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May 24 | News
The unilateral efforts of a single country or region to
reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases could reduce exports, increase
imports
and lead to higher emissions elsewhere—what economists call "leakage."
Unilateral efforts could, however, work better if other sources of
energy were
used as substitutes, thereby creating "negative leakage," according to
research
by University of Illinois energy policy experts.
May 24 | News
The current method of removing the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide from the flues of coal-fired power plants uses so much energy that no one bothers to use it. So says Roger Aines, principal investigator for a team that has developed an entirely new catalyst for separating out and capturing carbon dioxide, one that mimics a naturally occurring catalyst operating in our lungs.
May 21 | News
Researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology are evaluating a system that efficiently eliminates nitrogen from the combustion process, delivering a pure stream of carbon dioxide after removing other combustion byproducts such as water and other gases.
May 11 | News
Sandia National Laboratories and the U.S. Department of Energy have released a new tool to help utilities, developers, and regulators identify the energy storage options that best meet their needs. Partnering with DNV KEMA, Sandia is releasing Energy Storage Select, or ES-Select, software under a public license to the company.
May 9 | News
A
detailed description of development of the first practical device that
mimics the process of photosynthesis has recently been published in an
American Chemical Society journal. Unlike earlier devices, which used
costly ingredients, the new device is made from inexpensive materials
and employs low-cost engineering and manufacturing processes.
May 9 | News
Hydrogen gas offers one of the most promising sustainable energy alternatives to limited fossil fuels. But traditional methods of producing pure hydrogen face significant challenges in unlocking its full potential. Now, scientists at Brookhaven National Laboratory have developed a new electrocatalyst that addresses one of these problems by generating hydrogen gas from water cleanly and with much more affordable materials.
May 7 | News
A new approach to assessing greenhouse gas emissions from
coal, wind, solar, and other energy technologies paints a much more
precise
picture of cradle-to-grave emissions and should help sharpen decisions
on what
new energy projects to build.
May 1 | News
In
a post-Solyndra, budget-constrained world, the transition to a
decarbonized energy system faces great hurdles. Overcoming these hurdles
will require smarter and more focused policies. Two Stanford writers
outline their visions in a pair of analyses.
May 1 | News
In a post-Solyndra, budget-constrained world, the transition to a decarbonized energy system faces great hurdles. Overcoming these hurdles will require smarter and more focused policies. Two Stanford University writers outline their visions in a pair of high-profile analyses.
May 1 | News
A
team of Rice University students recently fulfilled a challenge to
economically turn shale gas produced in China into a range of useful,
profitable and environmentally friendly products. In building its plan,
the team had to deal not only with processing what's known as "sour gas"
straight out of the wellhead, but also had to come up with a solid
budget for the construction and profitable operation of the plant as
well as a strategy to protect the environment.
