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'Tribo-electric,' the buzzword of the future?Paris (AFP) March 04, 2014 Out at sea, gentle waves provide power for thousands of homes. In cities, dancefloor moves generate electricity for nightclubs. In the countryside, hikers use leg power to recharge their phones. It is an alluring goal of clean, reliable power free from geo-political risks - and scientists in the United States said Tuesday it lies within reach, thanks to a smart way to harvest energy called tribo-electricity. Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology said they had built a simple prototy ... read more |
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 Unirac Supports Collegiate Solar Decathlon Sponsored by US DoE New Spy Technology to Spawn Oil Revolution Sunpreme Launches Premium Solar 2.0 Maxima GxB Solar Modules Solano Community College District Celebrates 2.8MW of SunPower Solar Power Systems Schneider Electric surpasses one GW PV-Solar service milestone in 2013 ReneSola Provides High-Efficiency Modules to 11.7MW Solar Project in Italy | .. |
 Nanotracer tester tells about wells A tabletop device invented at Rice University can tell how efficiently a nanoparticle would travel through a well and may provide a wealth of information for oil and gas producers. The device ... more | .. |
 Seismic testing for Atlantic oil and gas? The Obama administration has unveiled an environmental analysis that could pave the way for seismic testing for oil and gas in the Atlantic. ... more | .. |
 Swelling oil fund makes every Norwegian a millionaire A bumper 2013 for Norway's sovereign wealth fund, which invests surplus oil revenue, has made every Norwegian a virtual millionaire in kroner. ... more | .. |
 Iraq oil exports hit 25-year high in February: minister Iraq exported 2.8 million barrels of oil per day in February, a top minister said Saturday, a sharp month-on-month gain and the highest such figure in at least a quarter-century. ... more |
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 Iraq: 'This is war,' say Kurds in oil fight with Baghdad Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's dispute with Iraq's Kurdish minority over its independent oil exports has escalated with the central government blocking Kurdistan's share of the state budget and banning two airlines that operate between Europe and the Kurds' semiautonomous northern enclave. ... more | .. |
 Big Step for Next-Gen Fuel Cells and Electrolyzers A big step in the development of next-generation fuel cells and water-alkali electrolyzers has been achieved with the discovery of a new class of bimetallic nanocatalysts that are an order of magnit ... more | .. |
 Saft to supply lithium-ion batteries to power US military satellite Saft has been awarded a multi-million dollar contract from Lockheed Martin to provide Lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries for Advanced Extremely High Frequency communication satellites to be used by the ... more | .. |
 ExxonMobil chief, neighbors sue over fracking concerns ExxonMobil chief executive Rex Tillerson has been a zealous advocate of the US shale boom and the controversial use of "fracking," but not when it hits too close to home. ... more |
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 Australia's LNG exports face competition from U.S. The United States is emerging as a major competitor to Australia's gas export market, says a former U.S. Department of Energy official. ... more | .. |
 Boundless Natural Gas, Boundless Opportunities The Energy Information Agency (EIA) has predicted that natural gas production in the US will continue to grow at an impressive pace. Right now output is close to 70 billion cubic feet a day and is e ... more | .. |
 'Greener' aerogel technology holds potential for oil and chemical clean-up Cleaning up oil spills and metal contaminates in a low-impact, sustainable and inexpensive manner remains a challenge for companies and governments globally. But a group of researchers at the Univer ... more | .. |
 Smart glass Porous films, which use similar properties to those seen in moth eyes in combination with nanoparticles, are being developed into robust, self-cleaning antireflective coatings for use on both plasti ... more |
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 Kerry stays mum on Keystone pipeline deliberations US Secretary of State John Kerry Wednesday refused to give away any hint on whether he will approve a controversial Canada to US oil pipeline, saying he was intensely studying the plan. ... more | .. |
 New trouble sends Libya's oil production nosediving again Libya's oil production has tumbled to about 230,000 barrels per day after armed groups shut down the el-Sharara oil field in the Murzuq desert in the southwest, adding to a crippling seven-month oil crisis centered in the rebellious east. ... more | .. |
 Nanoscale pillars could radically improve conversion of heat to electricity University of Colorado Boulder scientists have found a creative way to radically improve thermoelectric materials, a finding that could one day lead to the development of improved solar panels, more ... more | .. |
 A battery small enough to be injected, energetic enough to track salmon Scientists have created a microbattery that packs twice the energy compared to current microbatteries used to monitor the movements of salmon through rivers in the Pacific Northwest and around the w ... more |
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 China's defence splurge good for world peace: media China 'concern' over N Korea rocket fired near airliner Philippines to upgrade navy base facing disputed waters US destroyer en route to Black Sea for 'routine' drills Singapore to buy Airbus refuelling tankers for air force Israel hails seizure on high seas of 'Iran arms ship' | .. |
 Kinetic battery chargers get a boost New technology to capture the kinetic energy of our everyday movements, such as walking, and to convert it into electrical energy has come a step closer thanks to research to be published in the Int ... more | .. |
 Advance in energy storage could speed up development of next-gen electronics Electronics are getting smaller all the time, but there's a limit to how tiny they can get with today's materials. Researchers now say, however, that they have developed a way to shrink capacitors - ... more | .. |
 New, inexpensive production materials boost promise of hydrogen fuel Generating electricity is not the only way to turn sunlight into energy we can use on demand. The sun can also drive reactions to create chemical fuels, such as hydrogen, that can in turn power cars ... more | .. |
 ORNL microscopy system delivers real-time view of battery electrochemistry Using a new microscopy method, researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory can image and measure electrochemical processes in batteries in real time and at nanoscale reso ... more |
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 Nigeria's president ditches bank chief who triggered $50B oil scandal An explosive scandal over oil revenues in Nigeria has gone toxic, with President Goodluck Jonathan suspending the Central Bank governor who blew the whistle on $50 billion allegedly missing from state coffers, and accusing him of "financial recklessness." ... more | .. |
 Shell sells Aussie refinery, gas stations Shell has agreed to sell its downstream business in Australia - including the Geelong refinery and its 870 gas stations - to Vitol, the world's largest independent energy trader. ... more | .. |
US judge blocks Keystone pipeline route in Nebraska The controversial Keystone XL pipeline met with another hurdle Wednesday when a Nebraska judge ruled that a state law granting approval to a proposed route was unconstitutional, court records showed. ... more | .. |
 Israel has $500M gas deal with Jordan, but wider exports still unclear Israel has signed its first gas export deal, selling gas worth $500 million to Arab peace partner Jordan, but debate is still unresolved on whether the Jewish state will export the bulk of its gas via undersea pipeline or by tanker as liquefied natural gas. ... more |
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