Oregon is about to embark on a first-in-the-nation program that aims to charge car owners not for the fuel they use, but for the miles they drive.
Energy & Green Tech
May 20, 2015
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A plastic used in filters and tubing has an unusual trait: It can produce electricity when pulled or pressed. This ability has been used in small ways, but now researchers are coaxing fibers of the material to make even more ...
Polymers
Mar 26, 2015
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Green-car sceptics take note: Japan now has more electric vehicle charging spots than gas stations.
Energy & Green Tech
Feb 17, 2015
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Interlinkage of the power and gas grids is planned to make electricity supply sustainable and robust in the future. Fluctuating amounts of wind and solar power, for instance, might be stored in the form of the chemical energy ...
Energy & Green Tech
Jan 9, 2015
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Like other Japanese who were banking on this country's sweeping move toward clean energy, Junichi Oba is angry.
Energy & Green Tech
Oct 31, 2014
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In the coming years, the Netherlands will have to work hard on Smart Grids, intelligent local networks with new storage capacity for green electricity. It will thus be possible to counter the impending instability caused ...
Energy & Green Tech
Oct 17, 2013
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Korean Researchers from Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) developed a new method to massively synthesize enhanced yet affordable materials for supercapacitors.
Nanomaterials
Jul 8, 2013
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Korean researchers from Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), S. Korea, developed a novel bio-inspired composite electrocatalyst outperforming platinum.
Materials Science
Jul 3, 2013
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(Phys.org) —Los Alamos National Laboratory scientists have designed a new type of nanostructured-carbon-based catalyst that could pave the way for reliable, economical next-generation batteries and alkaline fuel cells, ...
Materials Science
Jun 4, 2013
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Romania's centre-left government on Tuesday adopted a decree cutting incentives for renewable energy, which experts say could drive investors away and put on hold a booming industry.
Energy & Green Tech
Jun 4, 2013
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