Researchers
at the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Systems and Device
Technology (IISB) have developed an inductive system for charging
electric vehicles from the front end. »
Researchers
at the Fraunhofer Institute of Optronics, System Technologies and Image
Exploitation IOSB in Ilmenau are developing information technology to
make water power generation systems more efficient. »
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new discovery of two additional coral communities showing signs of
damage from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill expands the impact footprint
of the 2010 spill in the Gulf of Mexico. »
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new phase of matter known as topological insulators, until recently
known only for esoteric quantum-mechanical properties, might have a
practical use in controlling magnetic memory and logic devices. »
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new material, designed and patented by researchers at Berkeley Lab,
converts ethane to ethanol with an efficiency that could cut natural-gas
refining costs. »
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group of scientists at the Okayama University, Tokyo Institute of
Technology and Kyoto University has shown that iron oxide nanoparticles
produced by bacteria in groundwater has a potential to be used as anode
material for lithium-ion batteries.»
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new Stanford study discovers that it is economically and technically
feasible to convert California’s energy infrastructure to renewables
like solar energy, wind and hydroelectricity. »
The
National Academy of Sciences has published a new congressionally
mandated report entitled “Lessons Learned from the Fukushima Nuclear
Accident for Improving Safety of U.S. Nuclear Plants.” »
Airports
consume as much energy as small cities. The EU’s three-year CASCADE
project aims to help airports reduce energy consumption and cut CO2emissions. »
The
EU imports more than half of the energy it consumes and that can make
it vulnerable to external energy suppliers such as Russia. To improve
the situation, the European Commission presented a plan to reduce this
dependence, which was discussed by Parliament’s industry committee last
week. »
According
to the Joint Research Center (JRC), the EU in-house scientific service,
over 70% of European consumers will have a smart meter for electricity
by 2020. »
Here’s
a bit of energy news that didn’t make it into our daily coverage during
the past week. In this review, we collected some of less big, but
nonetheless interesting news, of the week that went by, from the world
of energy science and technology. »
The National Hockey League (NHL) this week released its 2014 NHL Sustainability Report, the first such report by a major sports league in North America. »
Russia
is a major exporter of crude oil, petroleum products, and natural gas.
Sales of these fuels accounted for 68% of Russia’s total export revenues
in 2013, based on data from Russia’s Federal Customs Service. »
A new report, the PV Module Reliability Scorecard 2014,
by GTM Research and PV Evolution Labs, now DNV GL, found that PV
manufacturer’s solar panels performed relatively well across all
metrics. »
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