News tagged with gas generator

Energy harvesters transform waste into electricity

Billions of dollars lost each year as waste heat from industrial processes can be converted into electricity with a technology being developed at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 16, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 22 | with audio podcast

Power from down under

Grants recently awarded to MIT researchers by the U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) could help to pave the way for a method of generating electricity that produces no greenhouse gas emissions, and that could ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jan 26, 2010 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (39) | comments 11 | with audio podcast

Advanced power-grid research finds low-cost, low-carbon future in West

The least expensive way for the Western U.S. to reduce greenhouse gas emissions enough to help prevent the worst consequences of global warming is to replace coal with renewable and other sources of energy ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Apr 03, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (14) | comments 73 | with audio podcast

Reduction in US carbon emissions attributed to cheaper natural gas

In 2009, when the United States fell into economic recession, greenhouse gas emissions also fell, by 6.59 percent relative to 2008.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 27, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (6) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

China plans Asia's biggest coal-fired power plant

China's Shenhua Group will build the largest coal-fired power station in Asia over the next five years, the official Xinhua news agency said Tuesday, as the country struggles to meet its energy needs.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Dec 27, 2011 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 7

Americans using more fossil fuels

American energy use went back up in 2010 compared to 2009, when consumption was at a 12-year low. The United States used more fossil fuels in 2010 than in 2009, while renewable electricity remained approximately ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Nov 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 11 | with audio podcast

Americans using less energy, more renewables: report

Americans are using less energy overall and making more use of renewable energy resources.

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created Aug 24, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

A blue gem for greener fuel

(PhysOrg.com) -- Sapphire, a brilliant blue gemstone most familiar in jewelry, may soon play an important part in making coal a cleaner fuel source.

Technology / Engineering

created Mar 19, 2010 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (9) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New geothermal heat extraction process to deliver clean power generation (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new method for capturing significantly more heat from low-temperature geothermal resources holds promise for generating virtually pollution-free electrical energy. Scientists at the Department ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jul 16, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (19) | comments 16

New research links crop disease and climate change

Researchers from the University of Hertfordshire have investigated links between crop disease and climate change which impact our food growth and production - affecting our food security today and for future generations. ...

Biology / Ecology

created Feb 28, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study: Location key to green benefits of electric vehicles

Apparently, location, location, location is the latest twist on electric vehicles and the environment: Whether an electric car such as the Nissan Leaf protects the atmosphere from greenhouse gases depends on where it's charged, ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Apr 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 3

Key to low-cost solar power lies in super-efficient cells

Thinking big while focusing on small, a solar company and a national energy lab combined talents to develop a solar power concentrator that generates electricity at prices competitive with natural gas.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Feb 16, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Supercritical carbon dioxide Brayton Cycle turbines promise giant leap in thermal-to-electric conversion efficiency

Sandia National Laboratories researchers are moving into the demonstration phase of a novel gas turbine system for power generation, with the promise that thermal-to-electric conversion efficiency will be increased to as ...

Technology / Engineering

created Mar 04, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 0

US energy future hazy on Japan, environment fears

The United States faces tough questions as it tries to plot its energy future in the wake of the Japan nuclear disaster and long-running environmental and security concerns, analysts say.

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created Mar 31, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 3

Up-and-coming forests will remain important carbon sinks

(PhysOrg.com) -- The aging forests of the Upper Great Lakes could be considered the baby boomers of the region's ecosystem.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Aug 10, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0