News tagged with energy economy

Report shows data centers not using as much power as projected

A new report commissioned by the New York Times, shows that electricity consumption used by data centers in the United States and around the world grew at a much slower pace then was predicted by a U.S. Environmental Protec ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Aug 02, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast report

Splitting water to create renewable energy simpler than first thought?

(PhysOrg.com) -- An international team, of scientists, led by a team at Monash University has found the key to the hydrogen economy could come from a very simple mineral, commonly seen as a black stain on ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created May 16, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (19) | comments 13 | with audio podcast

Full to the brim with hydrogen: Porous form of magnesium borohydride can store hydrogen

(PhysOrg.com) -- Hydrogen could be one of the most important fuels in a new energy economy based on renewable resources. However, no ideal hydrogen storage material has yet been found. A team led by Yaroslav ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Sep 29, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Guzzlers B Gone: New fuel economy labels for cars

For years we've had great efficiency labels for washing machines, for refrigerators, for dishwashers and more.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 30, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 9

CAFE standards create profit incentive for larger vehicles

(PhysOrg.com) -- The current Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards create a financial incentive for auto companies to make bigger vehicles that are allowed to meet lower targets, according to a new University of Michigan ...

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created Dec 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Declining energy quality could be root cause of current recession

An overlooked cause of the economic recession in the U.S. is a decade long decline in the quality of the nation's energy supply, often measured as the amount of energy we get out for a given energy input, ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Nov 30, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (13) | comments 9 | with audio podcast

Mars mission could ease Earth's energy supply crisis

Techniques and instrumentation initially developed for ExoMars - Europe’s next robotic mission to Mars in 2016 - but now due to fly on a NASA mission in 2018, could also provide the answers to the globally pressing issue ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jun 09, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (19) | comments 12

Fuel efficiency of vehicles on the road: Little progress since the 1920s

(PhysOrg.com) -- Vehicles on America's roads today get only about three miles more per gallon than vehicles back in 1923, University of Michigan researchers say.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 05, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (30) | comments 22

Detroit unsure over the future of green cars

The US auto industry remains unsold over the future of "green cars" such as electrics and hybrids, as carmakers struggle with the first steps in a market most agree shows promise over the long term.

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created Jan 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 27

White House orders review of energy loans

The White House Friday ordered a probe into US government loans to clean energy firms, after a solar panel company took a half billion dollar Energy Department loan guarantee and then went bankrupt.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Oct 29, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 32

Feds aim to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 28 percent

NASA opened an energy efficient office building at Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va. The Navy is running boats on biofuel in Norfolk.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Aug 28, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 13

Green car makers urged to go a step further

Four international bodies on Wednesday called on governments and car makers to halve global vehicle emissions by 2050 as the auto industry insisted it was serious about producing greener vehicles.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Mar 04, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Building a sustainable hydrogen economy

The concept of the hydrogen economy (HE), in which hydrogen would replace the carbon-based fossil fuels of the twentieth century was first mooted in the 1970s. Today, HE is seen as a potential solution to the dual global ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Dec 08, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 18

Carbon emissions at record high: report

Carbon emissions are at their highest ever levels, stoking fears of a global temperature rise over the "dangerous" two degrees Celsius threshold, according to data cited by the Guardian newspaper.

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 30, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 8

German nuclear exit 'would cost up to 2 bn euros'

German Economy Minister Rainer Bruederle said Friday that a switch from nuclear power to alternative forms of energy could cost Europe's top economy up to two billion euros ($2.9 billion) per year.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Apr 15, 2011 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 4