News tagged with new energy sources

Squeezing polymers produces chemical energy but raises doubts about implant safety

A polymer is a mesh of chains, which slowly break over time due to the pressure from ordinary wear and tear. When a polymer is squeezed, the pressure breaks chemical bonds and produces free radicals: ions with unpaired electrons, ...

Chemistry / Polymers

created Mar 02, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

With changes, the grid can take it

Over the next two decades, the U.S. electric grid will face unprecedented technological challenges stemming from the growth of distributed and intermittent new energy sources such as solar and wind power, ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Dec 05, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Post-doctoral researcher makes strides in fuel cell technology

Liang Wang, a post-doctoral researcher in the University of Delaware's Center for Fuel Cell Research in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, is developing new materials and structures that can improve ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Dec 01, 2011 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (4) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Panasonic to build Malaysian solar cell plant

Japanese electronics giant Panasonic said Friday it would build a new solar cell factory in Malaysia, as it looks abroad to cut production costs caused by the surging yen.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Nov 25, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

ConocoPhillips, Penn State Energy Prize for airborne wind turbines

(PhysOrg.com) -- Wind turbines that float hundreds of feet above the ground or sea and are deployable in 24 hours are the focus of the "Aerostat Platform for Rapid Deployment Airborne Wind Turbine" project ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Oct 27, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 8

Smaller, cheaper, 300 times more intense: Scientists prove theory which could revolutionise lasers

(PhysOrg.com) -- More brilliant X-rays, more cost-effective methods for developing new energy sources and advanced manufacturing processes are just some of the benefits which may come from a novel technology, ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Oct 11, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (37) | comments 20 | with audio podcast

Obama unveils new biofuels, carbon capture, initiatives

US President Barack Obama on Wednesday unveiled a new strategy to reinvigorate US production of biofuels, vowing he would not let nations like China race ahead in building new energy economies.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Feb 03, 2010 | popularity 2.9 / 5 (12) | comments 5

Obama calls for new era of energy exploration

(AP) -- President Barack Obama, standing Wednesday in the shell of a once-giant Maytag appliance factory that now houses a wind energy company, declared that a "new era of energy exploration in America" would ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Apr 23, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 2