Energy

Power plants: Grow your own electricity

Imagine charging your cellphone from a meadow or harvesting electricity from rice paddies. The technology works, but can we make plant power a staple crop?

Publication Date: 
11/02/2012
Caroline Williams
New Scientist
2851
46-49
Tags:
Electricity, Energy Technology, Netherlands, Grasses, United States Of America (US), Fuel Cell, Rice, Europe
Energy

Mobile tech to offer water and power

A team, led by Jerry Woodall at Purdue University, has developed an aluminium alloy which they claim could be used in the new mobile technology to provide power and drinking water.

Washington, May 4: Coming soon: A new mobile technology that would convert nonpotable water into drinking water while also extracting hydrogen to generate electricity, say scientists.

A team, led by Jerry Woodall

Publication Date: 
05/05/2011
Asian Age (New Delhi)
Tags:
Drinking Water, Energy, Electricity, Fuel Cell, Research
Energy

Sustainable energy security: strategic risks and opportunities for business

This latest report produced by Lloyd's & Chatham House outlines key trends affecting global energy supplies over the next 10 - 20 years, identifying risks associated with both resource constraints and transition to a lower carbon economy.

Publication Date: 
01/06/2010
Antony Froggatt, Glada Lahn
Chatham House
Tags:
Uranium, Climate Change, Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy, Transport, Fossil Fuels, Oil, Electricity, Fuel Cell, Asia, India, London, Antony Froggatt, Chatham House, Low Carbon Economy, Glada Lahn, Energy
Energy

Microbial fuel cell - A promising green energy production technology from wastewater

Use of fuel cells is an alternate energy technology that is being studied for full-scale implementation. These can be classified into three subgroups: catalytic, enzymatic, and microbial. Microbial fuel cells are unique in their ability to utilize microorganisms, rather than an enzyme or inorganic molecule, as catalysts for converting the chemical energy of feedstock directly into electricity.

Publication Date: 
31/05/2010
Debabrata Das
Akshay Urja
3
6
35
Tags:
Fuel Cell, Micro Organisms, Energy, Water Treatment Technology
Transport

Hydrogen vehicles: Fuel of the future?

Hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles, largely forgotten as attention turned to biofuels and batteries, are staging a comeback. Jeff Tollefson investigates.

Publication Date: 
29/04/2010
Jeff Tollefson
Nature
464
7293
1262
Tags:
Hydrogen, Biofuel, Transport, Battery Vehicles, Fuel Cell, Fuel Cell Vehicles, Auto Technology, United States Of America (US)
Climate Change

Dream no small dreams

The thing I love most about America is that there

Publication Date: 
08/03/2010
Indian Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Carbon Dioxide, Climate Change, Carbon Sequestration, Electricity, Fuel Cell
Air Pollution

Tata Motors develops fuel cell-powered buses and light trucks

AMSTERDAM: It seems Tata Motors is on a green diet. After showcasing the electric Indica and announcing plans for a hybrid Nano, Tata Motors has now developed a range of hydrogen fuel cell-powered buses and light trucks. The fuel cell-powered commercial vehicles, developed at Tata Motors

Publication Date: 
11/02/2010
Economic Times (New Delhi)
Tags:
Air Pollution, Vehicular Pollution, Fuel Cell, Fuel Cell Vehicles, Auto Industry, Tata Motors, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
Energy

Smart Grid Good For Big Solar, Wind: U.S. Regulator

The long-awaited "smart grid" for U.S. power could play a major role in rolling out renewable energy like wind and solar, the top U.S. power regulator said on Wednesday.

Publication Date: 
09/10/2009
Peter Henderson
Planet Ark (Australia)
Tags:
Renewable Energy, Wind Energy, Solar Energy, Energy, Natural Gas, Electricity, Thermal Power Plants, Fuel Cell, United States Of America (US)
Transport

Technology roadmap: electric and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (EV/PHEV)

The Electric and Plug-in Hybrid Vehicle (EV/PHEV) Roadmap for the first time identifies a detailed scenario for the evolution of these types of vehicles and their market penetration, from annual production of a few thousand to over 100 million vehicles by 2050. It finds that the next decade is a key

Publication Date: 
01/10/2009
International Energy Agency
Tags:
Carbon Dioxide, Vehicle Technology, Electric, Hybrid Electric, Transport, Energy Technology, Battery Vehicles, Fuel Cell, India, Global, Vehicles
Energy

EU Seeks To Take Lead In Green Energy Research

The European Union's executive will next month publish its strategy for promoting hi-tech solutions to climate change, aiming to give European businesses a head start as the world switches to low-carbon energy.

A draft document obtained by Reuters gives insight into the European Commission's priorities.

Publication Date: 
17/09/2009
Pete Harrison
Planet Ark (Australia)
Tags:
Environment, Clean Coal, Nuclear Power, Renewable Energy, Wind Energy, Solar Energy, Energy, Electricity, Fuel Cell, European Union (EU)

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