an aerospace engineer who specializes in designing structures to avoid destructive vibrations, it was only natural for Levin to approach the quest for sustainable energy by applying what he knows about flutter and limit cycle oscillations, or LCO.Because of its potential to cause structural failure, flutter is]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/mems-phd-candidate-dani-levin-sees-potential-in-generating-energy-from-vibrations/Sat, 09 Mar 2019 01:18:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/mems-phd-candidate-dani-levin-sees-potential-in-generating-energy-from-vibrations/ University of Queensland PhD candidate Rhys Pirie and Professor Damien Batstone have developed a method to extract liquid silicate from waste glass, and it can be used to make thousands of products, from concrete sealers and fertilisers to detergents and toothpaste.“We estimate the process is more than 50 per cent cheaper than convention]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/researchers-develop-sharp-solution-for-waste-glass/Sat, 09 Mar 2019 00:40:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/researchers-develop-sharp-solution-for-waste-glass/ While spectroscopic measurements are normally averaged over myriad molecules, a new method developed by researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) provides precise information about the interaction of individual molecules with their environment. This will accelerate the identification of efficient molecules for future photovoltaic technologies, for example.Prof. Dr. Juergen Hauer (left) and first author Erling Thyrhaug with their measuring instrument.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/spectroscopy-on-individual-molecules-may-advance-organic-solar-cell-research/Fri, 08 Mar 2019 17:40:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/spectroscopy-on-individual-molecules-may-advance-organic-solar-cell-research/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/thermo-sensor-for-magnetic-bits-could-improve-energy-efficiency-of-integrated-circuits/Fri, 08 Mar 2019 17:14:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/thermo-sensor-for-magnetic-bits-could-improve-energy-efficiency-of-integrated-circuits/ Removing water vapor from air and other gas mixtures, which is crucial for many industrial processes and air conditioning, could become cheaper and more effective through polymer membrane technology now developed at KAUST.
“We have made a polymer film with extremely high permeability for water vapor while presenting an effective barrier for other gases,” explains Faheem Akhtar, a KAUST]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/driving-water-down-nanohighways/Fri, 08 Mar 2019 13:58:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/driving-water-down-nanohighways/ Most laypersons are familiar with the three states of matter as solids, liquids, and gases. But there are other forms that exist. Plasmas, for example, are the most abundant form of matter in the universe, found throughout our solar system in the sun and other planetary bodies. Scientists are still working to understa]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/researchers-turn-liquid-metal-into-a-plasma/Fri, 08 Mar 2019 00:59:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/researchers-turn-liquid-metal-into-a-plasma/ .
Hy]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/research-toward-a-fully-rechargeable-system-for-hydrogen-storage/Fri, 08 Mar 2019 00:43:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/research-toward-a-fully-rechargeable-system-for-hydrogen-storage/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/ultra-low-power-chips-help-make-small-robots-more-capable/Thu, 07 Mar 2019 19:13:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/ultra-low-power-chips-help-make-small-robots-more-capable/ FLASC’s vision is to integrate large-scale energy storage into offshore renewables…
…using compressed air for energy storage, but it’s not your average compressed air energy storage system…in fact, it doesn’t even use an air compressor!
One of the key challenges for efficient compressed air storage is maintaining a stable pressure. Existing concepts rely on the deep-se]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/flasc-integrated-offshore-energy-storage/Thu, 07 Mar 2019 17:12:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/flasc-integrated-offshore-energy-storage/ Electric currents drive all our electronic devices. The emerging field of spintronics looks to replace electric currents with what are known as spin currents. Researchers from the University of Tokyo have made a breakthrough in this area. Their discovery of the magnetic spin Hall effect could lead to low-power, high-speed and high-capacity devices. They have created sample devices which can further research into pote]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/magnetic-spin-hall-effect-could-lead-to-low-power-high-speed-high-capacity-devices/Thu, 07 Mar 2019 15:37:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/magnetic-spin-hall-effect-could-lead-to-low-power-high-speed-high-capacity-devices/ To protect graphene from performance-impairing wrinkles and contaminants that mar its surface during device fabrication, MIT researchers have turned to an everyday material: wax.The image on the right shows a graphene sheet coated with wax during the substrate-transfer step. This method drastically reduced wrinkles on the graphene’s surface compared to a traditional polymer coating (left). Cour]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/smoothing-out-the-wrinkles-in-graphene/Thu, 07 Mar 2019 15:09:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/smoothing-out-the-wrinkles-in-graphene/ With a few genetic tweaks, a type of soil bacteria with an appetite for hydrocar]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/engineered-microbe-may-be-key-to-producing-plastic-from-plants/Thu, 07 Mar 2019 14:35:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/engineered-microbe-may-be-key-to-producing-plastic-from-plants/ This happens without physically mixing the two atomic layers, nor through a chemical reaction, but by attaching the layers to each other via a weak so called va]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/moir-superlattices-stacking-2d-materials-may-enable-novel-devices/Wed, 06 Mar 2019 23:26:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/moir-superlattices-stacking-2d-materials-may-enable-novel-devices/ This happens without physically mixing the two atomic layers, nor through a chemical reaction, but by attaching the layers to each other via a weak so called van der Waals interaction—similar to how a sticky]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/1-1-does-not-equal-2-for-graphene-like-2-d-materials/Wed, 06 Mar 2019 23:26:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/1-1-does-not-equal-2-for-graphene-like-2-d-materials/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/supercomputers-without-waste-heat/Wed, 06 Mar 2019 21:55:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/supercomputers-without-waste-heat/ [In a solar cell, the amount of electricity increase needs to be offset by the amount of input voltage needed.. so there wont be “up to 100 times” increase in effectiveness for a solar cell… but I will ask the authors what they think that increase might be.  – PE]
Rutgers-led team]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/light-from-an-exotic-crystal-semiconductor-could-lead-to-better-solar-cells/Wed, 06 Mar 2019 15:54:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/light-from-an-exotic-crystal-semiconductor-could-lead-to-better-solar-cells/ A new tungsten-based alloy developed at Los Alamos National Laboratory can withstand unprecedented amounts of radiation without damage. Essential for extreme irradiation environments such as the interiors of magnetic fusion reactors, previously explored materials have thus far been hobbled by weakness against fracture, but this new alloy seems to defeat that problem.
Osman El Atwani (left) and Enrique Martinez at]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-reactor-liner-alloy-material-offers-strength-resilience/Wed, 06 Mar 2019 01:49:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-reactor-liner-alloy-material-offers-strength-resilience/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/light-pulses-provide-a-new-route-to-enhance-superconductivity/Wed, 06 Mar 2019 01:32:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/light-pulses-provide-a-new-route-to-enhance-superconductivity/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/thin-film-pv-is-key-technology-to-drive-global-energy-transition/Wed, 06 Mar 2019 01:17:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/thin-film-pv-is-key-technology-to-drive-global-energy-transition/ With supercomputers, scientists find promising new materials for solar cells..Finding the best light-harvesting chemicals for use in solar cells can feel like searching for a needle in a haystack. Over the years, researchers have developed and tested thousands of different dyes and pigments to see how they absorb sunlight and convert it to electricity. Sorti]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/scientists-use-machine-learning-to-identify-high-performing-solar-materials/Wed, 06 Mar 2019 01:02:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/scientists-use-machine-learning-to-identify-high-performing-solar-materials/ Professor Kristina Tschulik’s object of study is small. Very small. A thousand times smaller than the diameter of a human hair. These are nanoparticles that are produced in various forms and compositions and have become indispensable in industry. Catalysts for numerous reactions are produced in the form of nanoparticles. Th]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/finding-the-star-among-nanoparticles/Tue, 05 Mar 2019 16:13:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/finding-the-star-among-nanoparticles/ Sustainable raw materials
By far the most raw materials in the chemical industry are based on fossil sources, making them inherently unsus]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/conversion-of-renewable-raw-materials-on-platinum-shows-unexpected-behaviour/Tue, 05 Mar 2019 15:23:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/conversion-of-renewable-raw-materials-on-platinum-shows-unexpected-behaviour/ Terpenoids form the largest class of natural products in plants and have been used by humans for thousands of years. Modern applications for terpenoids range wide, from pharmaceuticals, fragrances, nutraceuticals, biopesticides to chemical feedstocks. However, in the context of industrial scale production]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/harnessing-synthetic-biology-to-co-produce-high-value-terpenoid-biomaterials-and-biofuel/Tue, 05 Mar 2019 15:10:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/harnessing-synthetic-biology-to-co-produce-high-value-terpenoid-biomaterials-and-biofuel/ Exotic 2-D materials hold great promise for creating atom-thin circuits that could power flexible electronics, optoelectronics, and other next-generation devices. But fabricating complex 2-D circuits requires multiple time-consuming, expensive steps.MIT researchers have developed a technique to grow 2-D materials directly onto patterned substrates (shown here) and then recycle the pa]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/technique-streamlines-fabrication-of-2-d-circuits/Tue, 05 Mar 2019 14:46:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/technique-streamlines-fabrication-of-2-d-circuits/ All over the world people are moving to the cities. This increases the demand for eco-friendly and locally-sourced electricity, and is the basis for the researc]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/first-solar-panel-in-the-world-to-store-both-electricity-and-heat/Tue, 05 Mar 2019 12:41:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/first-solar-panel-in-the-world-to-store-both-electricity-and-heat/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/chirality-yields-colossal-photocurrent/Mon, 04 Mar 2019 19:27:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/chirality-yields-colossal-photocurrent/ But the biggest hurdle for these energy storage devices is that they store much less energy than a battery of similar size.Unrolled capacitor. Rampi Ramprasad, a professor in the School of Materials Science and Engineering, holds an aluminum-based capacitor. (Credit: Allison Barnes)
Researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/researchers-use-machine-learning-to-more-quickly-analyze-key-capacitor-materials/Mon, 04 Mar 2019 19:17:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/researchers-use-machine-learning-to-more-quickly-analyze-key-capacitor-materials/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/right-electrolyte-doubles-novel-two-dimensional-materials-ability-to-store-energy/Mon, 04 Mar 2019 19:03:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/right-electrolyte-doubles-novel-two-dimensional-materials-ability-to-store-energy/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/superhydrides-approach-room-temperature-superconductivity-at-high-pressure/Mon, 04 Mar 2019 18:41:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/superhydrides-approach-room-temperature-superconductivity-at-high-pressure/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/harnessing-gmo-bacteria-for-sustainable-agriculture/Mon, 04 Mar 2019 18:23:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/harnessing-gmo-bacteria-for-sustainable-agriculture/ The use of lithium-ion batteries has surged in recent years, starting with electronics and expanding into many applications, including the growing electric and hybrid vehicle industry. But the technologies to optimize recycling of these batteries has not kept pace.
The launch of the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) first lithium-ion battery recycling center, called the ReCell Center, will help the United States grow a globally com]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/doe-launches-its-first-lithium-ion-battery-recycling-rampd-center-recell/Mon, 04 Mar 2019 17:42:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/doe-launches-its-first-lithium-ion-battery-recycling-rampd-center-recell/ The Science
For the first time, scientists are measuring the rotation of the main (deuterium) plasma in the edge region of a fusion device. New spectroscopic measurements combined with state-of-the-art spectroscopic simulation made this measurement possible. The observed rotation at the plasma edge is substantially higher than previously thought based on measurements of impuri]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/not-all-ions-in-tokamaks-go-with-the-flow/Mon, 04 Mar 2019 17:16:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/not-all-ions-in-tokamaks-go-with-the-flow/ Packed inside the microorganisms growing in ponds, lakes and rivers are lipids, which are fatty acid molecules containing oil that can be extracted to]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/engineers-develop-fast-method-to-convert-algae-to-biocrude/Mon, 04 Mar 2019 16:58:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/engineers-develop-fast-method-to-convert-algae-to-biocrude/ Researchers from the KU Leuven have succeeded in developing a special solar panel that makes hydrogen gas from the moisture in the air. After 10 years of development, the efficie]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/flemish-scientists-make-green-energy-breakthrough-solar-panel-produces-hydrogen/Mon, 04 Mar 2019 13:22:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/flemish-scientists-make-green-energy-breakthrough-solar-panel-produces-hydrogen/ Scientists are cracking the code for affordable green hydrogen: “With 20 of these panels you can live off the grid for a year without electricity or gas. If you add another 20 you can also drive a whole year with a hydrogen car.”
Researchers from the KU Leuven have succeeded in developing a special solar panel that makes hydrogen gas from the moisture in the air. After]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/cheap-hydrogen-production-from-water-vapor-in-the-air-using-solar-panels/Mon, 04 Mar 2019 13:22:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/cheap-hydrogen-production-from-water-vapor-in-the-air-using-solar-panels/ This ID has been duplicated, Photo stolen by scam artists asking for donations. Please report as a  scam to Facebook if you receive a message.
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The post Face Book Scam appeared first on Revolution-Green.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/face-book-scam/Mon, 04 Mar 2019 07:27:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/face-book-scam/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/how-power-to-gas-technology-can-be-green-and-profitable/Sat, 02 Mar 2019 16:25:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/how-power-to-gas-technology-can-be-green-and-profitable/ Researchers have layered different mineral forms of titanium oxide on top of one another to improve perovskite-type solar cell efficiency by]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/layering-titanium-oxides-different-mineral-forms-for-better-solar-cells/Sat, 02 Mar 2019 16:07:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/layering-titanium-oxides-different-mineral-forms-for-better-solar-cells/ The Consortium for Battery Innovation, which includes more than 90 member companies worldwide supporting pre-competitive research into lead battery technology, is preparing for a surge in demand for energy storage in the next decade.file image
Since it was formed as the ALABC 25 years ago, the Consortium has]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/battery-consortium-promises-big-leap-in-performance/Sat, 02 Mar 2019 15:18:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/battery-consortium-promises-big-leap-in-performance/ In general, chemiluminescence reactions are only known to be possible in solution (a process that, for example, allows glow sticks to give off light) where typically two chemicals easily react, resulting in the emission of visible l]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/researchers-achieve-solid-state-thermochemiluminescence-with-crystals/Fri, 01 Mar 2019 16:22:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/researchers-achieve-solid-state-thermochemiluminescence-with-crystals/ A miniature prison for photons, that is the nanocavity discovered by scientists of the University of Twente. It is an extremely small cavity surrounded by an optical crystal – a structure of pores etched in two perpendicular directions. Confining photons in this 3D cavity may lead to tiny and efficient lasers and LEDs]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/putting-photons-in-jail-ut-researchers-lock-up-light-inside-a-crystal/Fri, 01 Mar 2019 14:57:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/putting-photons-in-jail-ut-researchers-lock-up-light-inside-a-crystal/ An article published in the journal Physical Review B describes a study in this field resulting from the doctoral research of Diana Meneses Gustin and Luís Cabral…
&ldquo]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/hybrid-material-may-outperform-graphene-in-several-applications/Thu, 28 Feb 2019 23:10:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/hybrid-material-may-outperform-graphene-in-several-applications/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-method-of-synthesising-nanographene-on-metal-oxide-surfaces/Thu, 28 Feb 2019 22:38:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-method-of-synthesising-nanographene-on-metal-oxide-surfaces/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/machine-learning-can-boost-the-value-of-wind-energy/Thu, 28 Feb 2019 17:43:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/machine-learning-can-boost-the-value-of-wind-energy/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/scientists-measure-exact-edge-between-superconducting-and-magnetic-states/Thu, 28 Feb 2019 17:35:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/scientists-measure-exact-edge-between-superconducting-and-magnetic-states/ Electricity can be generated by renewable sources such as sunlight, wind. Electricity can then be used to split water, which makes hydrogen as a fuel for emerging energ]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/a-water-splitting-catalyst-unlike-any-other/Thu, 28 Feb 2019 17:28:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/a-water-splitting-catalyst-unlike-any-other/ UCLA researchers and collaborators at eight other research institutions have created an extremely light, very durable ceramic aerogel. The material could be used for applications like insulating spacecraft because it can withstand the intense heat and severe temperature changes that space missions endure.The new ceramic aerogel is so lightweight that it can rest on a flower without dama]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-ultra-lightweight-ceramic-material-that-can-better-withstand-extreme-temperatures/Thu, 28 Feb 2019 17:06:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-ultra-lightweight-ceramic-material-that-can-better-withstand-extreme-temperatures/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/porous-carbon-fiber-research-one-step-closer-to-use-in-automotive-industry/Thu, 28 Feb 2019 16:47:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/porous-carbon-fiber-research-one-step-closer-to-use-in-automotive-industry/ The team led by Dr Artem Mishchenko, Prof Volodya Fal’ko and Prof Sir Andre Geim, discovered the quantum Hall effect (QHE) in bulk graphite – a layered crystal consisting of stacked graphene layers. This is an unexpected result because the quantum Hall effect i]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/graphite-offers-up-new-quantum-surprise/Wed, 27 Feb 2019 00:48:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/graphite-offers-up-new-quantum-surprise/ The research team led by RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia, have developed a new technique that can efficiently convert CO2 from a gas into solid particles of carbon.A schematic illustration showing how liquid metal is used as a catalyst for converting carbon dioxide into solid coal. Credit: RMIT UniversityResearch]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/climate-rewind-scientists-turn-carbon-dioxide-back-into-coal/Tue, 26 Feb 2019 18:02:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/climate-rewind-scientists-turn-carbon-dioxide-back-into-coal/ However, a Texas A&M AgriLife Research scientist suggests the use of an extraction method, plus other refining processes to produce multiple lignin streams.
Dr. Joshua Yuan, chair of Synthetic Biology and Renewable products at Texas A&M University, has published his research findings in Green Chemistry, the peer-reviewed journal of the R]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/research-uncovers-potential-sustainable-refining-method-for-lignin/Tue, 26 Feb 2019 15:41:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/research-uncovers-potential-sustainable-refining-method-for-lignin/ Cars running on cleaner source of energy near commercialization amid en]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/methanol-automobiles-set-to-hit-the-road/Tue, 26 Feb 2019 14:32:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/methanol-automobiles-set-to-hit-the-road/ You can literally feel Roland Gumpert’s excitement. The 73-year-old has experienced quite a bit in his remarkable career, but this project seems to have really grabbed him. The ex-Audi Motorsport Director, super sports-car manufacturer, and Nürburgring record holder (with his road-racing car Apollo) has invited us to a small Ingolstadt, Germany, studio, where he will show a few journalists his latest creation.
T]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/methanol-fuel-cell-ev-up-to-746-mi-range-186-top-mph-0-62-mph-in-under-25-seconds/Tue, 26 Feb 2019 06:40:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/methanol-fuel-cell-ev-up-to-746-mi-range-186-top-mph-0-62-mph-in-under-25-seconds/ A team of engineers in the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washingto]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/high-powered-fuel-cell-boosts-electric-powered-submersibles-drones/Tue, 26 Feb 2019 05:15:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/high-powered-fuel-cell-boosts-electric-powered-submersibles-drones/ Taking their name from an intricate Japanese basket pattern, kagome magnets are thought to have electronic properties that could be valuable for future quantum devices and applications. Theories predict that some electrons in these materials have exotic, so-called topological behaviors and others behave somewhat like graphene, another material prized for its potential for new types of electronics.
Now, an international team led by researchers at Pri]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/electrons-in-flat-band-act-collectively-implications-for-superconductivity-magnetics/Tue, 26 Feb 2019 00:44:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/electrons-in-flat-band-act-collectively-implications-for-superconductivity-magnetics/ Collaboration to realize a sustainable global community through a revolution in clean energy technology
Mitsubishi Estate Co., Ltd., in Tokyo, has subscribed to newly issued shares of Clean planet Inc., inTokyo, through a third-party allotment of new shares on January 25, 2019 – a clean tech venture companythat is developing “New Hydrogen Energy” with the aim of realizing a clean energy globa]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/mitsubishi-estate-invests-in-clean-planet-toward-commercialization-of-new-hydrogen-energy/Mon, 25 Feb 2019 18:14:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/mitsubishi-estate-invests-in-clean-planet-toward-commercialization-of-new-hydrogen-energy/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/tinier-and-less-power-hungry-quantum-atomic-clock-push-toward-intelligent-iot/Mon, 25 Feb 2019 17:24:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/tinier-and-less-power-hungry-quantum-atomic-clock-push-toward-intelligent-iot/ Scientists have been trying to figure out a way to make solid-state batteries that are commercially viable for many years, but to date, have not succeeded. That ha]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/solid-state-battery-testing-to-be-part-of-ispace-hakuto-r-program/Mon, 25 Feb 2019 16:28:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/solid-state-battery-testing-to-be-part-of-ispace-hakuto-r-program/ Backed by a $3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy, the research team — which includes scientists from University of Toledo and Unive]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/msu-algae-research-could-make-biofuel-production-more-economical/Sun, 24 Feb 2019 20:12:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/msu-algae-research-could-make-biofuel-production-more-economical/ An American boy Jackson Oswalt is claiming the title of youngest ever person to achieve nuclear fusion, after building a reactor in his home at the age of 12.Jackson Oswalt shows his homemade fusion reactor to Fox News. (Fox]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/12-year-old-american-boy-achieves-nuclear-fusion-at-home/Sun, 24 Feb 2019 01:18:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/12-year-old-american-boy-achieves-nuclear-fusion-at-home/ I like this one a it is out of the lab and being third party tested. It is also going under pilot plant production in the next 12 months (MD)
The composites are efficiently developed to enable batteries with better storage capacity and higher cycle life.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/gegadyne-energy-develops-next-generation-batteries/Sun, 24 Feb 2019 00:58:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/gegadyne-energy-develops-next-generation-batteries/ Professor examines the properties of batteries so he can make them charge faster.You probably use batteries every single day, but do you actually understand how they work? Koffi Pierre Yao, a new assistant professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Delaware, is uncovering novel insights about what happens inside]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/optimizing-silicon-graphite-electrode-blend-to-stabilize-li-ion-cycling-faster-charging-higher-energy-possible/Sat, 23 Feb 2019 19:03:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/optimizing-silicon-graphite-electrode-blend-to-stabilize-li-ion-cycling-faster-charging-higher-energy-possible/ Sonnen distinguished itself in t]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/shell-acquires-sonnen-for-home-battery-expansion/Sat, 23 Feb 2019 18:26:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/shell-acquires-sonnen-for-home-battery-expansion/ Cutting down on the platinum would also cut costs, all]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/goldilocks-thinking-to-cut-cost-of-fuel-cells-in-electric-vehicles/Sat, 23 Feb 2019 17:35:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/goldilocks-thinking-to-cut-cost-of-fuel-cells-in-electric-vehicles/ Photocatalysts ­– materials that trigger chemical reactions when hit by light – are important in a number of natural and industrial processes, from producing hydrogen for fuel to enabling photosynthesis.
Now an international team has used an X-ray laser at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory to get an incredibly detailed look at what happens to]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/x-ray-laser-look-at-light-triggered-catalyst-advances-research-into-hydrogen-production/Fri, 22 Feb 2019 16:42:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/x-ray-laser-look-at-light-triggered-catalyst-advances-research-into-hydrogen-production/ Ionic ceramics are made up of many faceted “grains” that meet at boundaries in ways that affect, for example, how much power a fuel cell can deliver or how fast a battery can be recharged and how long it can hold a charge.In this image, different colors represent the crystallographic orientation]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-theory-could-lead-to-better-batteries-fuel-cells/Fri, 22 Feb 2019 16:25:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-theory-could-lead-to-better-batteries-fuel-cells/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/dynamical-glass-offers-new-insights-into-anomalous-heat-conductivity-thermalization/Fri, 22 Feb 2019 16:04:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/dynamical-glass-offers-new-insights-into-anomalous-heat-conductivity-thermalization/ Researchers at Tohoku University have announced the development of a nonvolatile microcontroller unit (MCU) which achieves both high performance and ultra-low power by utilizing spintronics-based VLSI design technology.Development of nonvolatile spintronics-based 50μW microco]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/iot-nonvolatile-spintronics-based-200mhz-microcontroller-consuming-only-50w/Fri, 22 Feb 2019 15:40:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/iot-nonvolatile-spintronics-based-200mhz-microcontroller-consuming-only-50w/ Researchers at Tohoku University have announced the development of a nonvolatile microcontroller unit (MCU) which achieves both high performance and ultra-low power by utilizing spintronics-based VLSI design technology.Development of nonvolatile spintronics-based 50μW microco]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/iot-nonvolatile-spintronics-based-200mhz-microcontroller-consuming-only-50-micro-watts/Fri, 22 Feb 2019 15:40:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/iot-nonvolatile-spintronics-based-200mhz-microcontroller-consuming-only-50-micro-watts/ The dominant energy storage technology benefits from massive economies of scale. Flow batteries, a major class of alternative storage technologies, lack that scale, and some require vanadium, a material whose price has shot up in the last three years.
A new b]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/a-new-path-to-market-for-flow-batteries-rent-an-electrolyte/Fri, 22 Feb 2019 01:57:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/a-new-path-to-market-for-flow-batteries-rent-an-electrolyte/ A report of the findings, to be published Feb. 22 in Science, offers promise towards faster, cheaper production of electrical power using fuel cells, but also of bulk chemicals and materials such as hydrogen.
“Every material experiences surface strain due to the breakdown of the material’s crystal symme]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/more-flexible-nanomaterials-can-make-fuel-cell-cars-cheaper/Fri, 22 Feb 2019 01:40:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/more-flexible-nanomaterials-can-make-fuel-cell-cars-cheaper/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/expanding-the-use-of-silicon-in-batteries-by-preventing-electrodes-from-expanding/Fri, 22 Feb 2019 01:32:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/expanding-the-use-of-silicon-in-batteries-by-preventing-electrodes-from-expanding/ The Science
To create better batteries and fuel cells, scientists must make oxygen molecules gain and lose electrons efficiently. The reactions are frustratingly sluggish. Speeding the reactions requires heat and platinum, which are costly. Now, researchers uncovered vital design principles to engineer catalysts that use more readily available metals and less heat. The catalysts performed well]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/newly-discovered-design-rules-lead-to-better-fuel-cell-catalyst/Fri, 22 Feb 2019 01:01:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/newly-discovered-design-rules-lead-to-better-fuel-cell-catalyst/ Every day we lose valuable energy in the form of waste heat—in technical devices at home, but also in large energy systems. Part of it could be recovered with the help of the “thermoelectric effect.” The heat flow from a hot device to the cold environment can be]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/how-to-freeze-heat-conduction/Thu, 21 Feb 2019 15:56:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/how-to-freeze-heat-conduction/ The Science
Quickly transferring energy from one place to another—without loss—could fundamentally change solar panels and computers. Materials made from long chains of tiny particles, or nanoparticles, show promise for such energy transfer. However, going even smaller than nano-dimensions hasn’t worked quite as planned. Researchers suspected the particles needed to be close to each oth]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/too-close-for-comfort-nanoparticles-need-some-space-to-transfer-energy/Thu, 21 Feb 2019 15:44:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/too-close-for-comfort-nanoparticles-need-some-space-to-transfer-energy/ GraphON can also be manufactured cheaper and easier, with more flexibility and less hazardous waste than comparable products.GraphON sample.
CSIRO will have staff on hand to discuss GraphON next week at the Australian International Aerospace and Defence Exposition at Avalon. CSIRO&rs]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/graphon-conductive-coatings-and-materials-breakthrough/Thu, 21 Feb 2019 15:16:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/graphon-conductive-coatings-and-materials-breakthrough/ An ultra-low-power frequency synthesizer targeted for IoT devices: Digital PLL achieves a power consumption of 0.265 mW
Scientists at Tokyo Tech have developed an advanced phase-locked loop (PLL)1 frequency synthesizer that can drastically cut power consumption. This digital PLL could be an attractive bui]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/another-tokyo-tech-iot-first-less-than-50-power-consumption-of-previous-record-low/Thu, 21 Feb 2019 02:59:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/another-tokyo-tech-iot-first-less-than-50-power-consumption-of-previous-record-low/ “LED lightbulbs play a key role in clean energy,” said Stuart (Shizhuo) Yin, professor of electrical engineering. “Overall commercial LED efficiency is currently only about 50 percent. One of the major concerns is how to improve the so-called light extra]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/firefly-inspired-surfaces-improve-efficiency-of-led-lightbulbs/Wed, 20 Feb 2019 17:54:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/firefly-inspired-surfaces-improve-efficiency-of-led-lightbulbs/ A new solar-powered electric car is expected to launch this year.The electric vehicle is powered by a lithium-ion battery pack much like most electric cars on the road but what differentiates the Sion EV from Sono Motors is the fact it is covered in solar panels. We had covered this story previously, however I really like the fact I can plug my coffee machine (see Video) into it, use it to power a camp site or a s]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/solar-powered-electric-car-nears-production/Wed, 20 Feb 2019 09:48:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/solar-powered-electric-car-nears-production/ A group of researchers at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) has recently developed a new software aimed at the analysis of energy generation systems based on kites and drones. In a recently published scientific article, they used the software to study the behaviour of these systems while transforming the kinetic energy of the wind into useful electrical energy.Airborne Wind Energy Systems (AWES) are a new k]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/renewable-energy-generation-with-kites-and-drones/Wed, 20 Feb 2019 08:08:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/renewable-energy-generation-with-kites-and-drones/ All rooftop solar panels look pretty much the same from the outside: same size, same thickness and even the same installation system. But on the inside, the solar]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-residential-solar-panels-deliver-record-breaking-efficiency/Wed, 20 Feb 2019 07:35:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-residential-solar-panels-deliver-record-breaking-efficiency/ In the]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/breakthrough-in-the-search-for-graphene-based-electronics/Wed, 20 Feb 2019 07:16:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/breakthrough-in-the-search-for-graphene-based-electronics/ It’s called a “chiral surface exciton,” and it consists of particles and anti-particles bound together and swirling around each other on the surface of solids, according to a study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Chiral refers to entities, like your right and left]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/exotic-spiraling-electrons-discovered-by-physicists/Tue, 19 Feb 2019 15:20:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/exotic-spiraling-electrons-discovered-by-physicists/ Today, most of our appliances such as computers, LEDs and electric cars all run on DC. Batteries and photovoltaic panels also produce DC current. And while high-voltage DC is an efficient and proven method for transporting power over large distances,]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/a-transformer-to-drive-the-transition-from-ac-to-dc/Tue, 19 Feb 2019 00:38:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/a-transformer-to-drive-the-transition-from-ac-to-dc/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/lithium-air-batteries-can-store-energy-for-cars-houses-and-industry/Mon, 18 Feb 2019 19:47:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/lithium-air-batteries-can-store-energy-for-cars-houses-and-industry/ In a new paper published in the journal Advanced Science, a team of engineers from the University of Glasgow discuss how they have used layers of graphene and polyurethane to create a flexible supercapacitor which can generate power from the sun and store excess energy for later use.They demonstrate the effectiveness of their new]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/flexible-wearable-electronics-utilizing-solar-supercapacitors/Sat, 16 Feb 2019 17:37:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/flexible-wearable-electronics-utilizing-solar-supercapacitors/ Tandem solar cells consist of two semiconductors with different band gaps, enabling them to use a larger fracti]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/tandem-cells-made-of-perovskite-and-cigse-semiconductors-ultra-thin-and-efficient/Sat, 16 Feb 2019 16:45:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/tandem-cells-made-of-perovskite-and-cigse-semiconductors-ultra-thin-and-efficient/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/reuters-and-voa-report-gravity-energy-a-new-kind-of-renewable/Fri, 15 Feb 2019 20:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/reuters-and-voa-report-gravity-energy-a-new-kind-of-renewable/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/converting-plastic-bags-into-carbon-chips-usable-as-li-ion-battery-anodes/Fri, 15 Feb 2019 17:57:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/converting-plastic-bags-into-carbon-chips-usable-as-li-ion-battery-anodes/ In theory, silicon anodes could store ten times more lithium ions than graphite anodes, which have been used in commercial lithium batteries for many years. However, the amp-hour capacity of silicon anodes so far has been declining sharply with each additional charge-discharge cycle. Now an HZB team at BER II of the HZB in Berlin and the Institut Laue-Langevin in Grenoble has uti]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/li-ion-finding-whats-blocking-the-use-of-silicon-anodes-and-their-10x-storage-capacity/Fri, 15 Feb 2019 17:14:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/li-ion-finding-whats-blocking-the-use-of-silicon-anodes-and-their-10x-storage-capacity/ Scientists have taken the next step toward the deployment of powerful, rechargeable lithium metal batteries by making them safer and simpler to manufacture.
The Rice lab of chemist James Tour made test cells with a coat of red phosphorus on the separator that keeps the anode and cathode electrodes apart. The phosphorus acts as a spy for management systems used to charge]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/better-red-than-dread-barrier-keeps-batteries-safe/Thu, 14 Feb 2019 23:41:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/better-red-than-dread-barrier-keeps-batteries-safe/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/faster-and-more-energy-efficient-modulator-sets-to-revolutionise-optoelectronic-industry/Thu, 14 Feb 2019 23:11:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/faster-and-more-energy-efficient-modulator-sets-to-revolutionise-optoelectronic-industry/ The Science
A more efficient car engine? That’s the goal. An opposed-piston engine is more efficient than a traditional internal combustion engine. Pinnacle Engines is developing a multi-cylinder gasoline engine for automotive use. The team enhanced the engine’s reciprocating sleeve-valve system, thanks to a Department of Energy supercomputer. The result? An engine with better combustion]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/pinnacle-develops-efficient-low-emission-gasoline-engine-using-supercomputing/Thu, 14 Feb 2019 22:50:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/pinnacle-develops-efficient-low-emission-gasoline-engine-using-supercomputing/ The approach could lead to new solid-state cooling technology for future microprocessors, which will have so many transistors packed into a small space that current methods can’t remove heat quickly enough.Linxiao Zhu shows the experimental platform that hou]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/running-an-led-in-reverse-could-cool-future-computers/Thu, 14 Feb 2019 22:24:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/running-an-led-in-reverse-could-cool-future-computers/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/high-speed-surveillance-of-electrons-achieved-may-lead-to-more-efficient-solar-cell-design/Thu, 14 Feb 2019 22:05:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/high-speed-surveillance-of-electrons-achieved-may-lead-to-more-efficient-solar-cell-design/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-framework-for-measuring-yield-to-boost-prospects-of-bifacial-pv/Wed, 13 Feb 2019 19:49:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-framework-for-measuring-yield-to-boost-prospects-of-bifacial-pv/ The innovative 5 MW Angas A-CAES P]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/hydrostor-announces-australias-first-compressed-air-energy-storage-facility/Wed, 13 Feb 2019 16:57:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/hydrostor-announces-australias-first-compressed-air-energy-storage-facility/ The company’s battery systems have been deployed across 10 locations – 15 systems in total – adding up to 108MW / 648MWh in total, with each system able to store energy for six hours. The total undertaking includes 12 x 4MW systems and three 20MW systems. The official government Emirates News Agency described th]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/uae-integrates-648mwh-of-sodium-sulfur-batteries-in-one-swoop/Wed, 13 Feb 2019 16:42:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/uae-integrates-648mwh-of-sodium-sulfur-batteries-in-one-swoop/ The device costs less than conventional designs, has fewer moving parts, and is made of durable materials. It is designed to be incorporated into existing ocean energy systems and can convert wave power into electricity.SCALE TRIALS ARE HELD IN THE FLOWAVE FACILITY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH OF A WAVE ENERGY CONVERTER DEVICE THAT COULD PROVIDE POWER TO THOUSANDS OF HOMES. C]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/wave-device-could-deliver-clean-energy-to-thousands-of-homes/Wed, 13 Feb 2019 16:13:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/wave-device-could-deliver-clean-energy-to-thousands-of-homes/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/moving-artificial-leaves-out-of-the-lab-and-into-the-air/Tue, 12 Feb 2019 23:56:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/moving-artificial-leaves-out-of-the-lab-and-into-the-air/ .
LSBs are gaining a great deal of attention as an alternative for lithium ion batteries (LIBs) because they have a theoretical energy density up to six to seven times higher than that of LIBs, and can be manufactured in a more cost-effective way.
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However, LSBs face the obstacle of having a capacity reaching its theoretical maximum because they are]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-lithium-sulfur-battery-with-theoretical-capacity-over-90/Tue, 12 Feb 2019 18:42:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-lithium-sulfur-battery-with-theoretical-capacity-over-90/ IBM researchers have created a new technology called VolCat, a catalytic chemical process that can turn PET, a type of plastic commonly used in food packaging and polyester clothing, into a renewable resource. The cost-effective and sustainable innovation is capable of breathing new life into old plastic.IBM researchers have created a n]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/ibm-researchers-develop-radical-new-recycling-process-to-transform-old-plastic/Tue, 12 Feb 2019 18:31:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/ibm-researchers-develop-radical-new-recycling-process-to-transform-old-plastic/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/research-into-optoelectronic-technologies-that-can-turn-light-into-electricity/Tue, 12 Feb 2019 18:22:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/research-into-optoelectronic-technologies-that-can-turn-light-into-electricity/ While gas tanks can be filled in a matter of minutes, charging the battery of an electric car takes much longer. To level the playing field and make electric vehicles more attractive, scientists are working on fast-charging technologies.As lithium ions travel quickly between the electrodes of a battery, they can form inactive layers of lithium metal in a process called lithium plating. This image shows the beginning of the]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/researchers-use-x-rays-to-understand-the-flaws-of-battery-fast-charging/Tue, 12 Feb 2019 18:10:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/researchers-use-x-rays-to-understand-the-flaws-of-battery-fast-charging/ Utilities maintain customers’ energy supply through a process called “load balancing.” Load is the amount of electricity supplied at any given time, and that load i]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/how-air-conditioners-could-advance-a-renewable-power-grid/Tue, 12 Feb 2019 17:22:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/how-air-conditioners-could-advance-a-renewable-power-grid/ Cornell University scientists Rachel Hestrin and Johannes Lehmann, along with collaborators from Canada and Australia, have shown that charcoal can mop up large quantities of nitrogen from the air pollutant ammonia, resulting in a potential slow-release fertilizer with more nitrogen than most animal manures or other natural soil amendments. The results were published Friday in Nature Communications.R]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/scientists-discover-that-charcoal-traps-ammonia-pollution/Tue, 12 Feb 2019 17:14:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/scientists-discover-that-charcoal-traps-ammonia-pollution/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/umass-amherst-materials-chemists-tap-body-heat-to-power-smart-garments/Tue, 12 Feb 2019 00:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/umass-amherst-materials-chemists-tap-body-heat-to-power-smart-garments/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/scientists-develop-first-fabric-to-automatically-cool-or-insulate-depending-on-conditions/Mon, 11 Feb 2019 23:46:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/scientists-develop-first-fabric-to-automatically-cool-or-insulate-depending-on-conditions/ These electromagnetic fields—the result of global lightning activity known as Schumann Resonances—are weak and difficult to detect. Scientists neve]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/lightnings-electromagnetic-fields-may-have-protective-properties/Mon, 11 Feb 2019 23:37:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/lightnings-electromagnetic-fields-may-have-protective-properties/ The novel wind and solar energy-harvesting flags have been developed using flexible piezoelectric strips and flexible photovoltaic cells.
Piezoelectric strips allow the flag to generate power through movement, whilst the photovoltaics is the best known method of harnessing electric power by using solar cells.
The study, conducted by researchers at The University of Manchester, is the most advanced of it]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/researchers-develop-flags-that-generate-energy-from-wind-and-sun/Mon, 11 Feb 2019 23:21:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/researchers-develop-flags-that-generate-energy-from-wind-and-sun/ “Our strategy is to create a driving force for recycling by converting polyolefin waste into a wide range of valuable products, including polymers, naphtha (a mixture of hydrocarbons), or clean fuels,” said Linda Wan]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/millions-of-tons-of-the-worlds-plastic-waste-could-be-turned-into-clean-fuels-other-products-through-chemical-conversion/Mon, 11 Feb 2019 05:14:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/millions-of-tons-of-the-worlds-plastic-waste-could-be-turned-into-clean-fuels-other-products-through-chemical-conversion/ KeraCel, a World Leader in Solid-state Lithium Ion Batteries, Announced a Breakthrough in its Multi-material Ceramic Battery Using its Proprietary 3D Printing Technology
There are significant challenges in producing ceramic solid-state batteries which KeraCel has overcome. As such, the ability to print battery ele]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/keracel-3d-printed-solid-state-li-ion-battery-2x-greater-energy-density-at-half-the-cost/Sat, 09 Feb 2019 06:18:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/keracel-3d-printed-solid-state-li-ion-battery-2x-greater-energy-density-at-half-the-cost/ USC chemists have found a cheaper way to light up smartphone and TV screens, which could save manufacturers and consumers money without affecting visual quality.
Copper is the answer, according to their study, published Friday in the journal Science.Chemist Mark E. Thompson holds new copper-based LEDs invented by him and a team o]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/scientists-discovery-could-mean-less-expensive-smartphones-tvs/Sat, 09 Feb 2019 00:35:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/scientists-discovery-could-mean-less-expensive-smartphones-tvs/ A research team led by Professor Kang Taek Lee in the Department of Energy Science and Engineering developed electrode material for a new form of high-performance Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC). Since SOFC, which generates electricity by reacting hydrogen (fuel) with oxygen in the air, emits only water after react]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/developed-self-controlling-smart-fuel-cell-electrode-material/Fri, 08 Feb 2019 19:19:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/developed-self-controlling-smart-fuel-cell-electrode-material/ For many years, scientists have been looking for an effective and efficient way to turn water into energy-storing fuels using solar- and wind-powered electricity, likely by splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen. To do this, they have been searching for catalysts to make these water-splitting reactions happen.
Researchers have known for some time that oxides of many metals, including the familiar iron oxide ca]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/scientists-take-x-ray-aim-in-effort-to-discover-new-fuel-catalyst/Fri, 08 Feb 2019 15:12:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/scientists-take-x-ray-aim-in-effort-to-discover-new-fuel-catalyst/ The work, which appears in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society A, relies on a technique that mimics evolutionary biology to ascertain which structure yields the best pace.The best wing shapes, such as the one shown above, are found to make strong vortices at the trailing edg]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/mimicking-wing-shape-evolution-helps-optimize-water-wave-energy-harvesting-methods/Fri, 08 Feb 2019 14:40:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/mimicking-wing-shape-evolution-helps-optimize-water-wave-energy-harvesting-methods/ CEA-Leti builds prototype of next-generation mid-infrared optical sensors for portable devices
CEA-Leti today announced it has prototyped a next-generation optical chemical sensor using mid-infrared silicon photonics that can be integrated in smartphones and other portable devices. Coin-size, On-chip Sensors that Combine High Performance and Low Power Consumption Presented in Paper at SPIE Photonics West 2019]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/plethora-of-nano-on-chip-tech-developed-for-chemical-and-image-sensing-and-lasers/Fri, 08 Feb 2019 01:46:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/plethora-of-nano-on-chip-tech-developed-for-chemical-and-image-sensing-and-lasers/ Understanding these roles, however, has proved to be a challenge due to the fact that carotenoid’s energetics are]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/light-harvesting-in-plants-through-a-dark-state-gives-blueprint-for-solar-energy-devices/Fri, 08 Feb 2019 01:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/light-harvesting-in-plants-through-a-dark-state-gives-blueprint-for-solar-energy-devices/ A novel ruthenium-based catalyst developed at UC Santa Cruz has shown markedly better performance than commercial platinum catalysts in alkaline water electrolysis for hydrogen production. The catalyst is a nanostructured composite material composed of carbon nanowires with ruthenium atoms bonded to nitrogen and carbon to form active sites within the carbon matrix.
The el]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/novel-electrocatalyst-outperforms-platinum-in-alkaline-hydrogen-production/Fri, 08 Feb 2019 00:11:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/novel-electrocatalyst-outperforms-platinum-in-alkaline-hydrogen-production/ Scientists at the Institute of Process Engineering (IPE) at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing and Yangzhou University (YZU) in Jiangsu have developed an effective and energy-effic]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/green-water-purification-system-works-without-heavy-metals-or-corrosive-chemicals/Thu, 07 Feb 2019 23:50:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/green-water-purification-system-works-without-heavy-metals-or-corrosive-chemicals/ There’s a lot to like about perovskite-based solar cells. They are simple and cheap to produce, offer flexibility that could unlock a wide new range of installation methods and places, and in recent years have reached energy efficiencies approaching those of traditional silicon-based cells.But figuring out how to produce perovskite-based energy devices that last longer]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/charting-a-path-to-cheaper-flexible-solar-cells/Thu, 07 Feb 2019 21:49:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/charting-a-path-to-cheaper-flexible-solar-cells/ A professor in Virginia Tech’s College of Science wants to power planes and cars using energy stored in their exterior shells. He may have discovered a path toward that vision using porous carbon fibers made from what’s known as block copolymers.
Carbon fibers, already known as a high-performing engineering material, are widely used in the aerospace and automotive industri]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/carbon-fiber-with-uniformly-scattered-micro-holes-that-store-ions-of-energy-for-evs/Thu, 07 Feb 2019 21:22:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/carbon-fiber-with-uniformly-scattered-micro-holes-that-store-ions-of-energy-for-evs/ Making electric cars lighter also involves reducing the weight of the motor. One way to do that is by constructing it from fiber-reinforced polymer materials. Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical Technology ICT are working together with the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology KIT to develop a new cooling concept that will enable polymers to be used as motor housing materials. And that’s not the only advantage of the new cooling]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/directly-cooled-electric-motor-made-from-polymer-materials/Thu, 07 Feb 2019 20:51:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/directly-cooled-electric-motor-made-from-polymer-materials/ The Science
Much remains to be learned about how charge moves along the molecules that make up the layers of materials in solar cells. These details have remained hidden because of the challenges of direct, real-time observation of motion of electrons and their holes at interfaces where two solar-cell materials]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/solar-cell-research-aided-by-real-time-viewing-of-how-holes-form-and-resulting-electrons-move/Thu, 07 Feb 2019 20:29:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/solar-cell-research-aided-by-real-time-viewing-of-how-holes-form-and-resulting-electrons-move/ A research team led by Tohoku University in Japan has developed new materials for supercapacitors with higher voltage and better stability than other materials. Their research was recently published in the journal Energy and Environmental Science.
Supercapacitors are rechargeable energy storage devices with a broad range of applications, from machinery to smart meters. They offer many advantages over batteri]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-materials-for-high-voltage-supercapacitors/Thu, 07 Feb 2019 19:59:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-materials-for-high-voltage-supercapacitors/ The lithium-ion batteries that power electric vehicles and phones charge and discharge by ferrying lithium ions back and forth between two electrodes, an anode and a cathode. The more lithium ions the electrodes are able to a]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/untangling-a-strange-phenomenon-that-both-helps-and-hurts-lithium-ion-battery-performance/Thu, 07 Feb 2019 04:25:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/untangling-a-strange-phenomenon-that-both-helps-and-hurts-lithium-ion-battery-performance/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/improved-long-term-stability-for-membranes-of-non-precious-metal-fuel-cells/Wed, 06 Feb 2019 22:57:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/improved-long-term-stability-for-membranes-of-non-precious-metal-fuel-cells/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/research-modeling-electron-spins-in-quest-to-power-small-electronic-devices/Wed, 06 Feb 2019 19:12:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/research-modeling-electron-spins-in-quest-to-power-small-electronic-devices/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/ion-plasma-thin-film-manufacture-to-lower-temperature-of-solid-oxide-fuel-cells/Wed, 06 Feb 2019 16:34:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/ion-plasma-thin-film-manufacture-to-lower-temperature-of-solid-oxide-fuel-cells/ Thermoelectric (TE) materials work by responding to temperature differences, inducing electric charge carriers to fl]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/four-organic-thermoelectric-polymers-possibly-helpful-in-utilizing-waste-heat/Wed, 06 Feb 2019 15:53:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/four-organic-thermoelectric-polymers-possibly-helpful-in-utilizing-waste-heat/ Assistant Professor Qiming Wang works in the world of 3D printed materials, creating new functions for a variety of purposes, from flexible electronics to sound control. Now, working with Viterbi students Kunhao Yu, An Xin, and Haixu Du, and Univer]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/3d-printed-rubber-materials-that-can-repair-themselves/Wed, 06 Feb 2019 13:59:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/3d-printed-rubber-materials-that-can-repair-themselves/ Gevo, Inc. (NASDAQ: GEVO), a leading renewable fuels and chemicals manufacturer, announced today that it has developed a proprietary, breakthrough catalytic process that transforms low-cost commercially available, or even waste by-product, renewable alcohols into renewable isoprene that would be expected to compete head-to-head on price with natural and petroleum-based chemical equivalents while reducing]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/isoprene-a-key-chemical-in-rubber-manufacture-now-renewable/Wed, 06 Feb 2019 13:15:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/isoprene-a-key-chemical-in-rubber-manufacture-now-renewable/ A lead-free ceramic that could be used in applications ranging from optical sensors and switches to creams for protecting against ultraviolet (UV) light has been developed by A*STAR researchers1.
Ceramics made from potassium sodium niobate (KNN) are promising alternatives to lead-based ceramics in electro-optical applications. However, it is both challenging and costly to improve KNN’s performance by ensuring it has a h]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/ceramic-holds-promise-for-greener-optical-devices/Wed, 06 Feb 2019 03:41:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/ceramic-holds-promise-for-greener-optical-devices/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/moving-closer-to-controlled-nuclear-fusion-yields-tripled/Wed, 06 Feb 2019 03:09:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/moving-closer-to-controlled-nuclear-fusion-yields-tripled/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/clever-timing-for-computers-producing-less-heat-even-below-landauers-limit/Wed, 06 Feb 2019 02:43:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/clever-timing-for-computers-producing-less-heat-even-below-landauers-limit/ Lithium-ion batteries, which are currently widely used, do not perform well in terms of energy density and safety. As for rechargeable magnesium (Mg) metal batteries developed later, the lack of Mg electrolytes capable of effectively plating/stripping Mg has impeded its practical development.
Recently, a research team led by Prof. CUI Guang]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/scientists-exploit-gel-polymer-electrolyte-for-high-performance-magnesium-batteries/Tue, 05 Feb 2019 15:30:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/scientists-exploit-gel-polymer-electrolyte-for-high-performance-magnesium-batteries/ This week, Tesla announced that it will spend $218 million in an all-stock deal to acquire battery company Maxwell Technologies. When complete, Maxwell will become only the fifth acquisition by Tesla since its founding in 2003.Neither Tesla nor Ma]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/tesla-to-buy-maxwell-tech-gets-ultracapacitors-energy-density-and-cash-flow/Tue, 05 Feb 2019 03:06:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/tesla-to-buy-maxwell-tech-gets-ultracapacitors-energy-density-and-cash-flow/ Tesla Inc. agreed to acquire battery-technology company Maxwell Technologies Inc. for about $218 million in stock, as Elon Musk adds expertise in capacitors that could speed up electric-car charging.
The purchase price of $4.75 a share, announced by Maxwell in a statement on Monday, amounts to about a 55 percent premium to the target]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/tesla-to-buy-energy-storage-firm-maxwell-tech-at-475-a-share/Tue, 05 Feb 2019 03:06:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/tesla-to-buy-energy-storage-firm-maxwell-tech-at-475-a-share/ The heart’s motion is so powerful that it can recharge devices that save our lives, according to new research from Dartmouth College.
Using a dime-sized invention developed by engineers at the Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth, the kinetic energy of the heart can be converted into electricity to power a wide-range of implantable devices, according to the study funded by the National Institutes of Health.Rendering of the two designs of th]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/engineers-harvest-hearts-energy-to-power-life-saving-devices/Tue, 05 Feb 2019 02:30:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/engineers-harvest-hearts-energy-to-power-life-saving-devices/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/niveauups-extreme-fast-charging-xfc-answers-ev-range-anxiety-and-affordability/Sun, 03 Feb 2019 18:11:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/niveauups-extreme-fast-charging-xfc-answers-ev-range-anxiety-and-affordability/ Li-ion: charge 10X faster, last 3X longer, weigh lighter as pa]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/niveauup-spoof-of-a-lithium-battery-technology-startup-company/Sun, 03 Feb 2019 18:11:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/niveauup-spoof-of-a-lithium-battery-technology-startup-company/ [PE – Does anyone think there is something off about this story? Could it be a spoof?]
NiveauUp: We are a battery technology startup company.​Instead of feeding high currents/powers to battery packs, conventionally deemed safer by the industry, NiveauUp levels up to make possible feeding high currents/powers directly to the lithi]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/li-ion-charge-10x-faster-last-3x-longer-weigh-lighter-as-packs-without-costing-more/Sun, 03 Feb 2019 18:11:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/li-ion-charge-10x-faster-last-3x-longer-weigh-lighter-as-packs-without-costing-more/ CleanTechnica spoke with Zap&Go CEO Stephen Voller about its new battery tech and how he]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/zapampgorsquos-carbon-ion-battery-delivers-ultra-fast-charging-30-year-life-zero-degradation/Sun, 03 Feb 2019 16:39:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/zapampgorsquos-carbon-ion-battery-delivers-ultra-fast-charging-30-year-life-zero-degradation/ That sustainability dream is today one step closer to becoming a reality thanks to Polish physicist and businesswoman Olga Malinkiewicz.Polish physicist and businesswoman Olga Malinkiewicz poses with a printed solar panel. AFP/ Janek SKARZYNSKI
The 36-year-old has developed a novel inkjet processing method for perovskites — a new generation o]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/inkjet-solar-panels-poised-to-revolutionize-green-energy/Sun, 03 Feb 2019 16:15:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/inkjet-solar-panels-poised-to-revolutionize-green-energy/ The findings were published in Scientific Reports in November of 2018 and was headed by Naoto Tanibata, Ph.D., an Assistant Professor at the Department of Advanced Ceramics at NITech…
Sodium-ion]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/research-into-compounds-for-sodium-ion-batteries-charging-in-six-minutes-longer-life/Sat, 02 Feb 2019 13:01:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/research-into-compounds-for-sodium-ion-batteries-charging-in-six-minutes-longer-life/ Nicknamed the “replicator” by the inventors — after the Star Trek device that can materialize any object on demand — the 3D printer can create objects that are smoother, more flexible and more complex than what is possible with traditional 3D printers. It can also encase an already existing object with new materials — for instance, adding a handle to a meta]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-3d-printer-uses-rays-of-light-to-shape-objects-transform-product-design/Sat, 02 Feb 2019 11:52:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-3d-printer-uses-rays-of-light-to-shape-objects-transform-product-design/ When you light up a metal nanoparticle, you get light back. It’s often a different color. That’s a fact – but the why is up for debate.
In a new paper in the American Chemical Society journal Nano Letters, Rice chemist Stephan Link and graduate student Yi-Yu Cai make a case that photoluminescence, rather than Raman scattering, gives gold nanoparticles their remarkable light-emit]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/metal-nanoparticles-found-to-be-light-emitting-possible-implications-for-solar-cell-efficiency/Sat, 02 Feb 2019 03:45:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/metal-nanoparticles-found-to-be-light-emitting-possible-implications-for-solar-cell-efficiency/ RMIT University researchers have developed a nano-enhanced material that can capture an incredible 99% of light and convert it to power chemical reactions.
As well as reducing the environmental impact of chemical manufacturing, the innovation could one day be used to deliver technologies like better infrared cam]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/99-power-conversion-across-the-sunlight-spectrum-during-photocatalysic-activity/Sat, 02 Feb 2019 03:09:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/99-power-conversion-across-the-sunlight-spectrum-during-photocatalysic-activity/ To overcome this limitation, the research team focused on aluminum, which is a much more affordable material with greater capacity. However, one critical fallback of aluminum ion i]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/a-next-generation-aluminum-secondary-battery-system-using-organic-molecules/Fri, 01 Feb 2019 19:30:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/a-next-generation-aluminum-secondary-battery-system-using-organic-molecules/ The researchers have translated a biological technique, which won the 2017 Nobel Chemistry Prize, to reveal atomic scale chemistry in metal nanoparticles. These materials are one of the most effective catalysts for energy converting systems such as fuel cells. It is the first time this tec]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/technique-potentially-lowers-cost-of-fuel-cells-batteries-and-catalytic-converters/Fri, 01 Feb 2019 18:56:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/technique-potentially-lowers-cost-of-fuel-cells-batteries-and-catalytic-converters/ The design involves the integration of the two kinds of electric current that power homes, industries and electric vehicles – alternating current (AC) and direct current (DC).Researchers found efficiencies by designing a system that delivers both kinds of current to customers instead of the AC-only distribution]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/hybrid-electricity-system-would-reduce-rates-improve-service/Fri, 01 Feb 2019 18:46:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/hybrid-electricity-system-would-reduce-rates-improve-service/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/carbon-capture-technology-scrubs-co2-from-power-plants-like-scuba-diving-gear/Fri, 01 Feb 2019 18:40:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/carbon-capture-technology-scrubs-co2-from-power-plants-like-scuba-diving-gear/ NIMS, the University of Tokyo and Hiroshima University jointly evaluated the economic efficiency of hydrogen production systems combining photovoltaic power generation and rechargeable batteries and estimated technology levels necessary for the systems to produce hydrogen at a glo]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/photovoltaic-studies-optimize-battery-charge-discharge-and-hydrogen-production/Fri, 01 Feb 2019 18:17:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/photovoltaic-studies-optimize-battery-charge-discharge-and-hydrogen-production/ Amidst a surge of research over the last two decades focusing on the special properties of structures that are just an atom or two thick, called “two-dimensional” materials, researchers at Drexel University have steadily been uncovering the exceptional properties of one family of these materials, called MXenes. The researchers now know that MXenes are highly conductive and extremely]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/mxenes-a-2d-material-with-potential-applications-including-batteries-hydrogen-capture/Fri, 01 Feb 2019 17:43:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/mxenes-a-2d-material-with-potential-applications-including-batteries-hydrogen-capture/ NIMS and Hokkaido University jointly discovered that proton transfer in electrochemical reactions is governed by the quantum tunneling effect (QTE) under the specific conditions. In addition, they made a first ever observation of the transition between the quantum and classical regimes in electrochemical proton transfer by controlling potential. These results indicated the involvement of QTE in electrochemical proton transfer, a subject of a long-la]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/quantum-tunneling-a-basis-for-highly-efficient-electrochemical-energy-conversion/Fri, 01 Feb 2019 17:06:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/quantum-tunneling-a-basis-for-highly-efficient-electrochemical-energy-conversion/ With a growing global population will come increased energy consumption, and sustainable forms of energy sources such as solar fuels and solar electricity will be in even greater demand. And as these forms of power proliferate, the focus will shift to improved efficiency.
Photoelectrodes and photovoltaics such as solar panels often feature thin films of silicon or other nanostructured semiconductor material, and these]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-finding-20-power-loss-when-electric-current-passes-through-a-nanoparticle/Fri, 01 Feb 2019 15:49:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-finding-20-power-loss-when-electric-current-passes-through-a-nanoparticle/ Hydrogen is considered one of the most promising clean energy sources of the future. Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles use hydrogen as fuel, which has high energy conversion efficiency, and]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/better-performance-and-longevity-of-hydrogen-fuel-cells-even-in-cold-weather/Thu, 31 Jan 2019 06:49:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/better-performance-and-longevity-of-hydrogen-fuel-cells-even-in-cold-weather/ The energy storage system (ESS) and electric vehicle (EV) industries will be essential to power storage and distribution in the era of renewable ener]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/low-cost-energy-storage-sodium-ion-batteries-w-manganese-based-high-capacity-anode/Thu, 31 Jan 2019 05:56:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/low-cost-energy-storage-sodium-ion-batteries-w-manganese-based-high-capacity-anode/ Devices that convert AC electromagnetic waves into DC electricity are known as “rectennas.” The researchers demonstrate a new kind of rectenna, described in a study appearing in&nb]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/cheap-energy-harvesting-from-vast-areas-using-2d-diodes-and-flexible-roll-to-roll-wrap/Wed, 30 Jan 2019 16:33:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/cheap-energy-harvesting-from-vast-areas-using-2d-diodes-and-flexible-roll-to-roll-wrap/ The speed at which a battery can be charged depends partly upon the rate at which positively charged particles, called lithium ions, can move towards a negatively charged electrode where they are then stored. A limiting factor in making “]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/low-cost-niobium-tungsten-oxides-could-allow-batteries-to-charge-in-minutes/Wed, 30 Jan 2019 15:43:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/low-cost-niobium-tungsten-oxides-could-allow-batteries-to-charge-in-minutes/ A KAIST research team developed ultra-stable, high-rate lithium-sulfur batteries (LSBs) by using hierarchical porous titanium nitride as a sulfur host, and achieved superior cycle stability and high rate performance for LSBs...
From left: Professor Jinwoo Lee and PhD candidate Won-Gwang Lim.
The control of large amounts of energy is required for use in an electric vehicle or smart grid system. In this sens]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/li-sulfur-seven-times-energy-dense-as-li-ion-batteries-a-step-closer-to-feasibility/Wed, 30 Jan 2019 01:14:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/li-sulfur-seven-times-energy-dense-as-li-ion-batteries-a-step-closer-to-feasibility/ The research team led by Xiulei (David) Ji of OSU’s College of Science, along with collaborators at the Argonne National Laboratory, the University of California, Riverside, and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, are the first to demonstrate that diffusion m]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/proton-transport-highway-may-pave-way-to-better-high-power-batteries/Wed, 30 Jan 2019 00:35:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/proton-transport-highway-may-pave-way-to-better-high-power-batteries/ Third-generation solar cells efficiently convert sunlight into usable electricity and cost less energy to manufacture than old-school silicon cells. PSCs]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/low-cost-perovskite-solar-cells-made-three-times-longer-lasting-using-tin-dioxide/Tue, 29 Jan 2019 04:48:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/low-cost-perovskite-solar-cells-made-three-times-longer-lasting-using-tin-dioxide/ Nowadays, it would be hard to not notice that electronic devices have become incredibly small. The use of miniature sensors in the upcoming Internet of Things (IoT) era could enable us to]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/putting-that-free-energy-around-you-to-good-use-with-minuscule-energy-harvesters/Tue, 29 Jan 2019 04:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/putting-that-free-energy-around-you-to-good-use-with-minuscule-energy-harvesters/ .Under a three-year, $233,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), a team led by Dr. George Nelson, an associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), will use X-ray diffraction and mul]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/sodium-ion-battery-research-could-power-up-renewable-energy-storage/Mon, 28 Jan 2019 16:02:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/sodium-ion-battery-research-could-power-up-renewable-energy-storage/ Flexible bipolar plates made of polymers make it possible to build compact batteries
Whether used for power supply or in electric cars, current battery systems are based on a series of interconnected individual cells, which has certain disadvantages in terms of efficiency and manufacturing]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/press-release-on-compact-bipolar-battery-design-this-time-without-predictions/Mon, 28 Jan 2019 15:52:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/press-release-on-compact-bipolar-battery-design-this-time-without-predictions/ Name the diet, and I’ve tried it. I’m currently a pescatarian with fish as my main protein source. But I’ve been a carnivore, vegetarian and vegan, too.
Oh, and I dabble in “menu of the future” items such as algae and bugs.
In the last month, I’ve had algae smoothies, algae protein bars and algae chips. It’s not because I’m a particularly adventurous eater or that I love the taste. I actually loathe th]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/experts-say-algae-is-the-food-of-the-future-heres-why/Mon, 28 Jan 2019 14:04:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/experts-say-algae-is-the-food-of-the-future-heres-why/ Back in 2009, we saw the unveiling of the world’s first algae fuel-powered vehicle – the Algaeus – which was a plug-in Prius hybrid car, that ran on algae-based fuel from Sapphire Energy. Some say that was the beginning….Mazda is investing in it. Honda is using it for R&D and potential byproducts. Algenol, AlgaEnergy and others grow and develop it. Euglena began produc]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/big-money-betting-on-hundreds-of-thousands-of-barrels-a-day-from-fast-growing-algae/Mon, 28 Jan 2019 00:10:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/big-money-betting-on-hundreds-of-thousands-of-barrels-a-day-from-fast-growing-algae/ What if, instead of turning up the thermostat, you could warm up with high-tech, flexible patches sewn into your clothes – while significantly reducing your electric bill and carbon footprint?
Engineers at Rutgers and Oregon State University have found a cost-effective way to make thin, durable heating patches by using intense pulses of light to fuse tiny silver wires with polyester. Their heating performance i]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/warm-up-with-silver-nanowire-infused-patches-sewn-into-clothes/Sun, 27 Jan 2019 23:41:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/warm-up-with-silver-nanowire-infused-patches-sewn-into-clothes/ Solar rays are a plentiful, clean source of energy that is becoming increasingly important as the world works to shift away from power sources that contribute to global warming. But current methods of harvesting solar charges are expensive and inefficient–with a theoretical efficiency limit of 33 percent. New nanomaterials developed by researchers at the Advanced Sc]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/solar-cell-efficiency-limit-now-33-may-become-44-with-new-self-assemblying-nanomaterials/Sun, 27 Jan 2019 15:16:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/solar-cell-efficiency-limit-now-33-may-become-44-with-new-self-assemblying-nanomaterials/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/o-wind-turbine-a-way-for-anyone-to-harness-wind-energy-from-any-direction/Sat, 26 Jan 2019 16:48:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/o-wind-turbine-a-way-for-anyone-to-harness-wind-energy-from-any-direction/ PowerHouse’s hydrogen production project attained the independent “Statement of Feasibility” in October for a full-scale commercial engineering design for its DMG project.
The Statement of Feasibility confirms that the DMG technology is able to thermally convert waste plastic and e]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/dmg-partners-with-toyota-in-clean-production-of-hydrogen-and-electricity-from-tires-and-plastics/Sat, 26 Jan 2019 00:10:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/dmg-partners-with-toyota-in-clean-production-of-hydrogen-and-electricity-from-tires-and-plastics/ The advanced carbon powder, developed using a novel process in the lab of Zhongwei Chen, a chemical engineering professor at Waterloo, could filter and remove CO2 from emissions at facilities powered by fossil fuels before it is released into the atmosphere with twice the efficiency of conventional materials.
.“This will be more and more important in the f]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-powder-could-help-cut-co2-emissions/Fri, 25 Jan 2019 14:25:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-powder-could-help-cut-co2-emissions/ A recent study, affiliated with UNIST has developed a system that produces electricity and hydrogen (H2) while eliminating carbon dioxide (CO2), which is the main contributor of global warming.Schematic illustration of Hybrid Na-CO2 System and its reaction mechanism.
This breakthrough has been led by Professor Guntae Kim in the School of Energy and Chemical Engineering at UNIST in collaboration with Professor Jaephil Cho in the]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/electricity-and-hydrogen-continuously-produced-through-co2-conversion/Fri, 25 Jan 2019 05:54:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/electricity-and-hydrogen-continuously-produced-through-co2-conversion/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/using-diamonds-to-recharge-civilian-drones-in-flight/Thu, 24 Jan 2019 19:55:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/using-diamonds-to-recharge-civilian-drones-in-flight/ Plants convert sunlight into energy through photosynthesis; however, most crops on the planet are plagued by a photosynthetic glitch, and to deal with it, evolved an energy-expensive process called photorespiration that drastically suppresses their yield potential. Today, researchers from the University of Illinois and U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service report in the jour]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/scientists-engineer-shortcut-for-photosynthetic-glitch-boost-crop-growth-40/Thu, 24 Jan 2019 15:18:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/scientists-engineer-shortcut-for-photosynthetic-glitch-boost-crop-growth-40/ “The key idea is to generate a solar fuel: hydrogen gas, which can be burnt to release energy on demand without releasing carbon dioxide,” said Binghamton University Associate Professor of Physics Louis Piper. “For water splitting, we use visible light to gene]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/doping-enables-ten-fold-increase-in-solar-harvested-hydrogen/Wed, 23 Jan 2019 22:28:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/doping-enables-ten-fold-increase-in-solar-harvested-hydrogen/ The results, published in Nature Communications, demonstrate that molecular HER-catalysts can work in an efficient manner while hig]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/molybdenum-disulfide-a-starting-point-to-cheaper-hydrogen-production/Wed, 23 Jan 2019 19:39:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/molybdenum-disulfide-a-starting-point-to-cheaper-hydrogen-production/ A new magnet technology invented at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory could help drive the nation’s transition from gas-powered vehicles to electric and hybrid power more rapidly, at lower cost and in a more environmentally friendly way.Yuepeng Zhang and Kaizhong Gao of the HyMag Magnets team (Image by Argonne National Laborator]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/hymag-technology-to-boost-efficiency-in-electric-motor-or-generator-applications/Wed, 23 Jan 2019 18:36:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/hymag-technology-to-boost-efficiency-in-electric-motor-or-generator-applications/ A new magnet technology invented at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory could help drive the nation’s transition from gas-powered vehicles to electric and hybrid power more rapidly, at lower cost and in a more environmentally friendly way.Yuepeng Zhang and Kaizhong Gao of the HyMag Magnets team (Image by Argonne National Laborator]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/hymag-technology-to-boost-efficiency-in-electric-motor-and-generator-applications/Wed, 23 Jan 2019 18:36:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/hymag-technology-to-boost-efficiency-in-electric-motor-and-generator-applications/ By 2050, almost six billion air conditioners could eat 37% of global electricity, according to the International Energy Agency. That’s because as India and China get richer — and the planet gets hotter — people around the globe are buying A/C units at levels approaching the United States.
This is an environmental catastrophe waiting to happen.
But one startup from the tiny town of ]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/this-dutch-startup-converts-heat-into-cold-via-a-stirling-engine-and-could-just-save-the-planet/Wed, 23 Jan 2019 13:54:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/this-dutch-startup-converts-heat-into-cold-via-a-stirling-engine-and-could-just-save-the-planet/ “It maintained the high figure of merit at all temperatures, so it potentially could be important in applicati]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/half-heusler-compound-sets-efficiency-record-converting-heat-to-electricity/Tue, 22 Jan 2019 22:41:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/half-heusler-compound-sets-efficiency-record-converting-heat-to-electricity/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-electrolysis-catalyst-doubles-the-hydrogen-three-orders-of-magnitude-cheaper/Tue, 22 Jan 2019 18:35:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-electrolysis-catalyst-doubles-the-hydrogen-three-orders-of-magnitude-cheaper/ The lightest element on the periodic table, hydrogen is an energy carrier that can be used to power fuel cells in transportation v]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/greener-hydrogen-from-water/Tue, 22 Jan 2019 18:35:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/greener-hydrogen-from-water/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-class-of-solar-cells-using-lead-free-perovskite-materials/Tue, 22 Jan 2019 15:08:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-class-of-solar-cells-using-lead-free-perovskite-materials/ Xiaoyu ‘Rayne’ Zheng, assistant professor of mechanical engineering in the College of Engineering, and a member of the Macromolecules Innovation Institute, and his team have developed methods to 3D print piezoelectric materials that can be custom-designed to con]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/mechanical-engineers-develop-process-to-3d-print-piezoelectric-materials/Tue, 22 Jan 2019 14:48:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/mechanical-engineers-develop-process-to-3d-print-piezoelectric-materials/ Meeting demand
Using the technique on a large scale could store enough compressed air]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/north-sea-rocks-could-act-as-energy-stores/Tue, 22 Jan 2019 03:14:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/north-sea-rocks-could-act-as-energy-stores/ TAE Technologies expects to pass the D-T fusion milestone soon, as part of its path to a hotter, but safer, hydrogen-boron reaction: “What we’re really going to see in the next couple years is actually the ability to actually make net energy, and that’s going to happen in the machine we call Copernicus,&rdquo]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/tae-technologies-energy-from-fusion-in-a-couple-of-years-commercialization-by-2023/Mon, 21 Jan 2019 05:53:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/tae-technologies-energy-from-fusion-in-a-couple-of-years-commercialization-by-2023/ Skytunnels is a revolution in transportation infrastructure, utilizing high-speed road installation without stopping traffic on the highways. Skytunnels are built upon existing roadways, employing large-scale mechanisms called Mobile Self]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/skytunnels-arkady-kornatskys-amazing-transportation-infrastructure-solution/Sun, 20 Jan 2019 13:35:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/skytunnels-arkady-kornatskys-amazing-transportation-infrastructure-solution/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/conservative-wyoming-rises-to-the-occasion-as-feds-roll-over-on-oil-and-gas-pollution/Fri, 18 Jan 2019 16:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/conservative-wyoming-rises-to-the-occasion-as-feds-roll-over-on-oil-and-gas-pollution/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/more-progress-for-automotive-oriented-direct-ammonia-fuel-cells/Thu, 17 Jan 2019 20:19:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/more-progress-for-automotive-oriented-direct-ammonia-fuel-cells/ AFC Energy’s CH2ARGETM Gives Green Light To 100% Clean Recharging
AFC Energy (AIM:AFC), the industrial fuel cell power company, today announced the successful deployment of CH2ARGETM, the world’s first electric vehicle charger based on hydrog]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/afc-energy-powers-up-worlds-first-hydrogen-electric-vehicle-charger/Thu, 17 Jan 2019 16:20:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/afc-energy-powers-up-worlds-first-hydrogen-electric-vehicle-charger/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/saudi-security-forces-kill-shia-militants-near-major-oil-facilities/Thu, 17 Jan 2019 16:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/saudi-security-forces-kill-shia-militants-near-major-oil-facilities/ More than 100 years after the introduction of the Haber–Bosch process, scientists continue to search for alternative ammonia pro]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/ammonia-from-hydrochloride-saturated-with-nitrogen-black-phosphorus-and-a-voltage/Wed, 16 Jan 2019 16:45:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/ammonia-from-hydrochloride-saturated-with-nitrogen-black-phosphorus-and-a-voltage/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/the-big-picture-on-reducing-co2-emissions/Wed, 16 Jan 2019 16:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/the-big-picture-on-reducing-co2-emissions/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/wiliot-inexpensive-battery-free-bluetooth-sports-surprising-features/Wed, 16 Jan 2019 15:09:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/wiliot-inexpensive-battery-free-bluetooth-sports-surprising-features/ The company’s te]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/renovare-fuels-a-biodiesel-breakthrough/Wed, 16 Jan 2019 04:43:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/renovare-fuels-a-biodiesel-breakthrough/ The smallest building blocks within the power stations of organisms which get their energy directly from the sun are basically miniature reactors surrounded by collectors which capture photons and forward them to the centre. The close correlation between structure and interaction of the components boosts productivity, a strategy which an international team of researchers is using for increasing the efficiency of solar technology. At FAU, research is being carried o]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/more-efficient-solar-cells-imitate-photosynthesis/Wed, 16 Jan 2019 03:25:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/more-efficient-solar-cells-imitate-photosynthesis/ Researchers at the George Washington University have taken a major step toward reaching one of the most sought-after goals in physics: room temperature superconductivity.
Superconductivity is the lack of electrical resistance and is observed in many materials when they are cooled below a critical temperature. Until now, superconducting materials were thought to have to cool to very low temperatures (minus 180 degrees Celsius or minus 292 degre]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/researchers-discover-new-evidence-of-superconductivity-at-near-room-temperature/Wed, 16 Jan 2019 03:16:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/researchers-discover-new-evidence-of-superconductivity-at-near-room-temperature/ Backyard Revolution takes the new MIT breakthrough discovery that can help people save 65% on their electricity bills, and provides you with step-by-step instructions to doing just that. And no, you don’t have to fork over a fortune to install massive solar panels or any of that. A new approach to solar energy was discovered by a team of MIT researchers, and it involves zig-zagging solar cells to get 100% sun exposure on just 2% of the]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/backyard-revolution-parlaying-a-2012-mit-article-into-a-27sale-marketing-scheme/Tue, 15 Jan 2019 17:38:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/backyard-revolution-parlaying-a-2012-mit-article-into-a-27sale-marketing-scheme/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/without-the-right-policies-energy-storage-could-increase-emissions/Tue, 15 Jan 2019 16:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/without-the-right-policies-energy-storage-could-increase-emissions/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/nanostructures-get-better-at-harvesting-sunlight-for-solar-steam-generation/Tue, 15 Jan 2019 01:05:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/nanostructures-get-better-at-harvesting-sunlight-for-solar-steam-generation/ Researchers from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have discovered a simple new tweak that could double the efficiency of organic electronics. OLED-displays, plastic-based solar cells and bioelectronics are just some of the technologies that could benefit from their new discovery, which deals with “double-doped” polymers.
The majority of our everyday electronics are based on inorganic semiconductors, such as silicon. Crucial to their funct]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-method-of-doping-could-double-the-efficiency-of-organic-solar-cells/Tue, 15 Jan 2019 00:23:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-method-of-doping-could-double-the-efficiency-of-organic-solar-cells/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/department-of-energy-announces-88-million-for-oil-and-natural-gas-recovery-research/Mon, 14 Jan 2019 16:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/department-of-energy-announces-88-million-for-oil-and-natural-gas-recovery-research/ Normally if anyone quoted those statistics to me i would ask what drugs are you on. I have no idea of costs, but without the need of replacing them, and having a 2C rating they will compare favorably with other storage media having a long ter]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/innolith-batteries-50000-cycles-half-hour-charge-discharge-0-to-100-depth-of-dicharge/Mon, 14 Jan 2019 05:28:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/innolith-batteries-50000-cycles-half-hour-charge-discharge-0-to-100-depth-of-dicharge/ Chemical engineers at Case Western]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-methods-for-producing-ammonia-at-low-temperature-and-pressure/Sat, 12 Jan 2019 18:35:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-methods-for-producing-ammonia-at-low-temperature-and-pressure/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/how-oil-amp-gas-states-did-and-did-not-protect-land-and-water-in-2018/Fri, 11 Jan 2019 16:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/how-oil-amp-gas-states-did-and-did-not-protect-land-and-water-in-2018/ A chemical reaction pathway central to plant biology have been adapted to form the backbone of a new process that converts water into hydrogen fuel using energy from the sun.
In a recent study from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory, scientists have combined two membrane-bound protein complexes to perform a complete conversion of water molecules to hy]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/discovery-adapts-natural-membrane-to-make-hydrogen-fuel-from-water/Fri, 11 Jan 2019 15:36:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/discovery-adapts-natural-membrane-to-make-hydrogen-fuel-from-water/ Lithium-air batteries, which currently are still in the experimental stages of development, can store 10 times more energy than lithium-ion batteries, and they are much lighter. That said, lithium-air batteries could be even more efficient and provide more charge with the incorporation of advanced catalysts made from two-d]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/2d-materials-may-enable-electric-vehicles-to-get-500-miles-on-a-single-charge/Fri, 11 Jan 2019 04:09:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/2d-materials-may-enable-electric-vehicles-to-get-500-miles-on-a-single-charge/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/trump-departs-syria-an-israeli-perspective/Thu, 10 Jan 2019 16:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/trump-departs-syria-an-israeli-perspective/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/improving-electron-traffic-in-thin-film-solar-25-percent-efficiencies-at-over-a-volt/Wed, 09 Jan 2019 16:32:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/improving-electron-traffic-in-thin-film-solar-25-percent-efficiencies-at-over-a-volt/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/state-of-american-energy-2019/Wed, 09 Jan 2019 16:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/state-of-american-energy-2019/ Termites generally don’t elicit a whole lot of love. But surprisingly, this wood-eating insect may hold the key to transforming coal — a big polluting chunk of the global energy supply — into cleaner energy for the world, according to Univers]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/termite-gut-microbes-extract-clean-energy-from-coal/Tue, 08 Jan 2019 19:53:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/termite-gut-microbes-extract-clean-energy-from-coal/ Termite-gut microbes extract clean energy from coal
Termites generally don’t elicit a whole lot of love. But surprisingly, this wood-eating insect may hold the key to transforming coal — a big polluting chunk of the global energy supply — into cleaner energy for the world, according to University of Delaware res]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/could-termites-power-a-clean-coal-revolution/Tue, 08 Jan 2019 19:53:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/could-termites-power-a-clean-coal-revolution/ Termite-gut microbes extract clean energy from coal
Termites generally don’t elicit a whole lot of love. But surprisingly, this wood-eating insect may hold the key to transforming coal — a big polluting chunk of the global energy supply — into cleaner energy for the world, according to University of Delaware res]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/could-terminates-power-a-clean-coal-revolution/Tue, 08 Jan 2019 19:53:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/could-terminates-power-a-clean-coal-revolution/ Motivated by this problem, a team of engineers from the Department of Energy of Politecnic]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/seawater-turns-into-freshwater-through-solar-energy/Tue, 08 Jan 2019 19:25:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/seawater-turns-into-freshwater-through-solar-energy/ An expert in heat transfer, Henry has turned to an unlikely class of materials to help increase the efficiency of thermal storage: ceramics.
Currently, CSP plants are limited by the temperature at which they can store hea]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/ceramics-withstanding-molten-metal-improve-efficiency-of-thermal-storage/Mon, 07 Jan 2019 19:29:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/ceramics-withstanding-molten-metal-improve-efficiency-of-thermal-storage/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/statement-from-secretary-perry-on-the-passing-of-ferc-commissioner-kevin-mcintyre/Mon, 07 Jan 2019 16:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/statement-from-secretary-perry-on-the-passing-of-ferc-commissioner-kevin-mcintyre/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/malta-creates-and-then-exploits-temperature-differential-for-efficient-electricity-storage/Sun, 06 Jan 2019 04:40:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/malta-creates-and-then-exploits-temperature-differential-for-efficient-electricity-storage/ The Ora R1 is a tiny, cute EV delivering up to 194 miles of r]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/chinas-ora-r1-electric-hatch-offers-a-huge-range-for-less-than-us9000/Sun, 06 Jan 2019 03:14:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/chinas-ora-r1-electric-hatch-offers-a-huge-range-for-less-than-us9000/ OK, for the record, as we surround ourselves with more lithium-ion-powered devices, lithium-ion batteries are safe and incident-free. The big “but” is that explodingbatteries or batteries catching fire do happen and it would be wonderful if we could figure out]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/lithium-batteries-rendered-safe-with-simple-addition-to-existing-manufacturing/Sun, 06 Jan 2019 02:06:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/lithium-batteries-rendered-safe-with-simple-addition-to-existing-manufacturing/ December 18, 2018 by Theresa Duque,Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Link
https://phys.org/news/2018-12-carbon-fuels-green-renewable-energy.html
Researchers discover copper has potential as a catalyst for turning carbon dioxide into sustainable chemicals and fuels without any wasteful byproducts, creating a green alternative to present-day chemical manufactur]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/greener-days-ahead-for-carbon-fuels/Fri, 04 Jan 2019 04:35:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/greener-days-ahead-for-carbon-fuels/ These two videos surfaced recently portrayed as an update of Dr James B Schwartz free energy device.. We will always report on free energy claims, but in the last 100 years none have surfaced that turned out to be real or could be independently validated.
What amused me the most with this is the terminology used. A bas]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/zpower-free-energy-solid-state-device/Fri, 04 Jan 2019 04:08:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/zpower-free-energy-solid-state-device/ Conventional lithium ion batteries, such as those widely used in smartphones and notebooks, have reached performance limits. Materials chemist Freddy Kleitz from the Faculty of Chemistry of the University of Vienna and international scientists have developed a new nanostructured anode material for lithium ion batteries, which extends the capacity and cycle life of the batteries. Based on a mesoporous mixed metal oxide in combination with graphene, the material]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-mixed-metal-oxide-and-graphene-design-triples-life-of-li-ion-batteries/Thu, 03 Jan 2019 18:55:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-mixed-metal-oxide-and-graphene-design-triples-life-of-li-ion-batteries/ Chinese scientists have said they have come up with a more efficient luminescent solar concentrator (LSC), which can be made into “solar windows” that turn sunlight into electricity.
Researchers at the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics said they designed a “quantum-cutting” approach to double the efficiency of LSC devices. Their research was published in the December issue of Nano Letters.
LSC, a l]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/quantum-cutting-outputs-two-electrons-for-each-photon-boosting-solar-efficiency/Thu, 03 Jan 2019 17:42:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/quantum-cutting-outputs-two-electrons-for-each-photon-boosting-solar-efficiency/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/saudi-reshuffle-emphasizes-security-and-foreign-policy/Thu, 03 Jan 2019 16:37:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/saudi-reshuffle-emphasizes-security-and-foreign-policy/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/bill-gates-nuclear-ambitions/Thu, 03 Jan 2019 15:38:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/bill-gates-nuclear-ambitions/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/india-makes-breakthrough-in-biofuel-development/Thu, 03 Jan 2019 00:12:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/india-makes-breakthrough-in-biofuel-development/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/americas-new-energy-reality-shines-in-2018/Wed, 02 Jan 2019 18:07:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/americas-new-energy-reality-shines-in-2018/ The next phase of the revolution is not about harvesting and generation, it involves storage. Grid parity has already been breached for generation.  Billions are being invested in storage solutions and government subsidies are moving away f]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-hope-for-a-new-year-marino-morikawa/Wed, 02 Jan 2019 04:21:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-hope-for-a-new-year-marino-morikawa/ Tip from a reader – a Swedish university has found a way to extend the lifetime of NiMH cells, and it seems to be relatively simple though I’m not sure it will apply to the AA rechargeable cells we all use. I’m not going to write a lot about this, so you’ll need to look at the website to get more of the story. What they say is “Researchers at Stockholm University have developed a method to]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/tweaked-nimh-cell-chemistry/Tue, 01 Jan 2019 18:27:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/tweaked-nimh-cell-chemistry/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/principles-of-heating-and-cooling/Mon, 31 Dec 2018 16:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/principles-of-heating-and-cooling/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/overheating-in-new-york-city-apartments-leads-tenants-to-throw-money-out-the-window/Fri, 28 Dec 2018 16:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/overheating-in-new-york-city-apartments-leads-tenants-to-throw-money-out-the-window/ This is a couple of years old, but I’ve just come across it and it seems to make sense based on standard physics. There’s an obvious fault in the “standard” explanation of the radiative balance of an airless planet, in that first the average temperature is determined, and then the Stefan-Boltzmann law is used to determine the amount of grey-body radiation that will emit based on its emissivity. The emissions are proportional to the 4th power of the abso]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/climate-theory/Fri, 28 Dec 2018 13:28:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/climate-theory/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/protests-underscore-west-bank-instability/Thu, 27 Dec 2018 16:47:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/protests-underscore-west-bank-instability/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/epa-new-mexico-wastewater-report-is-a-conversation-starter-not-the-final-word/Wed, 26 Dec 2018 16:49:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/epa-new-mexico-wastewater-report-is-a-conversation-starter-not-the-final-word/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/department-of-energy-statement-on-chinese-hacking-of-global-managed-service-providers/Mon, 24 Dec 2018 17:48:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/department-of-energy-statement-on-chinese-hacking-of-global-managed-service-providers/ One of our readers found this new flow battery idea. Looks like it could be useful, given that filling a car with a liquid fuel is a lot faster than charging a battery, and that even if you could charge a battery or supercap really quickly, the power required to do so is a real headache as regards leads, contacts, and voltage. There’s a downside or two here, though. At the moment the energy capacity is around 225wH/litre, so you’d need a litre]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/flow-battery-improvement/Mon, 24 Dec 2018 14:53:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/flow-battery-improvement/ Researchers from the University of Houston and the Toyota Research Institute of America have discovered a promising new version of high-energy magnesium batteries, with potential applications ranging from electric vehicles to battery storage for renewable energy systems.Researchers from the University of Houston and the Toyota Research Institute of America have discovered a promising new version of hi]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/lean-electrolyte-design-is-a-game-changer-for-magnesium-batteries/Sat, 22 Dec 2018 16:44:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/lean-electrolyte-design-is-a-game-changer-for-magnesium-batteries/ A team of Chinese researchers have turned cheap copper into a new material “almost identical” to gold, according to a study published in peer-reviewed journal Science Advances on Saturday.The discovery will significantly reduce the use of rare, expensive metals in factories, said the authors.
Professor Sun Jian and colleagues at the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, at the Ch]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-method-allows-copper-to-be-used-as-a-precious-metals-type-of-catalyst/Sat, 22 Dec 2018 15:57:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-method-allows-copper-to-be-used-as-a-precious-metals-type-of-catalyst/ Another article from Donald Deever. You might wonder why a site such as R-G seems to be so hard on wind power, when we want a greener world. It’s really pretty simple – the best wind sites have mostly been occupied first, so the remaining sites have previously been considered and rejected as not being worth doing unless there’s a big subsidy for the installation and running of that site. This puts up the c]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/nevada-proposition-6/Sat, 22 Dec 2018 14:44:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/nevada-proposition-6/ Subsequent to the Trolysis post a couple of days ago, Alan Smith wrote to me to say he thinks his process will also recycle Tetrapaks. You may not have been aware of it, but tetrapaks, though they’ve revolutionised sales of liquid products by reducing the cost of the package and the packing density of such products, are lousy when it comes to recycling. The paper can’t be separated from the Aluminium, and the Aluminium tends to have problems in]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/the-tetrapak-problem/Thu, 20 Dec 2018 22:56:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/the-tetrapak-problem/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/as-washington-prepares-to-withdraw-from-syria-turkey-is-set-to-invade/Thu, 20 Dec 2018 16:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/as-washington-prepares-to-withdraw-from-syria-turkey-is-set-to-invade/ Some photo Highlights
The local countryside on way up to top of mountain
 
One of the solar panels we donated a few years ago still going strong
 
Standing room only
 
we cater for the elderly as well. They are holding t]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/the-annual-angat-bring-christmas-to-the-children-fund-thank-you/Thu, 20 Dec 2018 01:24:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/the-annual-angat-bring-christmas-to-the-children-fund-thank-you/ 24M Raises Almost $22 Million For Semi Solid-State Battery Development – co-founded in 2010 by Dr. Yet-Ming Chiang, who previously co-founded A123 Systems – has raised $24 million $21.8 million in Series D funding with a goal to scale up solid-state battery production and develop affordable, high energy density batteries for electric vehicles.  We heard about 24M in 2015, when the company emerged from stealth mode. 24M works on a novel SemiSolid lith]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/24m-raises-almost-22-million-for-semi-solid-state-battery-development/Wed, 19 Dec 2018 18:16:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/24m-raises-almost-22-million-for-semi-solid-state-battery-development/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/on-cellulosic-ethanol-hope-still-outpacing-reality/Wed, 19 Dec 2018 16:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/on-cellulosic-ethanol-hope-still-outpacing-reality/ Instead]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/energy-and-perpetual-motion/Wed, 19 Dec 2018 16:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/energy-and-perpetual-motion/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/large-scale-flexible-thermoelectric-generator-module-with-highly-efficient-power-generation/Wed, 19 Dec 2018 04:24:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/large-scale-flexible-thermoelectric-generator-module-with-highly-efficient-power-generation/ Founder Interviews: Josiah Nelson of Trolysis
What’s your background, and what are you working on?]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/trolysis-team-plans-on-powering-your-home-with-soda-cans/Tue, 18 Dec 2018 19:15:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/trolysis-team-plans-on-powering-your-home-with-soda-cans/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/epa-methane-rollbacks-contradict-agencys-own-scientific-findings/Tue, 18 Dec 2018 16:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/epa-methane-rollbacks-contradict-agencys-own-scientific-findings/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/readout-of-secretary-perrys-visit-to-iraq-and-kurdistan/Mon, 17 Dec 2018 16:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/readout-of-secretary-perrys-visit-to-iraq-and-kurdistan/ The catalyst, which is composed of nanometer-thin sheets of metal carbide, is manufactured using a self-assembly process that relies on a surprising ingredient: gelatin, the material that gives Jell-O its jiggle.Two-dimensional met]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/jell-o-to-make-powerful-new-hydrogen-fuel-catalyst/Mon, 17 Dec 2018 08:57:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/jell-o-to-make-powerful-new-hydrogen-fuel-catalyst/ U of A physicists design atomic-scale circuits that could help next-generation computers run 100 times faster or use 100 times less energy.
The proof-of-concept devices Wolkow’s team designed work much like logic gates in current microprocessors. But rather than using metal-oxide transistors mounted on silicon wafers, the atomic-scale logi]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/atomic-scale-binary-logic-could-power-faster-more-energy-efficient-electronics/Mon, 17 Dec 2018 08:35:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/atomic-scale-binary-logic-could-power-faster-more-energy-efficient-electronics/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/baking-soda-filled-capsules-capture-co2-emissions/Mon, 17 Dec 2018 08:02:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/baking-soda-filled-capsules-capture-co2-emissions/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/investors-call-on-bp-exxon-shell-to-defend-epa-methane-regulations/Fri, 14 Dec 2018 16:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/investors-call-on-bp-exxon-shell-to-defend-epa-methane-regulations/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/saudi-arabias-black-swan-policymaking/Thu, 13 Dec 2018 16:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/saudi-arabias-black-swan-policymaking/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/the-world-should-follow-the-us-energy-model/Wed, 12 Dec 2018 16:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/the-world-should-follow-the-us-energy-model/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/epa-hearing-illustrates-broad-support-for-methane-rule/Tue, 11 Dec 2018 16:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/epa-hearing-illustrates-broad-support-for-methane-rule/ Triangle molecule charges up aluminium batteriesCathode made from triangular macrocycle hosts complex metal cations in a rechargeable aluminium battery
Scientists have designed a triangle-shaped molecule to make the first rechargeable aluminium battery]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/triangle-molecule-charges-up-aluminium-batteries/Tue, 11 Dec 2018 08:49:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/triangle-molecule-charges-up-aluminium-batteries/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/h2-storage-updates-mofs-for-road-vehicles-cyro-for-ships/Mon, 10 Dec 2018 16:58:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/h2-storage-updates-mofs-for-road-vehicles-cyro-for-ships/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/secretary-perry-announces-appalachian-ethane-storage-hub-report/Mon, 10 Dec 2018 16:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/secretary-perry-announces-appalachian-ethane-storage-hub-report/ …The investment will advance the development of NET Power’s low-cost, natural gas electric power system that generates no atmospheric emissions and inherently captures all carbon dioxide (CO₂). Upon receiving regulatory approval, OLCV [Oxy Low Carbon Ventures, a subsidiary of Occidental Petroleum] will join current investors Exelon Generation, McDermott and 8 Rivers Capital.
“OLCV is de]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/using-co2-instead-of-steam-to-produce-power-eliminates-co2-emissions/Mon, 10 Dec 2018 14:48:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/using-co2-instead-of-steam-to-produce-power-eliminates-co2-emissions/ …The investment will advance the development of NET Power’s low-cost, natural gas electric power system that generates no atmospheric emissions and inherently captures all carbon dioxide (CO₂). Upon receiving regulatory approval, OLCV [Oxy Low Carbon Ventures, a subsidiary of Occidental Petroleum] will join current investors Exelon Generation, McDermott and 8 Rivers Capital.
“OLCV is de]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/method-eliminates-co2-emissions-using-co2-instead-of-steam-to-produce-power/Mon, 10 Dec 2018 14:48:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/method-eliminates-co2-emissions-using-co2-instead-of-steam-to-produce-power/ Leading the global pack – as it has for decades now – is Australia’s University of New South Wales, which has just quietly announced a rather big deal with a Chinese specialist PV manufacturer to fast-track the mass produc]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/next-generation-solar-cells-to-help-halve-cost-of-solar-power/Mon, 10 Dec 2018 04:42:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/next-generation-solar-cells-to-help-halve-cost-of-solar-power/ The technology, pioneered by Elon Musk, involves firing large carbon-fibre capsules through a tube containing an almost perfect vacuum to minimise air resistance.
Originally intended to be a form of high-speed passenger transport, the hyperloop has now caught the imagination of Europe’s third-]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/hamburg-to-send-parcels-at-speed-of-sound-in-hyperloop/Sat, 08 Dec 2018 15:41:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/hamburg-to-send-parcels-at-speed-of-sound-in-hyperloop/ Novel design could help shed excess heat in next-generation fusion power plants.
A class exercise at MIT, aided by industry researchers, has led to an innovative solution to one of the longstanding challenges facing the development of practical fusion power plants: how to get rid of excess heat that would cause structural damage to the plant.
The new solution was made possibl]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/a-new-path-to-solving-a-longstanding-fusion-challenge/Fri, 07 Dec 2018 16:58:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/a-new-path-to-solving-a-longstanding-fusion-challenge/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/grinch-utilities-and-regulators-spoil-holidays-by-forcing-customers-to-pay-billions-for-midwest-coal-plants/Fri, 07 Dec 2018 16:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/grinch-utilities-and-regulators-spoil-holidays-by-forcing-customers-to-pay-billions-for-midwest-coal-plants/ Researchers from Intel Corp. and UC Berkeley are looking beyond current transistor technology and preparing the way for a new type of memory and logic circuit that could someday be in every computer on the planet.MESO devices, based on magnetoelectric and spin-orbit materials, could someday replace the ubiquitous semiconductor transistor, today represented by CMOS. MESO uses up-and-down]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-quantum-materials-could-take-computers-beyond-the-semiconductor-era/Fri, 07 Dec 2018 05:36:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-quantum-materials-could-take-computers-beyond-the-semiconductor-era/ Scientists from Honda Research Institute have collaborated with researchers at California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory to develop a new battery chemistry that enables the use of materials with higher energy density and a more favorable environmental footprint than current battery technologies. The collective team of scientis]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/honda-research-institute-and-university-researchers-develop-breakthrough-battery-chemistry/Fri, 07 Dec 2018 04:34:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/honda-research-institute-and-university-researchers-develop-breakthrough-battery-chemistry/ SACRAMENTO—Making it official, the California Building Standards Commission (CBSC) unanimously confirmed the new standards that require solar on new homes in California starting in 2020.  This final regulatory vote confirms that the California Energy Commission (CEC) followed the correct process in developing the new rules established in May, making California the first state in the country with the clean energy requirement.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/now-official-california-approves-mandate-for-solar-on-all-new-homes-beginning-in-2020/Thu, 06 Dec 2018 22:41:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/now-official-california-approves-mandate-for-solar-on-all-new-homes-beginning-in-2020/ MIT engineers have come up with a conceptual design for a system to store renewable energy, such as solar and wind power, and deliver that energy back into an electric grid on demand. The system may be designed to power a small city not just when the]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/sun-in-a-box-would-store-renewable-energy-for-the-grid/Thu, 06 Dec 2018 16:17:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/sun-in-a-box-would-store-renewable-energy-for-the-grid/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/counter-drone-capabilities-in-the-middle-east-and-beyond-a-primer/Thu, 06 Dec 2018 16:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/counter-drone-capabilities-in-the-middle-east-and-beyond-a-primer/ It’s embarrassing, but astrophysicists are the first to admit it. Our best theoretical model can only explain 5% of the universe. The remaining 95% is famously made up almost entirely of invisible, unknown material dubbed dark energy and dark matter. So even though there are a billion trillion stars in the observable universe, they are actually extremely rare.Bubbles ca]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/bizarre-dark-fluid-with-negative-mass-could-dominate-the-universe/Thu, 06 Dec 2018 15:28:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/bizarre-dark-fluid-with-negative-mass-could-dominate-the-universe/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/straight-talk-on-electric-vehicles/Wed, 05 Dec 2018 16:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/straight-talk-on-electric-vehicles/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/joint-venture-methane-risk-is-also-a-climate-opportunity/Tue, 04 Dec 2018 16:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/joint-venture-methane-risk-is-also-a-climate-opportunity/ US coal power plants were closing at a rapid clip before Trump came into office, and coal power has kept on bleeding ou]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/mystery-cheap-particles-part-of-1100c-electricity-storage-initiative/Mon, 03 Dec 2018 17:43:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/mystery-cheap-particles-part-of-1100c-electricity-storage-initiative/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/department-of-energy-to-provide-24-million-for-computer-based-materials-design/Mon, 03 Dec 2018 16:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/department-of-energy-to-provide-24-million-for-computer-based-materials-design/  
Gribble are the only animal known to have a sterile digestive system. Image credit Claire Steele-King and Katrin Besser, University of York.
Gribble are small marine invertebrates that have evolved to perform an important ecological role eating the abundant supplies of wood washed into the sea from river estuaries.
They can also be s]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/wood-eating-gribble-could-hold-secret-to-making-renewable-energy/Mon, 03 Dec 2018 15:52:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/wood-eating-gribble-could-hold-secret-to-making-renewable-energy/ ULEMCo, a company pioneering the adoption of ultra-low emission hydrogen fuel in the UK, and their R&D partner Revolve Technologies, say their 100% hydrogen fuelled zero emission engine has achieved record breaking energy efficiency results.
Thermal efficiencies of 45% have been demonstrated in engine control strategies being developed for the Mega]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/ulemcos-100-hydrogen-zero-emission-engine-hits-new-highs/Mon, 03 Dec 2018 08:08:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/ulemcos-100-hydrogen-zero-emission-engine-hits-new-highs/ Graphene is the strongest material ever tested. It’s also flexible, transparent and conducts heat and electricity 10 times better than copper.
After graphene research won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 2010 it was hailed as a transformative material for flexible electronics, more powerful com]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/study-unlocks-full-potential-of-supermaterial-graphene/Mon, 03 Dec 2018 07:28:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/study-unlocks-full-potential-of-supermaterial-graphene/  Broadband fiber-optics carry information on pulses of light, at the speed of light, through optical fibers. But the way the light is encoded at one end and processed at the other affects data speeds.
This world-first nanophotonic device, published in Nature Communications, encodes more data and processes it much faster than conventional fiber o]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/tech-breakthrough-to-allow-100-times-faster-internet/Mon, 03 Dec 2018 07:17:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/tech-breakthrough-to-allow-100-times-faster-internet/ Researchers at RMIT University have engineered a new type of transistor, the building block for all electronics. Instead of sending electrical currents through silicon, these transistors send electrons through narrow air gaps, where they can travel unimpeded as if in space.
 
Electrons jump the nanoscale air gap between metal parts in the newly designed, silicon-free tran]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/solution-for-next-generation-nanochips-comes-out-of-thin-air/Mon, 03 Dec 2018 06:53:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/solution-for-next-generation-nanochips-comes-out-of-thin-air/ I just received an article in an email from Dr. Donald Deever, and since it’s excellently written I’ll copy and paste it exactly as he wrote it. I suspect he’s more annoyed than the article presents, not that the wind project was blown away but that it was even put forward in the first place for this area, which isn’t even a “good” area for wind power. This sort of project wouldn’t make a profit except for th]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/a-wind-of-change-for-the-renewable-energy-industry/Sun, 02 Dec 2018 21:44:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/a-wind-of-change-for-the-renewable-energy-industry/ Brilliant Iron Molecule Could Provide Cheaper Solar Energy.  For the first time, researchers have succeeded in creating an iron molecule that can function both as a photocatalyst to produce fuel and in solar cells to produce electricity. The results indicate that the iron molecule could replace the more expensive and rarer metals used today.  Some photo catalysts and solar cells are based on a technology that involves molecules containing metals, known as metal]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/brilliant-iron-molecule-could-provide-cheaper-solar-energy/Sat, 01 Dec 2018 19:49:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/brilliant-iron-molecule-could-provide-cheaper-solar-energy/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/this-rechargeable-battery-could-provide-unlimited-energy/Sat, 01 Dec 2018 19:17:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/this-rechargeable-battery-could-provide-unlimited-energy/ A new, low-cost wound dressing developed by University of Wisconsin–Madison engineers could dramatically speed up healing in a surprising way.
The method leverages energy generated from a patient’s own body motions to apply gentle electrical pulses at the site of an injury.Materials science and engineering professor Xudong Wang fits a new wound dressing around the wrist of graduate stud]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/its-not-a-shock-better-bandage-promotes-powerful-healing/Fri, 30 Nov 2018 16:01:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/its-not-a-shock-better-bandage-promotes-powerful-healing/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/the-transforming-economic-power-of-offshore-energy/Fri, 30 Nov 2018 16:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/the-transforming-economic-power-of-offshore-energy/ It’s absolutely, definitely, seriously not cold fusionPamela Boss/SPAWAR/U.S. Navy. Violent Chemistry: Craters on the surface of a chunk of palladium may have resulted from low-energy nuclear reactions, according to the Widom-Larsen theory.
It’s been a big year for low-energy nuclear reactions. LENRs, as they’re known, are a fringe research topic that some physicists think could explain the results of an infamous experiment ne]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/scientists-in-the-us-and-japan-get-serious-about-low-energy-nuclear-reactions/Thu, 29 Nov 2018 22:42:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/scientists-in-the-us-and-japan-get-serious-about-low-energy-nuclear-reactions/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/the-sectarian-significance-of-bahrains-elections/Thu, 29 Nov 2018 16:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/the-sectarian-significance-of-bahrains-elections/ A new way to provide cooli]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/radiative-cooling-cheaper-approach-avoids-complex-engineering/Thu, 29 Nov 2018 11:04:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/radiative-cooling-cheaper-approach-avoids-complex-engineering/ Rice scientists’ method quenches lithium metal dendrites in batteries that charge faster, last longer
Rice University scientists are counting on films of carbon nanotubes to make high-powered, fast-charging lithium metal batteries a logical replacement for common lithium-ion batteries.Microscope images of lithium metal anodes after 500 charge/discharge cycles in tests at Rice University show the growth of]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/nanotubes-may-give-the-world-better-batteries/Thu, 29 Nov 2018 01:13:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/nanotubes-may-give-the-world-better-batteries/ The law of conservation of momentum says that a rocket (or anything else) can’t accelerate forward without some form of exhaust ejected backward. But in 1998, a British engineer named Roger Shawyer announced the seemingly impossible—he had built a closed system that could generate thrust.
Twenty years later and many s]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/why-darpa-is-betting-a-million-bucks-on-an-impossible-space-drive/Thu, 29 Nov 2018 00:16:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/why-darpa-is-betting-a-million-bucks-on-an-impossible-space-drive/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/explaining-natural-gas-price-fluctuations/Wed, 28 Nov 2018 16:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/explaining-natural-gas-price-fluctuations/ Simon the other day pointed out that the temperature dropped for three and a half]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/the-great-global-warming-swindle-/Wed, 28 Nov 2018 05:59:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/the-great-global-warming-swindle-/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/with-dynamic-electricity-pricing-more-data-can-lead-to-more-savings/Tue, 27 Nov 2018 16:18:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/with-dynamic-electricity-pricing-more-data-can-lead-to-more-savings/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/414-efficiency-achieved-the-highest-value-ever-for-a-pv-system/Tue, 27 Nov 2018 07:17:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/414-efficiency-achieved-the-highest-value-ever-for-a-pv-system/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/two-doe-supercomputers-top-list-of-worlds-fastest/Mon, 26 Nov 2018 16:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/two-doe-supercomputers-top-list-of-worlds-fastest/ I have copied here an article as I believe this is worthy of closer attention and follow up in the future.
Story 1: All I want for Christmas is a 90% efficient solar panel
NovaSolix hopes to use carbon nanotubes to capture]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/solar-energy-at-90-efficiency-and-10-cents-per-watt-it-may-be-possible/Mon, 26 Nov 2018 08:25:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/solar-energy-at-90-efficiency-and-10-cents-per-watt-it-may-be-possible/ Dodging traffic and death on Manila’s railway carts
MANILA — As soon as the train rumbles past, the men heave their home-made pushcarts back onto the tracks and passengers hop aboard — cheating death and beating Manila’s notorious traffic.Scores of]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/people-powered-trains/Mon, 26 Nov 2018 07:55:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/people-powered-trains/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/ornl-demonstrates-120-kilowatt-wireless-charging-for-vehicles/Sun, 25 Nov 2018 23:51:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/ornl-demonstrates-120-kilowatt-wireless-charging-for-vehicles/ Dr Jordi Prat-Camps, a research fellow at the University of Sussex, has for the first time demonstrated that the coupling between two magnetic elements can be made extremely asymmetrical. Working with colleagues from the Austrian Academ]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/researchers-defy-19th-century-law-of-physics-in-21st-century-boost-for-energy-efficiency/Sun, 25 Nov 2018 17:18:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/researchers-defy-19th-century-law-of-physics-in-21st-century-boost-for-energy-efficiency/ German chemicals giant BASF is betting on a new recipe for electric car batteries which stretches the time between charges while cutting dependence on nickel to help shave costs and grab more of a growing market.  It is part of flurry of activity in the sphere of cathodes materials, a major component of battery cells for an anticipated switch to electric vehicles (EV) due to clean air regulation. At the moment BASF and others, including Belgium’s Umicore , a ma]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/basf-bets-on-new-recipe-for-electric-car-batteries-to-grab-growing-market/Sat, 24 Nov 2018 19:09:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/basf-bets-on-new-recipe-for-electric-car-batteries-to-grab-growing-market/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/one-year-after-corporate-methane-advocacy-commitments-serious-doubts-emerge/Fri, 23 Nov 2018 16:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/one-year-after-corporate-methane-advocacy-commitments-serious-doubts-emerge/ This year we are expanding and doing two remote locations, next year three. All we need are a few donations, even $10 is enough to make a child’s Christmas a lot better.
A special]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/the-annual-angat-bring-christmas-to-the-children-fund/Fri, 23 Nov 2018 07:24:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/the-annual-angat-bring-christmas-to-the-children-fund/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/solid-state-airplane-with-no-moving-parts-takes-flight/Fri, 23 Nov 2018 04:05:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/solid-state-airplane-with-no-moving-parts-takes-flight/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/solar-minimum-predicted/Thu, 22 Nov 2018 16:44:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/solar-minimum-predicted/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-saudi-statement-on-khashoggis-killing-policy-response/Thu, 22 Nov 2018 16:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-saudi-statement-on-khashoggis-killing-policy-response/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/the-shape-of-things-to-come-flexible-foldable-supercapacitors-for-energy-storage/Thu, 22 Nov 2018 02:11:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/the-shape-of-things-to-come-flexible-foldable-supercapacitors-for-energy-storage/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/elephant-grass-is-a-low-cost-carbon-neutral-alternative-to-fossil-fuels/Thu, 22 Nov 2018 00:52:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/elephant-grass-is-a-low-cost-carbon-neutral-alternative-to-fossil-fuels/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/epa-should-protect-consumers-from-ethanol-mandate/Wed, 21 Nov 2018 16:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/epa-should-protect-consumers-from-ethanol-mandate/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/california-aims-to-hit-ambitious-climate-goals-through-electrification/Tue, 20 Nov 2018 16:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/california-aims-to-hit-ambitious-climate-goals-through-electrification/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/department-of-energy-announces-98-million-for-40-transformative-energy-technology-projects/Mon, 19 Nov 2018 16:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/department-of-energy-announces-98-million-for-40-transformative-energy-technology-projects/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/nathan-coppedge-update/Sun, 18 Nov 2018 12:41:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/nathan-coppedge-update/ The EU gas and power sectors are certainly interested in testing suc]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/turning-excess-solar-and-wind-energy-into-fossil-fuel-part-of-p2g-discussion/Fri, 16 Nov 2018 16:45:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/turning-excess-solar-and-wind-energy-into-fossil-fuel-part-of-p2g-discussion/ Longer-lasting, faster-charging and safer lithium metal batteries may be possible, according to Penn State research, recently published in Nature Energy.  ( this claim sure this has a familiar ring to it) The researchers developed a three-dimensional, cross-linked polymer sponge that attaches to the metal plating of a battery anode.
A three-dimensional cross-linked polymer sponge attaches to the metal plating of a lithium ion battery anode,]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/next-gen-batteries-possible-with-new-engineering-approach/Fri, 16 Nov 2018 01:47:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/next-gen-batteries-possible-with-new-engineering-approach/ Key Points – PE:
The aluminium-air battery has a theoretical capacity > 40X that of a lithium-ion battery. This is because metal-air batteries use the oxy]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/aluminum-air-battery-advance-a-secondary-solution-to-ev-range-anxiety/Thu, 15 Nov 2018 21:31:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/aluminum-air-battery-advance-a-secondary-solution-to-ev-range-anxiety/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/yemens-second-in-command-may-have-a-second-coming/Thu, 15 Nov 2018 16:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/yemens-second-in-command-may-have-a-second-coming/ China has taken a big step forward in the quest for nuclear fusion—an almost unlimited source of clean, cheap energy that would harness power in the same way the Sun does. Scientists]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/chinas-artificial-sun-achieves-temperatures-of-100-million-degrees-in-nuclear-fusion-breakthrough/Thu, 15 Nov 2018 15:11:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/chinas-artificial-sun-achieves-temperatures-of-100-million-degrees-in-nuclear-fusion-breakthrough/ Materials scientists at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) have achieved a new record in the performance of organic non-fullerene based single-junction solar cells. Using a series of complex optimisations, they achieved certified power conversion efficiency of 12.25 percent on a surface area meas]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/organic-printed-solar-cells-made-durable-with-highest-efficiency-to-date/Thu, 15 Nov 2018 01:41:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/organic-printed-solar-cells-made-durable-with-highest-efficiency-to-date/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/shell-partner-receives-faa-approval-for-drones-beyond-visual-line-of-sight/Wed, 14 Nov 2018 16:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/shell-partner-receives-faa-approval-for-drones-beyond-visual-line-of-sight/ Gravity storage ideas have been around for many years. This one is becoming a commercial reality. It ticks all the boxes of low cost, long life and round trip efficiency. (MD)
The Tata Power Company to deploy an initial 35 MWh Energy Vault system planned for 2019; CEMEX partnership will support rapid adoption and deployment of Energy Vault’s unique storage solution.The Crane 
Ener]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/gravity-storage/Wed, 14 Nov 2018 06:44:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/gravity-storage/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/tesla-tower-in-central-texas/Wed, 14 Nov 2018 06:15:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/tesla-tower-in-central-texas/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/in-new-mexicos-permian-federal-plans-mean-more-methane-waste-unless-state-steps-up/Tue, 13 Nov 2018 16:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/in-new-mexicos-permian-federal-plans-mean-more-methane-waste-unless-state-steps-up/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/secretary-perry-announces-the-launch-of-the-us-poland-strategic-energy-dialogue/Mon, 12 Nov 2018 16:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/secretary-perry-announces-the-launch-of-the-us-poland-strategic-energy-dialogue/ …Microalgae turns contaminants into oxygen… Waste can be raw material for biogas and biofuels…Company wins environmental award in UK for its air purifier
A Mexican company won a prestigious innovation award for its air purification system at the Contamination Expo Series 2018 held in Birmingham, England, this week.
BiomiTech beat out six other finalists in]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/this-tree-does-the-work-of-300-real-ones/Mon, 12 Nov 2018 02:46:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/this-tree-does-the-work-of-300-real-ones/ Key Points- PE:
Components: (1) Fuel (2) Hydrogen extraction from the fuel (3) Recycling the fuel.
Fuel: The open source formula is 60% water. Also includes a chemical called BH4 or Tetrahydrobiopterin. This water-based liquid fuel is stable at ambient temperatures and pressures.
Hydrogen extraction on demand: Using a metal layer (catalyze]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/australian-israeli-startup-creates-water-based-fuel-for-electric-vehicles/Sun, 11 Nov 2018 06:14:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/australian-israeli-startup-creates-water-based-fuel-for-electric-vehicles/ Fuel cells have not been particularly known for their practicality and affordability, but that m]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/finally-a-robust-fuel-cell-that-runs-on-methane-at-practical-temperatures/Sun, 11 Nov 2018 03:49:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/finally-a-robust-fuel-cell-that-runs-on-methane-at-practical-temperatures/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/pet-aerogel-as-a-way-of-recycling-bottles/Fri, 09 Nov 2018 11:23:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/pet-aerogel-as-a-way-of-recycling-bottles/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/egypt-and-washington-challenges-in-the-sisi-era/Thu, 08 Nov 2018 16:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/egypt-and-washington-challenges-in-the-sisi-era/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/vote-tests-future-of-responsible-energy-development-in-colorado/Wed, 07 Nov 2018 16:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/vote-tests-future-of-responsible-energy-development-in-colorado/ NBC NEWS — Scientists Are Trying To Bottle Solar Energy And Turn It Into Liquid Fuel.  What if we could bottle solar energy so it could be used to power our homes and factories even when the sun doesn’t shine?  “A solar thermal fuel is like a rechargeable battery, but instead of electricity you put sunlight in and get heat out.”.  Scientists have spent decades looking for a way do just that, and now researchers in Sweden are re]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/scientists-are-trying-to-bottle-solar-energy-and-turn-it-into-liquid-fuel/Tue, 06 Nov 2018 16:46:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/scientists-are-trying-to-bottle-solar-energy-and-turn-it-into-liquid-fuel/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/these-red-and-blue-states-are-tackling-climate-change-since-trump-wont/Tue, 06 Nov 2018 16:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/these-red-and-blue-states-are-tackling-climate-change-since-trump-wont/ Israeli Scientists Find Chemical Process That Could Lead To Hydrogen Fueled Cars.  A team of Israeli researchers says it has taken an important step toward the creation of environmentally friendly hydrogen-fueled cars.The extraction of energy from hydrogen gas is a carbon-neutral, and thus environmentally friendly, process, but there’s a catch: pure hydrogen gas is almost impossible to find on Earth. To this day, the main means for producing hydrogen gas at industrial sc]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/israeli-scientists-find-chemical-process-that-could-lead-to-hydrogen-fueled-cars/Mon, 05 Nov 2018 17:05:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/israeli-scientists-find-chemical-process-that-could-lead-to-hydrogen-fueled-cars/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/department-of-energy-authorizes-short-term-natural-gas-exports-from-the-corpus-christi-lng-project/Mon, 05 Nov 2018 16:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/department-of-energy-authorizes-short-term-natural-gas-exports-from-the-corpus-christi-lng-project/ How To Commercialize Solid-State Batteries Without Going Bankrupt.  Solid Power has stacked strategic partners, rather than VC dollars, to position itself for sustainable growth..  A decade ago, the recipe for an electric car battery startup included several hundred million dollars in venture capital and a nice big factory.  That growth strategy collided with the complexity and prolonged timelines required to take hardware breakthroughs to market. The ensuing ca]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/how-to-commercialize-solid-state-batteries-without-going-bankrupt/Sat, 03 Nov 2018 18:18:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/how-to-commercialize-solid-state-batteries-without-going-bankrupt/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/3-reasons-texas-electric-grid-survived-a-summer-that-pushed-its-limits/Fri, 02 Nov 2018 15:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/3-reasons-texas-electric-grid-survived-a-summer-that-pushed-its-limits/ Discovery Of New Superconducting Materials Using Materials Informatics.  A NIMS-Ehime University joint research team succeeded in discovering new materials that exhibit superconductivity under high pressure using materials informatics (MI) approaches (data science-based material search techniques). This study experimentally demonstrated that MI enables efficient exploration of new superconducting materials. MI approaches may be applicable to the development of various function]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/discovery-of-new-superconducting-materials-using-materials-informatics/Fri, 02 Nov 2018 14:47:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/discovery-of-new-superconducting-materials-using-materials-informatics/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/us-officials-push-for-yemen-talks/Thu, 01 Nov 2018 15:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/us-officials-push-for-yemen-talks/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/poll-8-in-10-us-voters-concerned-about-latest-e15-push/Wed, 31 Oct 2018 15:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/poll-8-in-10-us-voters-concerned-about-latest-e15-push/ Researchers from Lund University in Sweden, among others, have developed a more effective technique in the search for clues about dark matter in the universe. They can now analyse much larger]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/scientists-refine-the-search-for-dark-matter/Wed, 31 Oct 2018 10:44:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/scientists-refine-the-search-for-dark-matter/ Ocean energy technologies. CREDIT: EU, 2018
An integrated systems approach is necessary for their successful commercialization.
It still takes a level of almost science fiction fantasy to imagine that we can use the oceans’ permanent movement to power our cities and houses. Yet, such ideas are on designer desks, g]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-technologies-in-the-wave-ocean-energy-sector/Wed, 31 Oct 2018 10:29:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-technologies-in-the-wave-ocean-energy-sector/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/sacramento-leads-by-example-on-cleaner-energy-with-help-from-electrification/Tue, 30 Oct 2018 15:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/sacramento-leads-by-example-on-cleaner-energy-with-help-from-electrification/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/doe-launches-water-security-grand-challenge/Mon, 29 Oct 2018 15:00:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/doe-launches-water-security-grand-challenge/ The Government of Canada has made a new C$49.3-million investment in General Fusion, a clean technology company seeking to transform the world’s energy supply with sa]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/canadian-government-invests-493-million-in-general-fusion-for-2023-nuclear-fusion-demo/Sun, 28 Oct 2018 02:44:00 +0100https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/canadian-government-invests-493-million-in-general-fusion-for-2023-nuclear-fusion-demo/ n array of RadiCold cooling modules on the roof of a building on the University of Color]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/energy-saving-radiative-cooling-system/Sat, 27 Oct 2018 16:09:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/energy-saving-radiative-cooling-system/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-epa-data-confirms-methane-emissions-not-declining-fast-enough/Fri, 26 Oct 2018 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-epa-data-confirms-methane-emissions-not-declining-fast-enough/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/eco-friendly-nano-particles-for-artificial-photosynthesis/Thu, 25 Oct 2018 17:16:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/eco-friendly-nano-particles-for-artificial-photosynthesis/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/irans-anti-western-blueprint-for-the-next-fifty-years/Thu, 25 Oct 2018 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/irans-anti-western-blueprint-for-the-next-fifty-years/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/us-energy-production-up-emissions-down/Wed, 24 Oct 2018 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/us-energy-production-up-emissions-down/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/hurricane-michael-highlights-urgent-need-for-more-solar-opportunities-in-florida/Tue, 23 Oct 2018 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/hurricane-michael-highlights-urgent-need-for-more-solar-opportunities-in-florida/ Solar power accounts for less than 2 percent of U.S. electricity but could make up more than that if the cost of electricity generation and energy storage for use on cloudy days and at nighttime were cheaper. 
New material and manufacturing process
A Purdue University-led team developed a new material and manufacturing process that would make one way to use solar power – as heat]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-material-manufacturing-process-uses-suns-heat-for-renewable-electricity/Tue, 23 Oct 2018 09:12:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-material-manufacturing-process-uses-suns-heat-for-renewable-electricity/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/department-of-energy-announces-46-million-to-improve-resiliency-of-solar-generation/Mon, 22 Oct 2018 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/department-of-energy-announces-46-million-to-improve-resiliency-of-solar-generation/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/premiums-paid-for-used-over-new-popular-evs-reflect-coming-inflection-point/Sun, 21 Oct 2018 18:22:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/premiums-paid-for-used-over-new-popular-evs-reflect-coming-inflection-point/ A new type of battery developed by researchers at MIT could be made partly from carbon dioxide captured from power plants. Rather than attempting to convert carbon dioxide to specialized chemicals using metal catalysts, which is currently highly challenging, this battery could continuously convert carbon dioxide into a solid mineral carbonate as it discharges.  While still based on early-stage research and far from commercial deployment, the new battery formulation could open up new]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-battery-gobbles-up-carbon-dioxide/Sun, 21 Oct 2018 16:27:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-battery-gobbles-up-carbon-dioxide/ …lower costs… conducts heat 2.5–3 times better, twice the power density, half the size of iron- or nickel-based alloys currently used in high-temperature heat exchangers…The Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System, Las Vegas. Concentrated solar power plants such as t]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/concentrated-solars-heat-exchange-more-efficient-using-ceramicmetal-composite/Sat, 20 Oct 2018 19:07:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/concentrated-solars-heat-exchange-more-efficient-using-ceramicmetal-composite/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/building-a-better-battery-layer-by-layer/Sat, 20 Oct 2018 04:05:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/building-a-better-battery-layer-by-layer/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/un-special-report-confirms-urgent-need-to-reduce-methane-emissions/Fri, 19 Oct 2018 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/un-special-report-confirms-urgent-need-to-reduce-methane-emissions/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/carbon-fiber-can-store-energy-in-the-body-of-a-vehicle/Thu, 18 Oct 2018 16:31:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/carbon-fiber-can-store-energy-in-the-body-of-a-vehicle/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/after-the-ilyushin-crash-israels-anti-iran-operations-in-syria/Thu, 18 Oct 2018 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/after-the-ilyushin-crash-israels-anti-iran-operations-in-syria/ To find out, China has been conducting the world’s largest experiment and]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/china-is-making-its-vegetables-grow-bigger-faster-and-stronger-using-electricity/Wed, 17 Oct 2018 19:12:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/china-is-making-its-vegetables-grow-bigger-faster-and-stronger-using-electricity/ …shows a much higher activity for photochemical hydrogen evolution…Organic catalyst material for photocatalytic hydrogen evolution
Scientists from the University of Liverpool, University College London and East China Uni]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/researchers-discover-highly-active-organic-photocatalyst/Wed, 17 Oct 2018 18:12:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/researchers-discover-highly-active-organic-photocatalyst/ …under UV radiation is comparable to platinum and palladium analogs…THE CHEMISTS MONITORED THE INFLUENCE OF A TITANIUM-DIOXIDE BASED RUTHENIUM NANOCATALYST ON THE EMISSION OF HYDROGEN FROM A METHANOL-WATER MIXTURE.
A chemist from RUDN was the first to use]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/rudn-chemist-tested-a-new-nanocatalyst-for-obtaining-hydrogen/Wed, 17 Oct 2018 17:13:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/rudn-chemist-tested-a-new-nanocatalyst-for-obtaining-hydrogen/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/denver-post-editorial-no-on-proposition-112/Wed, 17 Oct 2018 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/denver-post-editorial-no-on-proposition-112/ Wu made the remarks at a national mass innovation and entrepreneurship activity held in Chengdu on Oct. 10.
The illumination satellite is designed to complement]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/chengdu-to-launch-artificial-moon-in-2020/Wed, 17 Oct 2018 15:43:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/chengdu-to-launch-artificial-moon-in-2020/ …potential for the technology to be the second most deployed ESS (energy storage stationary) battery in the world…Spiking cobalt and lithium demand from boom]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/rocketing-vanadium-price-primed-for-elon-musk-moment/Wed, 17 Oct 2018 07:32:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/rocketing-vanadium-price-primed-for-elon-musk-moment/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-durable-catalyst-for-key-fuel-cell-reaction-may-prove-useful-in-eco-friendly-vehicles/Wed, 17 Oct 2018 04:22:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-durable-catalyst-for-key-fuel-cell-reaction-may-prove-useful-in-eco-friendly-vehicles/ A triboelectric nanogenerators (TENG) is an energy harvesting device that uses the contact between two or more (hybrid, organic or inorganic) materials to produce an electric current.
Researchers from the Advanced Technology Institute (ATI) of the University of Surrey (UK) have provided a step-by-step guide on how to]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/teng-triboelectric-nanogenerator-step-by-step-guide-published/Wed, 17 Oct 2018 02:45:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/teng-triboelectric-nanogenerator-step-by-step-guide-published/ Fuel cells have long been viewed as a promising power source. These devices, invented in the 1830s, generate electricity directly from chemicals, such as hydrogen and oxygen, and produce only water vapor as emissions. But most fuel cells are too expensive, inefficient, or both.
In a new approach, inspired by biology and published today (Oct. 3, 2018) in the journal&nbs]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-fuel-cell-concept-brings-biological-design-to-better-electricity-generation/Tue, 16 Oct 2018 23:08:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-fuel-cell-concept-brings-biological-design-to-better-electricity-generation/   
Researchers from the University of Houston and the California Institute of Technology have reported an inexpensive hybrid catalyst capable of splitting water to produce hydrogen, suitable for large-scale commercialization.
Most systems to split water into its components – hydrogen and oxygen – require two catalysts, one to spur a reaction to separate the hydrogen and a second to produce oxygen.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/uh-researchers-report-novel-hybrid-catalyst-to-split-water/Tue, 16 Oct 2018 20:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/uh-researchers-report-novel-hybrid-catalyst-to-split-water/   
A research team led by DGIST Professor Jong-Sung Yu’s team at the Department of Energy Science and Engineering has successfully developed a new catalyst synthesis method that can efficiently decompose]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-technique-for-turning-sunshine-and-water-into-hydrogen-fuel/Tue, 16 Oct 2018 17:56:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-technique-for-turning-sunshine-and-water-into-hydrogen-fuel/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/doe-announces-measures-to-prevent-chinas-illegal-diversion-of-us-civil-nuclear-technology-for-military-or-other-unauthorized-purposes/Mon, 15 Oct 2018 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/doe-announces-measures-to-prevent-chinas-illegal-diversion-of-us-civil-nuclear-technology-for-military-or-other-unauthorized-purposes/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-highly-stable-catalyst-may-speed-up-water-splitting-to-create-hydrogen/Sun, 14 Oct 2018 19:56:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-highly-stable-catalyst-may-speed-up-water-splitting-to-create-hydrogen/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/californias-move-to-cut-utility-gas-leaks-is-a-critical-part-of-moving-towards-a-low-carbon-future/Fri, 12 Oct 2018 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/californias-move-to-cut-utility-gas-leaks-is-a-critical-part-of-moving-towards-a-low-carbon-future/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/washington-should-reverse-its-retreat-in-basra/Thu, 11 Oct 2018 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/washington-should-reverse-its-retreat-in-basra/ A research group from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, has made great, rapid strides towards the development of a specially designed molecu]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/solar-thermal-collector-stays-cold-can-wait-up-to-18-years-to-release-its-heat/Wed, 10 Oct 2018 19:42:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/solar-thermal-collector-stays-cold-can-wait-up-to-18-years-to-release-its-heat/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/weighing-in-on-epas-wastewater-study/Wed, 10 Oct 2018 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/weighing-in-on-epas-wastewater-study/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/can-blockchain-unlock-a-sustainable-future/Tue, 09 Oct 2018 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/can-blockchain-unlock-a-sustainable-future/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/department-of-energy-celebrates-manufacturing-day/Mon, 08 Oct 2018 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/department-of-energy-celebrates-manufacturing-day/ This article is by PieEconomics, who may become a permanent author shortly. With Mark heavily involved in getting product to market, Ken working all hours on space drives, and me digging deep into the black art of RF to show that CoM can be violated, we’re a bit short on time to write stuff at the moment. Only Agcat seems to have enough spare time to keep articles coming. For this article, I’m a little sceptical about the viability since the places where this]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/solarwindenergy-update/Sun, 07 Oct 2018 13:48:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/solarwindenergy-update/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/renewable-energy-sources-all-in-one-light-driven-water-splitting/Sun, 07 Oct 2018 01:35:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/renewable-energy-sources-all-in-one-light-driven-water-splitting/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/why-new-mexico-shouldnt-rush-toward-repurposing-oilfield-wastewater/Fri, 05 Oct 2018 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/why-new-mexico-shouldnt-rush-toward-repurposing-oilfield-wastewater/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/for-a-second-time-iran-fires-missiles-at-is-targets-in-syria/Thu, 04 Oct 2018 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/for-a-second-time-iran-fires-missiles-at-is-targets-in-syria/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/reconsider-a-bad-deal-on-the-rfs/Wed, 03 Oct 2018 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/reconsider-a-bad-deal-on-the-rfs/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/harvard-management-company-discusses-challenges-opportunities-for-reducing-methane-emissions-in-oil-and-gas-industry/Tue, 02 Oct 2018 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/harvard-management-company-discusses-challenges-opportunities-for-reducing-methane-emissions-in-oil-and-gas-industry/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/department-of-energy-announces-30-million-for-transformational-carbon-capture-technologies/Mon, 01 Oct 2018 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/department-of-energy-announces-30-million-for-transformational-carbon-capture-technologies/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/syria-downs-a-russian-plane-what-next/Thu, 27 Sep 2018 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/syria-downs-a-russian-plane-what-next/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/no-laughing-matter-e15-still-poses-risks-for-motorcyclists/Wed, 26 Sep 2018 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/no-laughing-matter-e15-still-poses-risks-for-motorcyclists/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/trade-policy-impacts-on-us-energy-becoming-visible/Tue, 25 Sep 2018 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/trade-policy-impacts-on-us-energy-becoming-visible/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/department-of-energy-announces-new-projects-to-extend-grid-energy-storage/Mon, 24 Sep 2018 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/department-of-energy-announces-new-projects-to-extend-grid-energy-storage/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/what-to-watch-for-as-methane-targets-become-the-new-normal/Fri, 21 Sep 2018 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/what-to-watch-for-as-methane-targets-become-the-new-normal/ Researchers at Hokkaido University in Japan claimed to reach 85 percent efficiency for the conversion of solar energy.  The researchers built a photoelectrode that works over a broad range of wavelengths to gain an order of magnitude improvement over previous efforts.
This photoelectrode is made from gold nanoparticles on the surface of a titanium oxide semiconductor layer, with a sublayer of gold as a reflector. This approach increases the performance of the system by up to 11 times]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/huge-improvements-in-solar-energy-efficiency-reported-using-gold-nanoparticles/Fri, 21 Sep 2018 06:20:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/huge-improvements-in-solar-energy-efficiency-reported-using-gold-nanoparticles/ Purdue researcher Jialiang Tang helped resolve charging issues in sodium-ion batteries that have prevented the technology from advancing to industry testing and use. CREDIT: Purdue University Marketing and Media photo
 
Cheap and earth-abundant
Sodium is a very cheap and earth-abundant alternative to using lit]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/super-cheap-earth-element-to-advance-new-battery-tech-to-the-industry/Fri, 21 Sep 2018 06:04:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/super-cheap-earth-element-to-advance-new-battery-tech-to-the-industry/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/the-future-of-regional-cooperation-in-the-war-on-terror/Thu, 20 Sep 2018 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/the-future-of-regional-cooperation-in-the-war-on-terror/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/e15-and-boaters-still-at-risk-of-being-left-high-and-not-so-dry/Wed, 19 Sep 2018 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/e15-and-boaters-still-at-risk-of-being-left-high-and-not-so-dry/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/3-digital-oilfield-trends-to-watch-at-gastech-2018/Tue, 18 Sep 2018 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/3-digital-oilfield-trends-to-watch-at-gastech-2018/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/us-department-of-energy-responds-to-florence-and-tropical-storms/Mon, 17 Sep 2018 17:28:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/us-department-of-energy-responds-to-florence-and-tropical-storms/ The following article is important. The Solar revolution in South Australia was triggered by government subsidies (Federal and State ). Subsidies are no longer needed. Over 20% of all houses in South Australia now have PV solar. Massive wind farms and solar farms contribute to over 50% of the states electricity requirements.
The success of the Tesla 100MW battery resulted in massive savings for consumers.
Now the g]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/south-australia-offers-up-to-6000-grants-for-home-battery-installations/Mon, 17 Sep 2018 10:28:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/south-australia-offers-up-to-6000-grants-for-home-battery-installations/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/methane-rollbacks-create-moment-of-truth-for-oil-and-gas-executives/Fri, 14 Sep 2018 16:30:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/methane-rollbacks-create-moment-of-truth-for-oil-and-gas-executives/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/irans-missile-attack-in-iraqi-kurdistan-could-backfire/Thu, 13 Sep 2018 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/irans-missile-attack-in-iraqi-kurdistan-could-backfire/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/maintaining-perspective-on-electric-vehicles/Wed, 12 Sep 2018 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/maintaining-perspective-on-electric-vehicles/ The Biggest Battery Manufacturer You’ve Never Heard Of.  BYD stands for Build Your Dreams and is an established Chinese manufacturer who make more Lithium batteries than any other in the world.  The B-Box Pro is a low voltage system (51.4 V nominal), that comes in a managed cabinet that holds from 1 to 4 battery units, each storing 2.56 kWh. There’s some spectacular stats that come with the BYD:  Agcat commentary:  China has long sought to sink]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/the-biggest-battery-manufacturer-youve-never-heard-of/Wed, 12 Sep 2018 02:10:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/the-biggest-battery-manufacturer-youve-never-heard-of/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/moment-of-truth-arrives-for-california-legislators-as-clean-energy-bills-clear-final-smendment-hurdles/Tue, 11 Sep 2018 16:30:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/moment-of-truth-arrives-for-california-legislators-as-clean-energy-bills-clear-final-smendment-hurdles/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/moment-of-truth-arrives-for-california-legislators-as-clean-energy-bills-clear-final-amendment-hurdles/Tue, 11 Sep 2018 16:30:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/moment-of-truth-arrives-for-california-legislators-as-clean-energy-bills-clear-final-amendment-hurdles/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/department-of-energy-announces-80-million-investment-in-advanced-vehicle-technologies-research/Mon, 10 Sep 2018 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/department-of-energy-announces-80-million-investment-in-advanced-vehicle-technologies-research/ Tesla’s Energy business is quietly growing and spreading its reach. Tesla notes that its deployment of stationary batteries, which are designed to supply electricity to residential homes, businesses, and even the power grid, surged 450% in the first six months of 2018 alone.
During the 2018 Annual Shareholder Meeting, Elon Musk announced that Tesla manage]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/tesla-energy-is-quietly-setting-its-sights-on-peaker-plants/Mon, 10 Sep 2018 08:54:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/tesla-energy-is-quietly-setting-its-sights-on-peaker-plants/ A car that runs on sunshine is in the works from German startup Sono Motors. The company is testing what it says will be the first affordable electric car with a battery that gets an added boost from sunlight, acting as a sort of self-charging power pack.  The Sion electric vehicle is the brainchild of Laurin Hahn and Jona Christians, who together with Navina Pernsteiner founded Sono Motors in 2016.  The car, which will cost €16,000]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/a-solar-paneled-german-car-aims-to-make-your-daily-commute-free/Sat, 08 Sep 2018 18:47:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/a-solar-paneled-german-car-aims-to-make-your-daily-commute-free/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/state-leaders-concerned-about-safety-of-reusing-oil-and-gas-wastewater/Fri, 07 Sep 2018 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/state-leaders-concerned-about-safety-of-reusing-oil-and-gas-wastewater/ Battery Breakthrough? Ultra Capacitor Breakthrough.  A secretive Texas startup developing what some are calling a “game changing” energy-storage technology broke its silence this week. It announced that it has reached two production milestones and is on track to ship systems this year for use in electric vehicles.  The ZENN car will be the first commercial application of EEStor’s new energy storage system. The company is expecting delivery of the sy]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/battery-breakthrough-battery-ultra-capacitor-breakthrough-hybrid-was-announced-in-2007-where-is-it/Thu, 06 Sep 2018 19:31:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/battery-breakthrough-battery-ultra-capacitor-breakthrough-hybrid-was-announced-in-2007-where-is-it/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/irgc-navy-leadership-change-may-not-signal-imminent-behavior-change/Thu, 06 Sep 2018 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/irgc-navy-leadership-change-may-not-signal-imminent-behavior-change/ Dual-Layer Solar Cell Sets Record For Efficiently Generating Power.  Materials scientists from the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering have developed a highly efficient thin-film solar cell that generates more energy from sunlight than typical solar panels, thanks to its double-layer design.  The device is made by spraying a thin layer of perovskite — an inexpensive compound of lead and iodine that has been shown to be very efficient at capturing energy from sun]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/dual-layer-solar-cell-sets-record-for-efficiently-generating-power/Wed, 05 Sep 2018 19:40:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/dual-layer-solar-cell-sets-record-for-efficiently-generating-power/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/in-the-heart-of-hurricane-season-harvey-helps-guide-preparations/Wed, 05 Sep 2018 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/in-the-heart-of-hurricane-season-harvey-helps-guide-preparations/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/how-new-jersey-can-finance-its-bold-new-clean-energy-targets/Tue, 04 Sep 2018 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/how-new-jersey-can-finance-its-bold-new-clean-energy-targets/ Internet Furor
What on Earth (or what on Mars, more accurately) is going on? What is the cause of t]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/spooky-stuff-silent-slob-sweeping-solar/Tue, 04 Sep 2018 08:21:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/spooky-stuff-silent-slob-sweeping-solar/ ST JOHN’S COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE
Experimental two-electrode setup showing the photoelectrochemical cell illuminated with simulated solar light. CREDIT: Katarzyna Sokó?
 
The quest to find new ways to harness solar power has taken a step forward after researchers successfully split water into hydrogen and oxygen by altering th]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/scientists-pioneer-a-new-way-to-turn-sunlight-into-fuel/Tue, 04 Sep 2018 06:19:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/scientists-pioneer-a-new-way-to-turn-sunlight-into-fuel/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/secretary-perry-hosts-doe-secretarys-honor-awards-ceremony/Mon, 03 Sep 2018 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/secretary-perry-hosts-doe-secretarys-honor-awards-ceremony/  
A piezoelectric energy harvester in a novel wristwatch-like device. CREDIT: Penn State
 
“The devices we make using our optimized materials run som]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/device-harvests-energy-from-low-frequency-vibrations/Mon, 03 Sep 2018 12:14:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/device-harvests-energy-from-low-frequency-vibrations/ Scientists Create Battery That Refuels Electric Cars In Seconds.  A team at the University of Glasgow has created a prototype system that could revolutionize travel.  The technology uses a metal oxide – described by researchers as an “exotic rust” – that can be charged with electricity when added to water.  Drivers would use filling stations to refuel their electric cars, driving away instantly once a battery is full.  Prof]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/scientists-create-battery-that-refuels-electric-cars-in-seconds/Sat, 01 Sep 2018 20:05:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/scientists-create-battery-that-refuels-electric-cars-in-seconds/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/colorado-anti-energy-initiative-looms-large-for-state-nation/Fri, 31 Aug 2018 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/colorado-anti-energy-initiative-looms-large-for-state-nation/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/irans-response-to-sanctions-ignore-them/Thu, 30 Aug 2018 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/irans-response-to-sanctions-ignore-them/ The Moke (not the car) Electric Bike
It’s like the crossover of e-bikes, with room for two and a capacity of almost 400 pounds.
With electric bikes breaking out all over these days, how can]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/a-new-breed-of-electric-bikes/Thu, 30 Aug 2018 13:50:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/a-new-breed-of-electric-bikes/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/natural-gas-market-growth-and-keeping-a-level-playing-field/Wed, 29 Aug 2018 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/natural-gas-market-growth-and-keeping-a-level-playing-field/ There is evidence that FeCo-selenide could be the next-generation promising electrode materials in energy storage devices.
 
The fabrication schematic diagram of FeCo-selenide//Fe2]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/feco-selenide-next-generation-material-in-energy-storage-devices/Wed, 29 Aug 2018 11:07:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/feco-selenide-next-generation-material-in-energy-storage-devices/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/lithium-oxygen-batteries-are-getting-an-energy-boost/Tue, 28 Aug 2018 17:02:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/lithium-oxygen-batteries-are-getting-an-energy-boost/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/cowboy-up-wyomings-new-oil-and-gas-proposal-helps-state-lead-on-air-quality/Tue, 28 Aug 2018 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/cowboy-up-wyomings-new-oil-and-gas-proposal-helps-state-lead-on-air-quality/ Jerry Pollack is a scientist recognized worldwide as a dynamic speaker and author, whose passion lies in plumbing the depths of natural truths.
He received the 1st Emoto Peace Prize and is a recipient of the University of Washington’s highest honor, the Annual Faculty Lecturer Award. He is founding Editor-in-Chief of the research journal WATER and Director of the&nb]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/the-fourth-phase-of-water-dr-gerald-pollack/Tue, 28 Aug 2018 10:29:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/the-fourth-phase-of-water-dr-gerald-pollack/ Tesla’s Semi Truck Is Traveling Cross-Country ‘Alone’ – Using Existing Supercharger Network & An Extension Cord.  Tesla’s Semi truck has already made some city-to-city trips, but how does it fare on cross-country jaunts — you know, what it’ll be doing when it enters service? Just fine, if you ask Elon Musk. In response to an Electrekpiece on the Semi’s latest visit (to Arkansas trucking behemoth J.B. Hunt), the CEO note]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/teslarsquos-semi-truck-is-traveling-cross-country-lsquoalonersquo-ndash-ldquousing-existing-supercharger-network-amp-an-extension-cord-elon-muskrdquo/Mon, 27 Aug 2018 19:09:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/teslarsquos-semi-truck-is-traveling-cross-country-lsquoalonersquo-ndash-ldquousing-existing-supercharger-network-amp-an-extension-cord-elon-muskrdquo/ Researchers Design Nano Tubes That Can Align Water Molecules Into A Square Rod. Water Freezes At Any Temperature.  First, according to Rice University engineers, get a nano tube hole. Then insert water. If the nano tube is just the right width, the water molecules will align into a square rod.  Rice materials scientist Rouzbeh Shahsavari and his team used molecular models to demonstrate their theory that weak van der Waals forces between the inner surface of the]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/researchers-design-nano-tubes-that-can-align-water-molecules-into-a-square-rod-water-freezes-at-any-temperature/Mon, 27 Aug 2018 18:39:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/researchers-design-nano-tubes-that-can-align-water-molecules-into-a-square-rod-water-freezes-at-any-temperature/ Sweden has been meeting renewable energy targets long before it was cool to do so, but Bloomberg reports]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/sweden-to-reach-its-2030-renewables-target-12-years-early/Mon, 27 Aug 2018 16:12:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/sweden-to-reach-its-2030-renewables-target-12-years-early/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/department-of-energy-announces-technology-commercialization-fund-projects/Mon, 27 Aug 2018 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/department-of-energy-announces-technology-commercialization-fund-projects/ With its incredible strength and potentially miraculous applications, there is a lot to be enthusiastic about when it comes to graphene. But it’s one thing to show off these possibilities in a lab; another entirely to turn it into something that’s usable in real-world situations. That’s something that researchers from Virginia Tech University and the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) have been working to change. In the process, they have found a]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/theres-a-new-way-to-3d-print-graphene-the-strongest-material-on-earth/Sat, 25 Aug 2018 18:40:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/theres-a-new-way-to-3d-print-graphene-the-strongest-material-on-earth/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/us-researchers-have-accidentally-converted-co2-into-fuel-directly-producing-ethanol/Thu, 23 Aug 2018 19:33:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/us-researchers-have-accidentally-converted-co2-into-fuel-directly-producing-ethanol/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/turkey-sanctions-navigating-a-historic-bilateral-crisis/Thu, 23 Aug 2018 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/turkey-sanctions-navigating-a-historic-bilateral-crisis/  The post Ground breaking technology ? appeared first on Revolution-Green.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/ground-breaking-technology-/Thu, 23 Aug 2018 10:54:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/ground-breaking-technology-/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/epas-affordable-clean-energy-proposal/Wed, 22 Aug 2018 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/epas-affordable-clean-energy-proposal/ A tidal energy project has smashed previous records for power generation over a 12 month period.
The tidal stream device has been in continuous operation off the choppy waters of Scotl]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/scottish-tidal-power-project-breaks-new-records-for-generation/Wed, 22 Aug 2018 07:21:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/scottish-tidal-power-project-breaks-new-records-for-generation/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/rfs-is-still-broken-and-consumers-still-need-protection/Tue, 21 Aug 2018 16:50:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/rfs-is-still-broken-and-consumers-still-need-protection/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/this-graphene-battery-can-recharge-itself-to-provide-unlimited-clean-energy-revolutionary-disruptive/Tue, 21 Aug 2018 07:11:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/this-graphene-battery-can-recharge-itself-to-provide-unlimited-clean-energy-revolutionary-disruptive/ Credit: CC0 Public Domain
The Behavior Of Water—scientists find new properties of H2O – Possible Help With Energy Production.  A team of scientists has uncovered new molecular properties of water—a discovery of a phenomenon that had previously gone unnoticed.  Liquid water is known to be an excellent transporter of its own auto ionization products; that is, the charged species obtained when a water molecule (H2O) is split into protons (H+) and hydroxide]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/the-behavior-of-waterscientists-find-new-properties-of-h2o-possible-help-with-energy-production/Mon, 20 Aug 2018 20:45:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/the-behavior-of-waterscientists-find-new-properties-of-h2o-possible-help-with-energy-production/ superconductors|
by Daniel Oberhaus
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Aug 16 2018, 6:00amEither This Data is Incorrect or These Physicists Just Changed the World.  When it comes to applied quantum mechanics, there are two “holy grails” in the field.  One is building a large scale quantum computer and the other is achieving superconductivity above the freezing point of water, colloquially known as room temperature superconductivity. Superconductors are materials that have no electri]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/a-paper-posted-to-arxiv-last-last-month-claims-achievement-of-superconductivity-at-room-temperature/Mon, 20 Aug 2018 19:54:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/a-paper-posted-to-arxiv-last-last-month-claims-achievement-of-superconductivity-at-room-temperature/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/deputy-secretary-brouillette-hosts-us-republic-of-korea-high-level-bilateral-commission-meeting/Mon, 20 Aug 2018 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/deputy-secretary-brouillette-hosts-us-republic-of-korea-high-level-bilateral-commission-meeting/  
Two-Faced Solar Cells Boost Yields By Up To 50 Percent.  Israeli photo voltaics developer bSolar has developed a double-sided solar cell it claims can boost the energy yields of solar panels by up to 50 percent when installed vertically, or by between 10 and 30 percent in more typical installations. The “bifacial” cells rely on a back surface field (BSF) of bor]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/two-faced-solar-cells-boost-yields-by-up-to-50-percent/Sat, 18 Aug 2018 22:59:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/two-faced-solar-cells-boost-yields-by-up-to-50-percent/ Amazing Solar Panel Device That Could Change The World GOES OPEN SOURCE.  SILICON REPUBLIC –Power plus potable drinking water.  When you picture solar power, you might think of the enormous Ivanpah solar power plant in California (the largest in the world) or huge tracts of land in other sun-drenched parts of the globe.  But not everyone has access to such enormous grids and particularly in remote villages in developing nations, there is only a need for a]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/amazing-solar-panel-device-that-could-change-the-world-goes-open-source-electricity-and-water/Fri, 17 Aug 2018 17:19:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/amazing-solar-panel-device-that-could-change-the-world-goes-open-source-electricity-and-water/ At Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), physicist Professor Thomas Schimmel and his team have developed a single-atom transistor, the smallest transistor in existence. This quantum electronics component switches electrical current by controlled repositioning of a single atom, now also in the solid state in a gel electrolyte. The single-atom transistor works at room temperature and consumes very little energy, which opens up entirely new perspectives for]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/smallest-transistor-switches-current-with-a-single-atom-in-solid-electrolyte/Fri, 17 Aug 2018 16:22:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/smallest-transistor-switches-current-with-a-single-atom-in-solid-electrolyte/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/record-oil-output-yet-dip-in-petroleum-exports-suggests-tariffs-effect/Fri, 17 Aug 2018 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/record-oil-output-yet-dip-in-petroleum-exports-suggests-tariffs-effect/ Plasma glows white in low-pressure helium between magnetized cathode electrode, bottom, and anode electrode, t]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/advanced-plasma-switch-for-more-efficient-transmission/Fri, 17 Aug 2018 08:34:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/advanced-plasma-switch-for-more-efficient-transmission/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/khamenei-attacks-moderates-as-source-of-irans-problems/Thu, 16 Aug 2018 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/khamenei-attacks-moderates-as-source-of-irans-problems/ A rechargeable battery technology developed at the University of Michigan could double the output of today’s lithium ion cells—drastically extending electric vehicle ranges and time between cell phone charges—without taking up any added space.
 
Nathan Taylor, a]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/doubling-performance-with-lithium-metal-that-doesnt-catch-fire/Thu, 16 Aug 2018 01:10:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/doubling-performance-with-lithium-metal-that-doesnt-catch-fire/ QUARTZ — The versatile batteries now power everything from tiny medical implants and smartphones to forklifts and expensive electric cars. And yet, lithium-ion technology still isn’t powerful enough to fully displace gasoline-powered cars or cheap enough to solve the big energy-storage problem of solar and wind power.  Dave Eaglesham, the CEO of Pellion Technologies, a Massachusetts-based startup, believes his company has made the leap beyo]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/the-next-major-innovation-in-batteries-might-be-here/Wed, 15 Aug 2018 17:40:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/the-next-major-innovation-in-batteries-might-be-here/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/dont-let-us-lng-exports-become-casualty-of-tariff-policy/Wed, 15 Aug 2018 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/dont-let-us-lng-exports-become-casualty-of-tariff-policy/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/ferc-approves-pipeline-despite-concern-over-controversial-business-arrangement/Tue, 14 Aug 2018 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/ferc-approves-pipeline-despite-concern-over-controversial-business-arrangement/ ” the hydrogen atoms are relatively mobile and can hop from one molecule to another, and it is this hopping that renders the two ionic species so mobile in water.”
 Liquid water is known to be an excellent transporter of its own autoionization products; that is, the charged species obtained when a water molecule (H2O) is split into proto]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/the-behavior-of-water-scientists-find-new-properties-of-h2o/Tue, 14 Aug 2018 01:39:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/the-behavior-of-water-scientists-find-new-properties-of-h2o/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/deputy-secretary-brouillette-hosts-fifth-meeting-of-the-us-japan-bilateral-commission-on-civil-nuclear-cooperation/Mon, 13 Aug 2018 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/deputy-secretary-brouillette-hosts-fifth-meeting-of-the-us-japan-bilateral-commission-on-civil-nuclear-cooperation/ Some chemicals used to speed up the breakdown of plants for production of biofuels like ethanol are poison to the yeasts that turn the plant sugars into fuel. Researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and several Department of Energy laboratories have identified two changes to a single gene that can make the yeast tolerate the pretreatment chemicals. They published their fin]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/how-to-protect-yeast-from-damage-in-biofuel-production/Sun, 12 Aug 2018 01:59:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/how-to-protect-yeast-from-damage-in-biofuel-production/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/north-carolina-celebrates-american-wind-week-with-optimism-for-the-future/Fri, 10 Aug 2018 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/north-carolina-celebrates-american-wind-week-with-optimism-for-the-future/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/bahrains-perfect-storm/Thu, 09 Aug 2018 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/bahrains-perfect-storm/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/a-new-paradigm-coming/Wed, 08 Aug 2018 17:12:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/a-new-paradigm-coming/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/tariffs-and-signals-from-the-economy/Wed, 08 Aug 2018 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/tariffs-and-signals-from-the-economy/ Thank you David for bringing it to my attention.It will be interesting to see what costs would be involved and if it can ever be commercialized. That is the reason I titled it overunity, not free energy. There is always a cost involved. Regardless of that this is a real and important breakthrough.  The energy is only small being only a]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/overunity-is-real-repeatable-and-peer-reviewed/Wed, 08 Aug 2018 08:04:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/overunity-is-real-repeatable-and-peer-reviewed/ Scientists Create Continuously Emitting Microlasers With Nanoparticle-Coated Beads.  These micro lasers, which convert infrared light into light at higher frequencies, are among the smallest continuously emitting lasers of their kind ever reported and can constantly and stably emit light for hours at a time, even when submerged in biological fluids such as blood serum.  The innovation, discovered by an international team of scientists at the U.S. Department of]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/scientists-create-continuously-emitting-microlasers-with-nanoparticle-coated-beads/Tue, 07 Aug 2018 21:27:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/scientists-create-continuously-emitting-microlasers-with-nanoparticle-coated-beads/ Physicists Are Testing A Mysterious Force That Exists Between Superconducting Wires.  Two of the most bizarre phenomena in quantum physics have been brought together in a single experiment for the first time – and scientists are already using the set-up to probe the very limits of reality.  With the aid of two wires placed in very close proximity on a microchip, both the very weird Casimir effect and superconductivity can now be studied at the same time in]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/physicists-are-testing-a-mysterious-force-that-exists-between-superconducting-wires/Tue, 07 Aug 2018 20:20:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/physicists-are-testing-a-mysterious-force-that-exists-between-superconducting-wires/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/regionalize-and-resist-a-regional-power-grid-could-unlock-100-percent-clean-energy-across-the-west/Tue, 07 Aug 2018 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/regionalize-and-resist-a-regional-power-grid-could-unlock-100-percent-clean-energy-across-the-west/ Once again we have some impressive figures and some original thinking. Being able to charge in under half a second and much safer than current Lithium -Ion batteries we may have something here. With an Impedance  was 7.6 Ω cm2, two orders of magnitude smaller than that of previous LMNO-based all-solid-state batteries I am impressed.
 
The batteries were made by stacking various layers via thin-film deposition met]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/expanding-the-limits-of-li-ion-batteries-electrodes-for-all-solid-state-batteries/Tue, 07 Aug 2018 08:18:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/expanding-the-limits-of-li-ion-batteries-electrodes-for-all-solid-state-batteries/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/department-of-energy-announces-request-for-information-on-offshore-wind-energy-rampd-facilities/Mon, 06 Aug 2018 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/department-of-energy-announces-request-for-information-on-offshore-wind-energy-rampd-facilities/ This flow battery uses a new organic molecule that outlives and outperforms its predecessors, offering the longest-lasting high-performance organic flow battery to date]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/long-lasting-high-performance-organic-flow-battery/Fri, 03 Aug 2018 07:37:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/long-lasting-high-performance-organic-flow-battery/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/iran-is-at-a-strategic-crossroads-again/Thu, 02 Aug 2018 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/iran-is-at-a-strategic-crossroads-again/  
Caption: 3D-printed permanent magnets with increased density were made from an improved mixture of materials, which could lead to longer lasting, better performing magnets for electric motors, sensors and vehicle applications. Credit: Jason]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/magnets-3d-print-power-repeat/Thu, 02 Aug 2018 09:46:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/magnets-3d-print-power-repeat/ Vegetable and fruit peels have been shown to remove pollutants from water. Dickinson College chemistry professor Dried, ground avocado peels can remove methylene blue dye in a matter of hours.
 
 Low-cost ways to remove pollutants from water
Newly published research by a Dickinson College chemistry professor is advancing what we know about the power of fruit and vegetable peels to remove pollutants, such as dyes and heavy meta]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/the-power-to-purify-water-is-in-your-produce/Thu, 02 Aug 2018 04:12:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/the-power-to-purify-water-is-in-your-produce/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/sustaining-us-energy-through-right-policies/Wed, 01 Aug 2018 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/sustaining-us-energy-through-right-policies/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/energy-renaissance-continues-to-help-grow-our-economy/Tue, 31 Jul 2018 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/energy-renaissance-continues-to-help-grow-our-economy/ Until now, the internal geometry that produced the best porous electrodes through additive manufacturing was what’s known as an interdigitated geometry–metal prongs interlocked like the fingers of two clasp]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/3d-printing-the-next-generation-of-batteries/Tue, 31 Jul 2018 00:18:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/3d-printing-the-next-generation-of-batteries/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/us-department-of-energy-finalizes-rule-to-expedite-approval-for-small-scale-natural-gas-exports/Mon, 30 Jul 2018 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/us-department-of-energy-finalizes-rule-to-expedite-approval-for-small-scale-natural-gas-exports/   
The post More free Energy Machines appeared first on Revolution-Green.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/more-free-energy-machines/Mon, 30 Jul 2018 06:28:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/more-free-energy-machines/ Water vapor from the air can be captured by using commonly available salts and sunlight to supply potable water to land-locked and arid regions across the globe.
Peng Wang (left) and PhD student Renyuan Li have investigated the effectiveness of commonly available salts that capture water vapor from the air at night]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/using-common-salts-amp-sunlight-to-harvest-water-from-atmosphere/Mon, 30 Jul 2018 06:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/using-common-salts-amp-sunlight-to-harvest-water-from-atmosphere/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/emergence-theory/Sat, 28 Jul 2018 19:18:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/emergence-theory/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/what-this-summers-heat-waves-tell-us-about-americas-electric-grid/Fri, 27 Jul 2018 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/what-this-summers-heat-waves-tell-us-about-americas-electric-grid/ A team of experts from the University of Exeter has discovered an innovative way for generating photovoltaic (PV) energy The new technique relies on ‘funnelling’ the sun’s energy more efficiently directly into power cells, such as solar panels or batteries.
On the left: Adolfo De Sanctis, PhD
 
Harvest three times the energy
Crucially, this ground-breaking method has the potential to]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/funnel-vision-leads-to-cheap-and-efficient-solar-energy/Fri, 27 Jul 2018 10:29:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/funnel-vision-leads-to-cheap-and-efficient-solar-energy/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/the-twitter-purge-and-digital-diplomacy-in-the-middle-east/Thu, 26 Jul 2018 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/the-twitter-purge-and-digital-diplomacy-in-the-middle-east/ WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Future Electronic Components To Be Printed Like Newspapers.  A new manufacturing technique uses a process similar to newspaper printing to form smoother and more flexible metals for making ultra-fast electronic devices.  The low-cost process, developed by Purdue University researchers, combines tools already used in industry for manufacturing metals on a large scale, but uses the speed and precision of roll-to-roll newspaper printing to r]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/future-electronic-components-to-be-printed-like-newspapers/Wed, 25 Jul 2018 20:07:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/future-electronic-components-to-be-printed-like-newspapers/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/think-us-oil-increased-access-to-boost-global-supply/Wed, 25 Jul 2018 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/think-us-oil-increased-access-to-boost-global-supply/https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/tripling-the-energy-storage-of-lithium-ion-batteries/Tue, 24 Jul 2018 21:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/tripling-the-energy-storage-of-lithium-ion-batteries/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/a-regionalized-energy-grid-creates-a-home-for-californias-wasted-renewables/Tue, 24 Jul 2018 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/a-regionalized-energy-grid-creates-a-home-for-californias-wasted-renewables/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/department-of-energy-issues-2-billion-tribal-energy-loan-guarantee-program-solicitation/Mon, 23 Jul 2018 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/department-of-energy-issues-2-billion-tribal-energy-loan-guarantee-program-solicitation/ This is an oyster wave energy converter, used for the study. CREDIT: Alain Ulazia. UPV/EHU
 
 
Wave energy converters are specifically designed to produce the maximum output at the location where they are going to be placed, in other words, to ensure that they generate as much electricity as possible from the movement of the waves around them. The design and a]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/wave-energy-converters-are-not-geared-towards-the-increase-in-energy-over-the-last-century/Sun, 22 Jul 2018 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/wave-energy-converters-are-not-geared-towards-the-increase-in-energy-over-the-last-century/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/report-more-renewables-could-mean-5000-new-jobs-and-8b-in-investment-for-ohio/Fri, 20 Jul 2018 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/report-more-renewables-could-mean-5000-new-jobs-and-8b-in-investment-for-ohio/ Sodium-potassium alloy is a room-temperature liquid metal that could unlock a high-voltage flow battery. Credit: Antonio Baclig
 
10 times the ava]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-battery-could-store-wind-and-solar-electricity-affordably-and-at-room-temperature/Fri, 20 Jul 2018 02:12:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-battery-could-store-wind-and-solar-electricity-affordably-and-at-room-temperature/ This Ebike Has Nearly Twice The Range Of The Chevy Volt.  If there is one area where ebikes have continued to make inroads, it is with urban commuters looking for efficient alternatives to driving their cars. Bike manufacturer Stromer has found innovative ways to meet the needs of those types of riders in the past and continues to do so with its latest model, delivering a high-tech option that promises to provide speed, range, and a host of features in one package. The Stromer]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/this-ebike-has-nearly-twice-the-range-of-the-chevy-volt/Thu, 19 Jul 2018 16:52:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/this-ebike-has-nearly-twice-the-range-of-the-chevy-volt/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/iran-after-the-jcpoa-withdrawal-part-1-lessons-from-past-pressure-campaigns/Thu, 19 Jul 2018 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/iran-after-the-jcpoa-withdrawal-part-1-lessons-from-past-pressure-campaigns/ German car manufacturer Porsche announced Wednesday it has purchased a 10 percent minority stake in Rimac Automobili, a Croatian manufacturer specializing in electric sports cars and electric car parts.
Rimac C_Two with 1,888 HP, Goes 0-60 In 1.85 Seconds
 
Porsche is investing $7 billion by 2022 into expanding its own presence in the electric car industry
Th]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/all-electric-vehicle-produces-nearly-2000-horsepower-and-a-range-of-about-400-miles/Thu, 19 Jul 2018 09:55:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/all-electric-vehicle-produces-nearly-2000-horsepower-and-a-range-of-about-400-miles/ Why a thermal form of solar energy, able to run all night, turns out to be the key to China meeting its climate commitments
This is the Crescent Dunes CSP project with 10 hours of storage. CREDIT: IMAGE@SolarReserve
 
CSP could ultimately prove less costly for a power system
China’s power systems operators must invest in renewable energy to meet]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/solar-thermal-energy-will-help-china-cut-costs-of-climate-action/Thu, 19 Jul 2018 09:39:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/solar-thermal-energy-will-help-china-cut-costs-of-climate-action/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/tariff-potholes-on-the-way-to-energy-dominance/Wed, 18 Jul 2018 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/tariff-potholes-on-the-way-to-energy-dominance/ College Park, Md. — The success of electric car batteries depends on the miles that can be driven on a single charge, but the current crop of lithium-ion batteries are reaching their natural limit of how much charge can be packed into any given space, keeping drivers on a short tether.
Now, researchers at the University of Maryland (UMD), the U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL), and Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) have figured out how to increase a rechargeable]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/electric-car-batteries-souped-up-with-fluorinated-electrolytes-for-longer-range-driving/Wed, 18 Jul 2018 11:05:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/electric-car-batteries-souped-up-with-fluorinated-electrolytes-for-longer-range-driving/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/on-pollution-facts-dont-be-fooled-by-rhetoric-of-oil-and-gas-trade-groups/Tue, 17 Jul 2018 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/on-pollution-facts-dont-be-fooled-by-rhetoric-of-oil-and-gas-trade-groups/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/doe-launches-new-lab-partnering-service/Mon, 16 Jul 2018 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/doe-launches-new-lab-partnering-service/  Video
Simply lang pala pag nag chicken grillPosted by Lynaci Ramsej on Thursday, July 12, 2018 
The post Imagination and nature combine for a brilliant chicken cooking solution appeared first on Revolution-Green.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/imagination-and-nature-combine-for-a-brilliant-chicken-cooking-solution/Mon, 16 Jul 2018 09:02:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/imagination-and-nature-combine-for-a-brilliant-chicken-cooking-solution/ The video is well worth the watch.
The Black Fly 
Video 
The post Another flying car appeared first on Revolution-Green.]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/another-flying-car/Mon, 16 Jul 2018 04:28:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/another-flying-car/ I’ve covered some heretical subjects here, but this one is crazier than most. In the tradition of asking why things happen, gravity remains difficult to explain. Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity (GTR) specifies that mass distorts space, so we get curved spacetime and particles follow a geodesic (the equivalent of a straight line in non-distorted space) rather than experience a force as such. This is a little difficult to actually]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/alzofon-to-gravely-go/Sat, 14 Jul 2018 16:18:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/alzofon-to-gravely-go/ Norwegian researchers at the Institute for Energy Technology have found a way to improve the capacity of conventional batteries by 300-500%. That would imply smartphones and computers that don’t need to be charged for several days, and electric cars that can drive upwards of 1000 km on a single cha]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/a-battery-boasting-five-times-conventional-energy-capacity-pushing-ev-range-over-1000-km/Sat, 14 Jul 2018 02:30:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/a-battery-boasting-five-times-conventional-energy-capacity-pushing-ev-range-over-1000-km/  
This is the Gemasolar Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plant, owned by Torresol Energy, in Seville, Spain. CREDIT: ®SENER
 
No future fuel purchase
Energy developers always look to find ways to structure deals to reduce their costs. A key task in developing utility-scale renewable energy projects is]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/longer-contracts-leverage-the-free-fuel-in-solar-power-at-little-oampm-cost/Fri, 13 Jul 2018 09:51:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/longer-contracts-leverage-the-free-fuel-in-solar-power-at-little-oampm-cost/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/california-sets-new-standards-for-natural-gas-storage-sites/Thu, 12 Jul 2018 14:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/california-sets-new-standards-for-natural-gas-storage-sites/ The claim: The upside of 3-D is that Fisker’s solid-state battery can produce 2.5 times the energy density that lithium-ion batteries can, at perhaps a third of the cost.
Henrik Fisker 
Launch in 2020 with solid-state batteries
Fisker, however, now says the]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/henrik-fisker-is-latest-to-claim-solid-state-battery-breakthrough/Thu, 12 Jul 2018 11:54:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/henrik-fisker-is-latest-to-claim-solid-state-battery-breakthrough/ Though unprecedented in itself, the scientists also used their experimental success to develop a theory of how to create electron flashes within zeptosecond (10-21 of a second) timeframes]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/can-ultrashort-electron-flashes-help-harvest-nuclear-energy/Thu, 12 Jul 2018 11:40:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/can-ultrashort-electron-flashes-help-harvest-nuclear-energy/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/offshore-energy-conservation-and-outdoor-recreation/Wed, 11 Jul 2018 12:03:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/offshore-energy-conservation-and-outdoor-recreation/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-utility-settlement-highlights-how-ohio-utilities-are-leaving-firstenergy-behind-on-clean-energy/Tue, 10 Jul 2018 15:34:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-utility-settlement-highlights-how-ohio-utilities-are-leaving-firstenergy-behind-on-clean-energy/  
Figure S1. (a) Schematic illustration of the testing system for MIB, showing (1) th]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/salt-is-key-ingredient-for-cheaper-and-more-efficient-batteries/Tue, 10 Jul 2018 06:18:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/salt-is-key-ingredient-for-cheaper-and-more-efficient-batteries/ Directly converting electrical power to heat is easy. It regularly happens in your toaster, that is, if you make toast regularly. The opposite, converting heat into electrical power, isn’t so easy. The research here does not have a practical power output at the moment. It does however opens a new research opportunity.
This tiny silicon-based device developed at Sandia National Laboratories can catch and convert waste heat into electrical p]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/infrared-rectenna-generating-electrical-power-from-waste-heat/Tue, 10 Jul 2018 05:47:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/infrared-rectenna-generating-electrical-power-from-waste-heat/ World Record For Direct Solar Water-Splitting Efficiency.  Researchers have increased the efficiency of producing hydrogen from direct solar water-splitting to a record 19 percent. They combined a tandem solar cell of III-V semiconductors with a catalyst of rhodium nanoparticles and a crystalline titanium dioxide coating. Teams from the California Institute of Technology, the University of Cambridge, Technische Universität Ilmenau, and the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar E]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/world-record-for-direct-solar-water-splitting-efficiency/Mon, 09 Jul 2018 16:32:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/world-record-for-direct-solar-water-splitting-efficiency/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/department-of-energy-invests-88-million-in-innovative-technologies-to-enhance-fossil-energy-power-systems/Mon, 09 Jul 2018 14:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/department-of-energy-invests-88-million-in-innovative-technologies-to-enhance-fossil-energy-power-systems/ As the name implies, ultracapacitors are developed especially for applications where extremely large amounts of energy are required – instantly. Unlike conventional batteries that can only charge and discharge at a certain designed rate (disregard at your own peril) ultracaps can discharge in s]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/with-ultra-from-estonia/Mon, 09 Jul 2018 04:47:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/with-ultra-from-estonia/ Objects in our daily lives, such as speakers, refrigerators, and even cars, are becoming “smarter” day by day as they connect to the internet and exchange data, creating the Internet of Things (IoT), a network among the objects themselves. Toward an IoT-based society, a miniaturized thermoelectric generator is anticipated to charge these objects, especially for those that are portable and wearable.
Conventional]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/high-power-thermoelectric-generator-utilizes-thermal-difference-of-only-5c/Sat, 07 Jul 2018 11:10:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/high-power-thermoelectric-generator-utilizes-thermal-difference-of-only-5c/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/how-the-conversation-changed-at-this-years-world-gas-conference/Fri, 06 Jul 2018 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/how-the-conversation-changed-at-this-years-world-gas-conference/  
he genetically-engineered microbes produce a pigment that harvests l]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/bacteria-powered-solar-cell-converts-light-to-energy-even-under-overcast-skies/Fri, 06 Jul 2018 07:51:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/bacteria-powered-solar-cell-converts-light-to-energy-even-under-overcast-skies/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/haftars-play-for-libyan-oil/Thu, 05 Jul 2018 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/haftars-play-for-libyan-oil/ German Scientists Use Chemical Process To Boost Solar Cell Efficiency.  A team of researchers from the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in Germany has published research into a physical-chemical process known as singlet fission, which it says could boost sola]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/german-scientists-use-chemical-process-to-boost-solar-cell-efficiency/Wed, 04 Jul 2018 18:34:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/german-scientists-use-chemical-process-to-boost-solar-cell-efficiency/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/freedom-us-energy-and-powering-past-impossible/Wed, 04 Jul 2018 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/freedom-us-energy-and-powering-past-impossible/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/bipartisan-western-governors-agree-methane-reductions-benefit-states/Tue, 03 Jul 2018 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/bipartisan-western-governors-agree-methane-reductions-benefit-states/ Tenfold Increase
Researchers from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) and the Department of Physics have developed a tunable, electrochemical system that can store large amounts of energy in the space between atomically thin sheets of layered two-dimensional materials, like]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/using-physics-to-improve-battery-storage/Tue, 03 Jul 2018 10:25:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/using-physics-to-improve-battery-storage/ Chemistry–Polymer, heal thyself
An Oak Ridge National Laboratory-led team has developed super-stretchy polymers with amazing self-healing abilities that could lead to longer-lasting consumer products. The polymers are among the world’s stretchiest and can elongate about 1,000 to 5,600 percent before breaking. After breaking, they can be healed with complete restoration of elasticity by merely touching adjacent pieces. By tailoring the prop]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/department-of-energys-oak-ridge-national-laboratory-july-2018/Tue, 03 Jul 2018 09:26:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/department-of-energys-oak-ridge-national-laboratory-july-2018/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/us-and-italy-sign-agreement-to-collaborate-on-sterile-neutrino-research/Mon, 02 Jul 2018 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/us-and-italy-sign-agreement-to-collaborate-on-sterile-neutrino-research/  
Romain Dumas and the Volkswagen I.D. R race car working their way up Pikes Peak fast enough to take the win and the all-time record. (Credit: Volkswagen)
Pikes Peak History 
Back in 1988, when Ari Vatanen filmed the]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/volkswagens-electric-idr-smashes-all-time-pikes-peak-record/Mon, 02 Jul 2018 10:18:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/volkswagens-electric-idr-smashes-all-time-pikes-peak-record/  
The test site at RAL for the Green Energy Storage Demonstrator.. Credit: STFC
 
The demonstrator project offers a way to decouple the supply of electricity (governed by fluctuating renewables) from the demand (driven by consumer dynamics) and is using renewable electricity to obtain hydrogen from wate]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/uk-green-energy-storage-demonstrator/Mon, 02 Jul 2018 10:03:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/uk-green-energy-storage-demonstrator/ Splitting Water For Fuel While Removing CO₂ From The Air.  The longer we wait to take serious action on climate change, the more necessary it becomes to remove some of the CO2 we’ve already put in the air. In fact, the scenarios in the most recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report in which warming was limited to 2°C relied heavily on CO2 removal. Adoption of the necessary technology still seems too far off, given the current lack of market incent]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/splitting-water-for-fuel-while-removing-co-from-the-air/Sat, 30 Jun 2018 16:35:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/splitting-water-for-fuel-while-removing-co-from-the-air/ Researchers Achieve Unprecedented Control Of Polymer Grids.  Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) offer a unique combination of properties that show promise for water purification, energy storage and electronic devices. Credit: Northwestern University.  Synthetic polymers are ubiquitous—nylon, polyester, Teflon and epoxy, to name just a few—and these polymers are all long, linear structures that tangle into imprecise structures. Chemists have long dreamed of mak]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/researchers-achieve-unprecedented-control-of-polymer-grids/Fri, 29 Jun 2018 06:47:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/researchers-achieve-unprecedented-control-of-polymer-grids/ Slovenian Sartup’s Electric Motor Design Signals Advance For Self-Diving Cars.   Elaphe Propulsion Technologies recently introduced modular platforms for autonomous vehicles. The Slovenia-based company has manufactured electric in-wheel propulsion systems since 2003.  Maros Sefcovic, vice president of the European Commission’s Energy Union, praised Elaphe’s propulsion design platform for its simplicity, efficiency, and high-torque per]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/slovenian-sartups-electric-motor-design-signals-advance-for-self-diving-cars/Fri, 29 Jun 2018 06:25:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/slovenian-sartups-electric-motor-design-signals-advance-for-self-diving-cars/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/erdogans-victory-could-actually-improve-us-turkish-relations/Thu, 28 Jun 2018 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/erdogans-victory-could-actually-improve-us-turkish-relations/ CAPTION Fig. (a) are the galvanostatic charge-discharge curves of BNAs integrated electrode at a current density of 25 μA cm-2 . The 1st, 2nd discharge capacities of BNAs integrated electrode are 2471.5, 2311.7 μAh·cm-2 (1861.8, 1741.4 mAh g-1). Fig. (b) reveals the rate capability of BNAs integrated electrode at current de]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/bnas-improve-performance-of-li-ion-batteries/Thu, 28 Jun 2018 08:05:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/bnas-improve-performance-of-li-ion-batteries/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/another-flawed-argument-for-nuclear-coal-bailouts/Wed, 27 Jun 2018 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/another-flawed-argument-for-nuclear-coal-bailouts/ Link: https://freeenergy.tech/7-free-energy-generators-sale-right-now/
I have placed my comments from the material copied from their webs]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/free-energy-machines-for-sale/Wed, 27 Jun 2018 11:15:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/free-energy-machines-for-sale/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/how-virtual-reality-can-help-the-oil-and-gas-industry-confront-its-invisible-challenge-methane/Tue, 26 Jun 2018 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/how-virtual-reality-can-help-the-oil-and-gas-industry-confront-its-invisible-challenge-methane/  Pling Transport, test partner for Velove, was by the Swedish Energy Agency granted funding for testing City Containers and to compare the energy consumption of electric assist cargo bikes and a small electric van. The results show an even]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/electric-cargo-bike-use-6-of-the-electricity-of-a-small-electric-van/Tue, 26 Jun 2018 09:50:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/electric-cargo-bike-use-6-of-the-electricity-of-a-small-electric-van/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/department-of-energy-announces-21-million-to-advance-solar-desalination-technologies/Mon, 25 Jun 2018 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/department-of-energy-announces-21-million-to-advance-solar-desalination-technologies/ The full story story appeared in wired: https://www.wired.com/story/the-physics-of-a-puzzling-perpetual-motion-machine/The Professor’s Perpetual Motion machine AUTHOR: RHETT ALLAIN The Video (please watch) 
Perpetual motion machines 
For some people, perpetual motion machines hold the secret to everlasting free energy that will save the world. To them, it’s a machine that is just beyond our grasp. If only]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/the-physics-of-a-puzzling-perpetual-motion-machine/Mon, 25 Jun 2018 06:54:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/the-physics-of-a-puzzling-perpetual-motion-machine/ Virginia Commonwealth University researchers have discovered a novel strategy for creating superatoms — combinations of atoms that can mimic the properties of more than one group of elements of the periodic table. These superatoms could be used to create new materials, i]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/template-to-create-superatoms-could-make-for-better-batteries/Mon, 25 Jun 2018 06:35:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/template-to-create-superatoms-could-make-for-better-batteries/  Free Energy Devices and past claims
There are many free energy inventions published on the net.  Many sites publish various plans on how to make them as well as]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/a-fresh-approach-to-free-energy-research/Fri, 22 Jun 2018 16:34:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/a-fresh-approach-to-free-energy-research/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/natural-gas-benefits-continuing-progress-on-cutting-emissions/Fri, 22 Jun 2018 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/natural-gas-benefits-continuing-progress-on-cutting-emissions/ Take a glass thread a thousand times thinner than a human hair. Use it as a wire between two metals. Hit it with a laser pulse that lasts a millionth of a billionth of a second. Remarkable things happen.
Stark control of electrons along nanojunctions
The group of Ignacio Franco, assistant professor of chemistry and p]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/a-new-way-of-producing-electricity-laser-bursts-generate-electricity-faster-than-any-other-method/Fri, 22 Jun 2018 08:19:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/a-new-way-of-producing-electricity-laser-bursts-generate-electricity-faster-than-any-other-method/ Scientists At A Company Part-Owned By Bill Gates Have Found A Cheap Way To Convert CO2 Into GasolineThis Crazy, Cheap Technology Can Turn Carbon Dioxide Into Fuel.  It sounds a bit like an environmental dream: a factory that sucks carbon dioxide from the air itself (cheaply, too), and converts it into fuel that can be used for cars and planes. But it’s an actual project developed by scientists]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/this-crazy-cheap-technology-can-turn-carbon-dioxide-into-fuel/Fri, 22 Jun 2018 06:43:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/this-crazy-cheap-technology-can-turn-carbon-dioxide-into-fuel/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/irans-vulnerabilities-to-us-sanctions-part-1-finding-the-weak-spots/Thu, 21 Jun 2018 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/irans-vulnerabilities-to-us-sanctions-part-1-finding-the-weak-spots/  
Conceptual drawing of the superlattice in which spread electrons are confined to a narrow space to enhance thermoelectric conversion. CREDIT: Hokkaido University
 
Narrowing the space through which spread electrons move
Researchers from Hokkaido University and their colleagues in J]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/electron-sandwich-doubles-thermoelectric-performance/Thu, 21 Jun 2018 07:09:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/electron-sandwich-doubles-thermoelectric-performance/ This is a generational change, but if more building were built like this the future generations will benefit with reduced energy costs and a cleaner environment. (MD)
The UK’s first energy-positive classroom, designed with research expertise from Swansea University, generated more than one and a half times the energy it consumed, according to data from its first year of operation, the team has]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/buildings-as-power-stations/Thu, 21 Jun 2018 07:03:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/buildings-as-power-stations/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/why-the-us-must-import-and-export-oil/Wed, 20 Jun 2018 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/why-the-us-must-import-and-export-oil/ The World is as]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/electrical-energy-the-world-is-not-as-we-perceive-it-to-be/Wed, 20 Jun 2018 11:42:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/electrical-energy-the-world-is-not-as-we-perceive-it-to-be/  
Matthew Boebinger, a graduate student at Georgia Tech, and Matthew McDowell, an assistant professor in the George W. Woodruff S]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/sodium-and-potassium-based-batteries-hold-promise-for-cheap-energy-storage/Wed, 20 Jun 2018 10:55:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/sodium-and-potassium-based-batteries-hold-promise-for-cheap-energy-storage/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/huge-new-utah-oil-and-gas-project-could-have-serious-impacts-on-air-quality/Tue, 19 Jun 2018 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/huge-new-utah-oil-and-gas-project-could-have-serious-impacts-on-air-quality/ Scientists At A Company Part-Owned By Bill Gates Have Found A Cheap Way To Convert CO2 Into Gasoline.  A team of scientists claims to have discovered a cheaper way to extract carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and turn it into gasoline or other fuels, which could arm humanity with a new tool in the fight against climate change. Published in the scientific journal Joule on Thursday, the research demonstrates 
Xuanyu Han
A team of scientists claims to have discovered a chea]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/scientists-at-a-company-part-owned-by-bill-gates-have-found-a-cheap-way-to-convert-co2-into-gasoline/Tue, 19 Jun 2018 06:11:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/scientists-at-a-company-part-owned-by-bill-gates-have-found-a-cheap-way-to-convert-co2-into-gasoline/ The Ferrocell pointing to Toroidal Energy Dynamics, the Science of Tomorrow 
The Missing Secrets of Magnetism& Fractality – Ferrocell & CRT Revelations of Fractal Toroidal Electromagnetic Dynamics of Magnetism, Light & Di-Electricity (Electrostatics)
Link: https:]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/the-missing-secrets-of-magnetism-amp-fractality-a-head-spin-/Tue, 19 Jun 2018 06:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/the-missing-secrets-of-magnetism-amp-fractality-a-head-spin-/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/department-of-energy-announces-185-million-for-offshore-wind-research/Mon, 18 Jun 2018 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/department-of-energy-announces-185-million-for-offshore-wind-research/ I feel the real proof is in the testing at data centers where savings have been made, heat reduced and much happier servers. However how far this technology can be implemented to consumer]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/digital-measurement-and-management-of-electricity-is-promising-and-very-complicated/Mon, 18 Jun 2018 12:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/digital-measurement-and-management-of-electricity-is-promising-and-very-complicated/  ABB chargers are being installed around the world, and they have recently been selected for use by Electrify America, the biggest electric vehicle infrastructure project to date in the United States. With more than 6,500 DC fast cha]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/worlds-fastest-ev-charger-gives-drivers-120-miles-in-8-minutes/Mon, 18 Jun 2018 09:18:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/worlds-fastest-ev-charger-gives-drivers-120-miles-in-8-minutes/ Intel Makes Smallest Quantum Computing Chip With Spin Qubits.  Intel researchers are taking new steps toward quantum computers by testing a tiny new “spin qubit” chip. The new chip was created in Intel’s D1D Fab in Oregon using the same silicon manufacturing techniques that the company has perfected for creating billions of traditional computer chips. Smaller than a pencil’s eraser, it is the tiniest quantum computing chip Intel has made.  The new sp]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/intel-makes-smallest-quantum-computing-chip-with-spin-qubits/Sat, 16 Jun 2018 21:27:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/intel-makes-smallest-quantum-computing-chip-with-spin-qubits/ Perovskite And Silicon Tandem Solar Could Beat Silicon Solar In Some To Many Situations.  Researchers from EPFL’s Photovoltaics Laboratory and the CSEM PV-center have developed an economically competitive solution to silicon solar cells. They have integrated a perovskite cell directly on top of a standard silicon-based cell, obtaining a record efficiency of 25.2 percent. Perovskite complements silicon. Perovskite converts blue and green light more efficiently, while sili]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/perovskite-and-silicon-tandem-solar-could-beat-silicon-solar-in-some-to-many-situations/Sat, 16 Jun 2018 21:07:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/perovskite-and-silicon-tandem-solar-could-beat-silicon-solar-in-some-to-many-situations/ GM And Honda Partner On Next-Gen Batteries.  General Motors and Honda on Thursday announced plans to work together on next-generation batteries for electric cars to fast-track their development for both automakers.  The batteries are said to deliver higher energy density, smaller packaging and faster charging than current designs. They will be based on a GM design, including the cells and modules.  Under the agreement, GM will produce the batteries for both]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/gm-and-honda-partner-on-next-gen-batteries/Sat, 16 Jun 2018 20:34:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/gm-and-honda-partner-on-next-gen-batteries/ Increasing the energy density of lithium-ion batteries could facilitate the development of advanced technologies with long-lasting batteries, as well as the widespread use of wind and solar energy. Now, researchers have made significant progress toward achieving that goal.
Structural and morphological characterization of Fe0.9Co0.1OF. a Rietveld refinement showing data points (Yobs, black circles), calculated profile (Ycalc, red line), and difference prof]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/irin-fluoridetripling-the-energy-storage-of-lithium-ion-batteries/Sat, 16 Jun 2018 09:36:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/irin-fluoridetripling-the-energy-storage-of-lithium-ion-batteries/ Gasoline-alcohol engines for heavy-duty trucks could produce a meaningful improvement in global air quality.
 
Several years ago, Daniel Cohn (left) and Leslie Bromberg took on the challenge of designing a low-emissions, fuel-efficient replacement for the polluting diesel engines traditionally viewed as th]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/getting-the-world-off-dirty-diesels/Sat, 16 Jun 2018 08:35:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/getting-the-world-off-dirty-diesels/ On March 6th, LiquidPiston Inc., an advanced internal combustion engine technology company, announced its intention to enter the UAV market with a revolutionary rotary engine aimed at powering medium-sized drones. As part of the company’s push into the UAV market, it presented at the Starburst Accelerator’s Selection Committee in Israel on Wednesday, March 7th. The invitation-only event brings together highly disruptive companies in the aerospace industry every year to]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/liquidpiston-enters-the-uav-arena-with-a-revolutionary-rotary-engine/Sat, 16 Jun 2018 03:54:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/liquidpiston-enters-the-uav-arena-with-a-revolutionary-rotary-engine/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/in-permian-company-leadership-and-state-standards-are-critical-for-reducing-oil-and-gas-methane-emissions/Fri, 15 Jun 2018 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/in-permian-company-leadership-and-state-standards-are-critical-for-reducing-oil-and-gas-methane-emissions/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/iranian-militias-in-iraqs-parliament-political-outcomes-and-us-response/Thu, 14 Jun 2018 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/iranian-militias-in-iraqs-parliament-political-outcomes-and-us-response/ A New Startup Is Showing How To Make Batteries Cheaper—And Safer.  Christina Lampe-Önnerud has been called the “Queen of Batteries.” She’s a Swedish chemist and entrepreneur who built one battery company (called Boston Power), sold it, and then founded another, Cadenza Innovation. She is now focused on making batteries cheaper and safer.  The core of Cadenza’s technology is not the battery itself, but all the peripherals that make a]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/a-new-startup-is-showing-how-to-make-batteries-cheaperand-safer/Thu, 14 Jun 2018 15:56:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/a-new-startup-is-showing-how-to-make-batteries-cheaperand-safer/ A new system devised by MIT engineers could provide a low-cost source of drinking water for parched cities around the world while also cutting power plant operating costs.
 
On the roof of the Central Utility Plant]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-system-recovers-fresh-water-from-power-plants/Thu, 14 Jun 2018 04:36:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-system-recovers-fresh-water-from-power-plants/ Prof. Dina Fattakhova-Rohlfing. CREDIT: Forschungszentrum Jülich / Sascha Kreklau
Ways to improve the power densitiesLithium-ion batteries are the ultimate benchmark when it comes to mobile phones, tablet devices, and electric cars. Their stora]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/turbocharge-for-lithium-batteries/Thu, 14 Jun 2018 04:10:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/turbocharge-for-lithium-batteries/ This is important advance, energy development also needs water.  This Box Sucks Pure Water Out Of Dry Desert Air.  For many of us, clean, drinkable water comes right out of the tap. But for billions it’s not that simple, and all over the world researchers are looking into ways to fix that. Today brings work from Berkeley, where a team is working on a water-harvesting apparatus that requires no power and can produce water even in the dry air of the desert. Hey, if a]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/this-box-sucks-pure-water-out-of-dry-desert-air-water-is-needed-for-energy-research-too/Wed, 13 Jun 2018 16:34:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/this-box-sucks-pure-water-out-of-dry-desert-air-water-is-needed-for-energy-research-too/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/protecting-infrastructure-against-cyber-threats/Wed, 13 Jun 2018 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/protecting-infrastructure-against-cyber-threats/ Compared to S/CNTs, S/NiFe2O4 has higher volumetric capacity and cycling stability. CREDIT: ©Science China Press
The low volumetric energy density is a bottleneck of practical Li-S battery
Xue-Ping Gao and co-workers, from Nankai University, tell us “Till no]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/nickel-ferrite-promotes-capacity-and-cycle-stability-of-lithium-sulfur-battery/Wed, 13 Jun 2018 12:25:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/nickel-ferrite-promotes-capacity-and-cycle-stability-of-lithium-sulfur-battery/ The firms hope to prove the potential of liquid air to deliver longer-duration energy storage, which if successful, could help address capacity shortfalls as well as deliver multiple grid balancing services, both in the UK and internationally.
Highview CEO Gare]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/worlds-first-liquid-air-energy-storage-plant-opens-near-manchester-uk/Wed, 13 Jun 2018 12:09:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/worlds-first-liquid-air-energy-storage-plant-opens-near-manchester-uk/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-mexico-oil-and-gas-rules-put-water-resources-communities-at-risk-heres-how-they-can-be-improved/Tue, 12 Jun 2018 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-mexico-oil-and-gas-rules-put-water-resources-communities-at-risk-heres-how-they-can-be-improved/ I have been told I can not outright say things are a scam. However sometimes I do not have to, as things are sometimes bleeding obvious. I am happy to take the legal challenge but the owner of this site would be the one the lawyers go]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/bd-inventors-free-energy-machines/Tue, 12 Jun 2018 06:36:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/bd-inventors-free-energy-machines/ CAPTION A bioinspired molecular electret dipole directs all the electrons toward the positive pole while preventing them from moving toward the negative pole. CREDIT: Valentine Vullev
Suppress electron transfer in one direction while accelerating in the o]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/electrons-take-one-step-forward-without-two-steps-back/Tue, 12 Jun 2018 06:27:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/electrons-take-one-step-forward-without-two-steps-back/ Yale scientists have created a new type of silicon laser that uses sound waves to amplify light. A study about the discovery appears in the online edition of the journal Science. In recent years, there has been increasing interest in translating optical technologies — such as fiber optics and free-space lasers — into tiny optical or “photonic” integrated circuits. Using light rather than electricity for integrated circuits permits sending and processing info]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-type-of-silicon-laser-uses-sound-waves-to-amplify-light/Tue, 12 Jun 2018 02:01:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/new-type-of-silicon-laser-uses-sound-waves-to-amplify-light/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/oak-ridge-national-laboratory-launches-americas-new-top-supercomputer-for-science/Mon, 11 Jun 2018 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/oak-ridge-national-laboratory-launches-americas-new-top-supercomputer-for-science/ Nawa Technologies’Core product is a new type of carbon ultra-capacitor with a set of remarkable advantages over typical lithium-ion battery cells.
Story by Loz Blain, New Atas
Link:]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/ultra-capacitor-hybrid-radically-boosts-power-and-efficiency-of-lithium-batteries/Mon, 11 Jun 2018 08:37:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/ultra-capacitor-hybrid-radically-boosts-power-and-efficiency-of-lithium-batteries/ The following story is from a press release and the companies website. The story makes many miraculous  claims. From powering houses 24 hours per day from a single 200 watt solar panel to eliminating the need for lithium ion batteries in electric cars. Too good to be true? I am just starting my investigation of this one and will report back latter. At this stage I would also note that if these claims could be validated they would be the most valuable company on the]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/genysys-lcc-energy-miracle-/Mon, 11 Jun 2018 03:33:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/genysys-lcc-energy-miracle-/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/east-coast-meets-west-coast-style-how-2-states-are-advancing-clean-energy/Fri, 08 Jun 2018 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/east-coast-meets-west-coast-style-how-2-states-are-advancing-clean-energy/ I thought we might report on it. Fortunately their IndieGoGo fundraiser back in 2016 only netted a few hundred dollars of the $40,000 asked. Finally people are starting to wake up or our education campaigns are finally working. Perhaps after being burnt a few times in the hip p]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/magmov-free-energy-scam/Fri, 08 Jun 2018 12:15:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/magmov-free-energy-scam/ I thought we might report on it. Fortunately their IndieGoGo fundraiser back in 2016 only netted a few hundred dollars of the $40,000 asked. Finally people are starting to wake up or our education campaigns are finally working. Perhaps after being b]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/magmov-free-energy/Fri, 08 Jun 2018 12:15:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/magmov-free-energy/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/will-us-turkish-progress-on-manbij-lead-to-wider-cooperation-in-syria/Thu, 07 Jun 2018 16:35:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/will-us-turkish-progress-on-manbij-lead-to-wider-cooperation-in-syria/ USC Viterbi School of Engineering researchers create a solution that brings better batteries within reach. This is a great step forward, however lifecycle still needs to be improved.
Chongwu Zhou uses sodium, a part of table salt, to make better smartphone batter]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/sodium-based-batteries-move-a-step-closer/Thu, 07 Jun 2018 11:22:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/sodium-based-batteries-move-a-step-closer/ A New Way To F Find Better Battery Materials. Design principles could point to better electrolytes for next-generation lithium batteries.   A new approach to analyzing and designing new ion conductors — a key component of rechargeable batteries — could accelerate the development of high-energy lithium batteries, and possibly other energy storage and delivery devices such as fuel cells, researchers say.  The new approach relies on understanding t]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/a-new-way-to-f-find-better-battery-materials/Thu, 07 Jun 2018 03:33:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/a-new-way-to-f-find-better-battery-materials/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/heres-why-us-energy-sector-opposes-tariffs-on-steel/Wed, 06 Jun 2018 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/heres-why-us-energy-sector-opposes-tariffs-on-steel/ Process Takes CO₂ From The Air, Converts It To Carbon Nano Tubes.  Carbon capture and storage involves the separation of carbon dioxide from other gases, after which it’s pumped underground for storage. It’s likely to be needed to reach our climate goals without simply shutting down many existing fossil fuel plants, and it will be essential if we overshoot our emissions goals by mid-century. But it also adds significant costs to building and operating fossil]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/process-takes-co-from-the-air-converts-it-to-carbon-nano-tubes/Wed, 06 Jun 2018 04:36:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/process-takes-co-from-the-air-converts-it-to-carbon-nano-tubes/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/chevron-shareholders-made-methane-a-key-priority-at-annual-general-meeting/Tue, 05 Jun 2018 16:00:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/chevron-shareholders-made-methane-a-key-priority-at-annual-general-meeting/ The idea for the bike was born in 2009 by a mixed group of multi-disciplinary product developers from Inoda+Sveje as coordinators / designers and IPU Product development as partner in concept / technology, we all had a will to implement technology in common objects that has so far been neglec]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/first-chainless-e-drive-system-for-bicycles/Tue, 05 Jun 2018 09:49:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/first-chainless-e-drive-system-for-bicycles/ From cell phones to televisions to hospital equipment, there’s energy in the air all around us. Now, researchers have discovered how to harness this ambient energy and use it to power other devices.  Now, researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology have discovered how to harness this ambient energy and use it to power other devices. I spoke yesterday with Manos Tentzeris, an engineering professor who is leading the research. Below are excerpts fro]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/capturing-energy-in-the-air-to-power-electronics/Tue, 05 Jun 2018 03:55:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/capturing-energy-in-the-air-to-power-electronics/ Keep reading →]]>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/executive-order-13800-on-strengthening-the-cybersecurity-of-federal-networks-and-critical-infrastructure-assessment-of-electricity-disruption-incident-response-capabilities/Mon, 04 Jun 2018 16:30:00 +0200https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/profession/traditional-energy/executive-order-13800-on-strengthening-the-cybersecurity-of-federal-networks-and-critical-infrastructure-assessment-of-electricity-disruption-incident-response-capabilities/