News tagged with gas generator

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

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

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

Researchers calculate the cost of CO2 emissions, call for carbon tax

Two Rice University researchers are calling on policymakers to encourage the transition from coal-based electricity production to a system based on natural gas through a carbon tax.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jul 07, 2010 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (14) | comments 20

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

Storing green electricity as natural gas

Renewable electricity can be transformed into a substitute for natural gas. Until now, electricity was generated from gas. Now, a German-Austrian cooperation wants to go in the opposite direction. In the future, these researchers ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 05, 2010 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (10) | comments 3

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

MIT releases major report: The Future of Natural Gas

Natural gas will play a leading role in reducing greenhouse-gas emissions over the next several decades, largely by replacing older, inefficient coal plants with highly efficient combined-cycle gas generation. ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jun 25, 2010 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (9) | comments 2

Cutting greenhouse pollutants could directly save millions of lives worldwide

Tackling climate change by reducing carbon dioxide and other greenhouse emissions will have major direct health benefits in addition to reducing the risk of climate change, especially in low-income countries, according to ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity 2.1 / 5 (14) | comments 8

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

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

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

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

Americans using less energy, more renewables: report

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

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

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

EU agency: air pollution costs exceed $134 billion

(AP) -- Air pollution isn't just harmful - it's expensive, resulting in health care and environmental costs of more than euro100 billion ($130 billion) in 2009, the European Union's environment agency said Thursday.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 24, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 11