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Alberta Companies Delivering New Products To The Conventional Energy Marketplace
3/12/2010
Today at ACAMP's latest seminar, Alberta's conventional energy industry learned how nanotechnology, micro-systems and micro-fluidics can play a powerful role in enhancing operational performance, reducing costs and promoting efficient extraction of oil and gas resources, while opening new markets for Alberta companies worldwide.
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Water Oxidation Advance Boosts Potential For Solar Fuel
3/12/2010
Emory University chemists have developed the most potent homogeneous catalyst known for water oxidation, considered a crucial component for generating clean hydrogen fuel using only water and sunlight.
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U Of M Researcher Discovers How Electricity Moves Through Cells
3/12/2010
Researchers at the University of Minnesota have created a molecular image of a system that moves electrons between proteins in cells.
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Emerson Expands Smart Wireless Field Starter Kit To Include Wireless Enabling Devices
3/12/2010
Emerson Process Management has expanded its configurable Smart Wireless Field Starter Kit to include the Smart Wireless THUM Adapter and Wireless Position Monitors.
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Frost & Sullivan: Biogas Plant Markets Finally On The Upswing - Germany To Lead 2010 Production
3/12/2010
The German biogas plants market plunged 80 per cent in 2008 pushed by the close succession of the global financial crisis, rising energy crops prices, and the revision of the German Renewable Energy law (EEG).
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More Maize Ethanol May Boost Greenhouse Gas Emissions
3/11/2010
In the March 2010 issue of BioScience, researchers present a sophisticated new analysis of the effects of boosting use of maize-derived ethanol on greenhouse gas emissions. The study, conducted by Thomas W. Hertel of Purdue University and five co-authors, focuses on how mandated increases in production of the biofuel in the United States will trigger land-use changes domestically and elsewhere.
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Risø DTU Takes The Lead For A Test And Approval Center For Fuel Cell And Hydrogen Technologies
3/11/2010
Danish industrial players have expressed a strong need for support in the process to push fuel cell and hydrogen technologies from the research and development stage into the commercial domain.
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Battery Maintenance Explained
3/11/2010
Portable test equipment expert Megger is currently offering free one-day Battery Maintenance Best Practices seminars. These have been developed specifically to help engineers and technicians eliminate the risk of stationary battery installations failing when they are most needed – when they are called on to supply emergency power.
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ABB’s New Inverter To Feed Photovoltaic Power Into The Grid, Safely And Reliably
3/11/2010
Photovoltaic energy is currently more expensive than conventional, higher-carbon energy sources, but it's getting cheaper. Over the next five years, as photovoltaic module production capacities continue to grow and economies of scale are achieved, the cost of photovoltaic-based power generation is expected to fall to the same levels as peak-rate electricity from conventional sources.
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USDA Announces A Guaranteed Loan To A Biorefinery To Produce Renewable Energy
3/11/2010
The U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced that Range Fuels, Inc., a Colorado based firm with a planned biorefinery located near Soperton, Ga., is the recipient of a loan guaranteed by USDA Rural Development to make cellulosic biofuel from wood chips.
