Energy
A clean energy future? The devil is in the details
Who, besides maybe the oil and coal companies and their stockholders, wouldn’t want to move away from fossil fuels and build a future based
Bloomberg: Renewables spending needs to reach $500bn by 2030
Global spending on renewable energy projects could more than double by 2030, but that alone won’t be enough to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by
Welcome to the cloak-and-dagger world of peak oil, climate
Who would’ve thunk it? As we ease into the second decade of the 21st century — a period that had promised a new era
How to cut energy use, carbon? One Rosenfeld at a time
How influential is Arthur Rosenfeld in the field of energy efficiency? So influential that a group of scientists have proposed naming a unit of
The trouble with clean energy $ources
A lot of attention is given to one of the big problems with renewable energy source: intermittency, which refers to the fact that the
‘Smart’ fridges, water heaters could cut fossil fuel use
Look at brochures of electricity companies today and you’ll see green pictures full of wind farms and sunshine. These are the images that
US announces $100 million for large-scale energy storage research
The US Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $100 million in Recovery Act funding to speed up the development of grid-scale energy storage and
Network seeks ways to ’steal’ energy from the environment
A new virtual network of researchers and industry experts launched today with the goal of advancing energy harvesting technology and reducing dependence on batteries.
Stealthy Bloom Energy unveils new fuel-cell technology
Bloom Energy, a California-based company whose fuel-cell technology was profiled in a recent “60 Minutes” broadcast today publicly launched its Bloom Energy Server. The
Don’t waste waste, study says: Use it to generate energy
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Plan for a solar future means knowing when the sun won’t shine
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