Energy

Making Energy Crops More Earth Friendly

A new review in the Agronomy Journal suggests that crop residue removal from corn, wheat, and grain sorghum may not be the most earth-friendly source of biomass for cellulosic ethanol production.  The review found that removal of more than 50% of crop resi ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 5 2010 - 10:55am

Large Natural Gas Deposit Found In Eastern Mediterranean

The United States Geological Survey (USGS) estimates that the Levant Basin Province, in the Eastern Mediterranean region, holds 122 trillion cubic feet (tcf) of undiscovered, technically recoverable natural gas. They say the province holds more natural gas ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 9 2010 - 10:29am

Scientists Harness Electricity From Algae Cells

Stanford scientists have harvested a tiny electric current from algae cells, found at the very source of energy production – photosynthesis, a plant's method of converting sunlight to chemical energy. The research may be one of the many possible first ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 13 2010 - 12:17pm

Large Natural Gas Deposit Found In Nile Delta

According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), The Nile Delta Basic holds an estimated 223 trillion cubic feet (tcf) (mean estimate) of undiscovered, technically recoverable natural gas. This is the first USGS assessment of this basin to identify ...

Article - News Staff - May 24 2010 - 1:18pm

Hurricanes May Threaten Gulf Coast Oil Pipelines

With the official start of hurricane season approaching on June 1, news reports about the Deep Horizon oil spill that began fouling the Gulf last month have raised questions about how a hurricane might complicate the unfolding disaster. A new study in Geop ...

Article - News Staff - May 26 2010 - 1:49pm

Buried Channel Solar Cells

For solar cells to be viable (not relying on government mandates and subsidies) costs have to come down and efficiency must go up.   Buried channel solar cells (BCSC) are one possible group of high efficiency devices. Characteristic for buried channel sola ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 4 2010 - 2:00am

CSMCRI develops green fuel for Indian cars.

 "In a major eco-friendly step towards renewable energy generation in India, seaweed sourced ethanol (ethyl alcohol), a biofuel additive in transport fuel, has been used to run a car for the first time. Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Insti ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Jun 10 2010 - 11:33pm

Hydrogen Fuel Cells- No Catalyst Needed?

Hydrogen is the fuel-cell future but currently it has a number of issues, primarily related to storage (1) and cost.   Cost because getting hydrogen out of a molecule requires a catalyst and efficient catalysts, like platinum, dissolve during the stop-and- ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 17 2010 - 11:42am

Barcelona has biodiesel selling on petrol pumps- cheap

I was very happy to see Bio-diesel being sold (and cheaper)-at regular outlets, what we call petrol pumps in India. And cheaper than normal diesel. That made me particularly happy because Spain played a leading role in developing biofuel, starting in 1970s ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Jul 22 2010 - 4:02pm

African Steam Turbine Market On The Rise

Coal isn't popular everywhere these days, particularly in Africa.  Driven by economic growth and demand, electricity within sub-Saharan Africa is rapidly approaching supply capacity and in many countries exceeding it. The demand for new generation ca ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 16 2010 - 9:29am