A sprawling international collaboration between scientists at government and university laboratories has resulted in a breakthrough discovery that could lead to more efficient ways of generating electricity from waste heat. The phenomenon, called the thermoelectric effect, can be applied to car exhaust, factory emissions, and other operations to capture the … [continued]
An interestingly novel way of comparing solar power with nuclear power finds that solar easily bests nuclear. Ken Zweibel has an analysis at The Solar Review, that compares the two kinds of electrical energy, in terms of how much power is packed into each gram of its respective material: cadmium … [continued]
With the defeat of the Democrats’ climate legislation in the filibuster-ruled Senate this year, that would have capped pollutants and reduced them annually, President Obama is today transferring to the EPA the regulation of greenhouse gases from refineries and coal plants that emit more than 25,000 tons of greenhouse gases, … [continued]
If you’re not aware, the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI, pronounced “Reggie”), the first cap and trade system in the U.S. started on January 1, 2009, after about 6 years of discussions and preparation. Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont participate in … [continued]
I covered Network for New Energy Choices’ 2009 Freeing the Grid report last December. A good report on “which states make it easy for people to sell electricity to the grid and which make it difficult.” NNEC now has the 2010 Freeing the Grid report out. As a little reminder, NNEC (in … [continued]
This guest post, a great infograph on the relationship between the internet and the environment, comes to us from Chris Tucker of WordStream Internet Marketing Software.
The findings are preliminary, but suggestive: researchers from Ames National Laboratory and the University of Colorado have compiled evidence that wind turbines sited on farmlands may actually help certain crops thrive even when weather conditions are less than ideal. If further study does reveal a definite connection, it marks a … [continued]
The energy industry “is caught in the middle of the world’s uncertainty whirlpool, surrounded by currents of market, regulatory and technical forces that all await resolution,” Black & Veatch (B&V), a large global engineering, consulting and construction company, writes. But while there is plenty of uncertainty, many of us want … [continued]
A researcher at the University of Connecticut has come up with a solution for certain kinds of coastal water pollution. Professor Charles Yarish is developing an engineered ecosystem based on seaweed and shellfish that could help reduce excess nutrients, one of the vital signs of a healthy marine environment. Excess … [continued]
When life hands you lemons, you should make…car parts!?! That’s pretty much the idea behind GM’s latest green maneuver. Not content to introduce its Chevy Volt electric-gasoline vehicle as an all-American car for all Americans while creating a bonanza of green jobs (and more green jobs) in the U.S., GM … [continued]
