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Monday, August 4, 2014

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MRI technology serves as a looking glass into supercapacitors’ energy storage activity

Chemists Use MRI to Study Supercapacitors

Scientists at New York University and the University of Cambridge have developed a magnetic resonance imaging-based technique for monitoring and potentially enhancing the performance of supercapacitors. »
PNNL materials scientist Xiaochuan Lu assembles a sodium-beta battery in a glove box. He and his colleagues have developed a new liquid metal alloy electrode that allows sodium-beta batteries to operate at significantly lower temperatures, which enables the batteries to last longer, helps streamline their manufacturing process and reduces the risk of accidental fire.

Liquid Alloy Electrode Improves Sodium-Beta Battery Performance

A paper published in Nature Communications (see footnote) describes an electrode made of a liquid metal alloy that enables sodium-beta batteries to operate at significantly lower temperatures. »
Deepwater Horizon oil spill: The oil slick as seen from space by NASA‘s Terra satellite on 24 May 2010

Low-Grade Cotton Collects 50 Times Its Weight in Oil

Scientists at Texas Tech University have discovered that low-grade cotton made into an absorbent nonwoven mat can collect up to 50 times its own weight in oil. »
Perovskite Solar Cells Fabricated Using Spray-Painting Process

Perovskite Solar Cells Fabricated Using Spray-Painting Process

Researchers at the University of Sheffield have successfully produced perovskite solar cells using a spray-painting process. »
A new study brings a pure lithium anode design closer to reality

Researchers Get Closer to Making Pure Lithium Anode

Scientists at Stanford University report that they have taken a significant step toward designing a pure lithium anode. »
Amin Salehi-Khojin, assistant professor of mechanical/industrial engineering

Catalyst Converts Waste Carbon Dioxide Into Syngas

Scientists from the University of Illinois at Chicago have created a new catalyst that improves their system for converting waste carbon dioxide into syngas. »
Charging electric cars by induction is still a distant vision. By installing the charging system at the front of the vehicle, scientists have found a new efficient and cost-effective approach

Novel Inductive Charging System for Cars Proposed

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. »
New zinc porphyrin dyes that harvest light in both the visible and near-infrared parts of the spectrum

New Dyes Help Solar Cells Harvest More Light

Researchers have developed zinc porphyrin dyes that harvest light in both the visible and near-infrared parts of the spectrum. »
The hydroelectric plants in the Columbia River basin in the Pacific Northwest generate 22,000 MW in output. In the photo: a dam wall in the many-branched dam system

Simulation Model to Make Hydroelectric Plants More Efficient

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. »
A new payment system helps recharge electric cars privately

Payment System Protects Privacy of EV Owners

A new electronic payment system created at A*STAR aims to protect the privacy of EV owners recharging their electric cars. »
A colony of coral from a newly discovered coral community with attached anemones and brittle stars from a site 6 km from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill site. The patchy brown growth on the normally gold-colored coral is not found on healthy colonies and is diagnostic for corals impacted during the spill

Scientists Discover New Damage from Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

A 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. »
Astronaut Mike Fincke pictured to the left of the Combustion Integrated Rack facility installed in the Destiny module of the ISS shortly after installation

Cool Burning Flames Could Lead to Better Engines

A team of international researchers has discovered a new type of cool burning flames that could lead to greener, more efficient combustion engines. »
8/1/2014 This Week in Energy: Beyond Headlines

8/1/2014 This Week in Energy: Beyond Headlines

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. »
Cascade systems are implemented and validated in two major European airports from December/April 2014 to March 2015: Milano Malpensa and Roma Fiumicino.

CASCADE Project to Help Airports Reduce Energy Use

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. »
EIA: Saudi Arabia earned $274 billion in net oil export revenues in 2013

EIA: OPEC Earned $826 Billion In Oil Export Revenues in 2013

The EIA estimates that, excluding Iran, members of OPEC earned about $826 billion in net oil export revenues in 2013. »
Energy dependency rates showing to what extent a country relies on imports for its energy needs

EU to Stop Its Energy Dependence on Russia

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. »
JRC report estimates 3% energy savings for consumers using a smart metering system

JRC Measures Smart Meter Deployment Across EU

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. »
7/25/2014 This Week in Energy: Beyond Headlines

7/25/2014 This Week in Energy: Beyond Headlines

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 releases its 2014 NHL Sustainability Report

NHL Releases 2014 Sustainability Report

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 gross export sales, 2013

EIA: 68% of Russia’s Export Revenues Are From Oil, Natural Gas

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. »
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