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New, Inexpensive Catalyst Boosts Oxygen Production for Home Energy Systems
Posted in Alternative Fuels, Energy Storage, Solar Power, Transportation, Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy, Hydrogen, News on Thursday, September 02 2010
The era of personalized energy systems — in which individual homes and small businesses produce their own energy for heating, cooling, and powering cars — took another step toward forward as MIT scientists have discovered a powerful new catalyst that is a key element in such a system.
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Solar-Powered, Oil-Cleaning Robots: Solution for Oil Spill?
Posted in Remediation Technologies, Solar Power, Pollution, News, Videos on Wednesday, August 25 2010
A team of researchers at MIT's SENSEable City Laboratory have developed Seaswarm, a robot that autonomously navigates the water’s surface and uses nanofibers to absorb 20 times its weight in oil, which could be made into a viable solution for cleaning up the Gulf oil spill.
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Funding Opportunity for Geothermal Heat Extraction R&D
Posted in Geothermal Power, Renewable Energy, Government Initiatives, Carbon Dioxide, News on Monday, August 23 2010
The Department of Energy’s Geothermal Technologies Program recently announced a $15 million funding opportunity to research and develop innovative methods to extract heat from geothermal resources from the Earth’s crust to produce clean, renewable energy.
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Paving Slabs Clean the Air
Posted in Building Technologies, Remediation Technologies, Solar Power, Pollution, Government Initiatives, News on Monday, August 16 2010
Innovative paving slabs that are coated in titanium dioxide nanoparticles can reduce the amount of nitrogen oxide in the air. Titanium dioxide is a photocatalyst; it uses sunlight to accelerate a naturally occurring chemical reaction, the speed of which changes with exposure to light.
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Open Software Platform Helps Save Energy
Posted in Solar Power, Wind Power, Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy, Government Initiatives, News on Thursday, August 12 2010
Starting in 2011, energy suppliers in Germany will be required to offer electricity at variable rates under the German Energy Act. A new energy management software platform will enable customers to opt for flexible electricity rates, so that they can purchase power at times when it is available more cheaply. Another advantage is better utilization of the power grid.
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Sustainable Biochar to Mitigate Climate Change
Posted in Biomass, Remediation Technologies, Climate, Renewable Energy, Pollution, Carbon Dioxide, News on Wednesday, August 11 2010
By producing biochar - a charcoal-like substance made from plants and other organic materials - up to 12 percent of the world's human-caused greenhouse gas emissions could be sustainably offset, which is more than what could be offset if the same plants and materials were burned to generate energy.
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Switchgrass Lessens Soil Nitrate Loss Into Waterways
Posted in Biomass, Remediation Technologies, Renewable Energy, Pollution, News on Tuesday, August 10 2010
By planting switchgrass and using certain agronomic practices, farmers can significantly reduce the amount of nitrogen and nitrates that leach into the soil, according to Iowa State University research.
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