The notorious E. coli bacteria plays a role in a “revolutionary” new artificial photosynthesis system that converts waste carbon dioxide into plastic.
The large-scale utilization of electricity generated from biomass partnered with carbon capture technology — dubbed bioenergy with carbon capture and sequestration (BECCS) by the researchers — could result in greatly reduced emissions and a “carbon-negative” power system in the western US, according to new research from the University of California … [continued]
Based in San Francisco and Tanzania, SunFunder raises money for solar power projects in communities of need, such as African and Indian villages that often don’t have reliable access to electricity. Over 100,000 people have benefited from their solar projects so far. Below is an interview with them about their work. … [continued]
Can We Harness Ocean Waves to Power Your Home? from Experiment on Vimeo. Wind energy experts have harnessed the movement of air to produce cheap electricity. The movement of water, waves, is another source of energy being explored and utilized. To use wave energy to create electricity, one realizes the … [continued]
At the Center for the Built Environment (CBE), researchers at the University of California, Berkeley (often called UC Berkeley) have developed a Personal Comfort System (PCS) designed to cool and heat the parts of the body which are most “thermally sensitive.” This was done with the assistance of a $1.6 … [continued]
If sustainability and environmental responsibility weren’t enough persuasion, then cold hard cash in the form of home resale value may get homeowners to invest in green improvements. A new study finds California homes with green labels sell for $34,800, or nine percent, more than comparable homes without green certifications. … [continued]
Solar cells are awesome, and LEDs are awesome, but what about solar cells that also act like LEDs — double awesome? It seems so, and perhaps most notably, such solar cells also have increased voltage. The purpose of solar cells is to capture as much light as possible and … [continued]
The World Bank is supposedly changing its ways and putting more and more money into clean energy. This is what it keeps telling us. Though, some analyses would tell you otherwise and it just recently approved approximately $3 billion for what will be the 4th largest coal power plant in … [continued]
A team of researchers from UC Berkeley and the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley Lab have discovered a new lead-free material that produces an electrical current when exposed to stress. The phenomenon, called piezoelectricity, sounds exotic but it could some day become as common as backyard grills. [social_buttons] Piezoelectricity … [continued]
