Energy News - Energy Technology - Energy Business

June 04, 2014

Global warming: Breakthrough material absorbs CO2 from gas
Paris (AFP) June 03, 2014
Chemists said on Tuesday they had invented a material that easily removes carbon dioxide (CO2) from natural gas, making the abundant fuel more climate-friendly. The porous substance can cheaply separate CO2 at wellheads and safely store it for industrial use or for re-injection into the gas field, they said. Current processes for removing CO2 involve chemical scrubbing, a costly procedure in which the carbon in natural gas is dissolved into corrosive liquid compounds heated to 140 degrees Celsiu ... read more

Previous Issues

Jun 03

Jun 02

May 31

May 30

May 29

Researchers predict electrical response of metals to extreme pressure Research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences makes it possible to predict how subjecting metals to severe pressure can lower their electrical resistance, a finding that ... more		Renewable Energy Target Not The Power Price Villain The Queensland Competition Authority (QCA) confirmed on Friday what the clean energy industry has been saying for years - that the Renewable Energy Target is not a major factor in rising power price ... more		World's best thermometer made from light University of Adelaide physics researchers have produced the world's most sensitive thermometer - three times more precise than the best thermometers in existence. Published in the journal Phy ... more
				Researchers create microbes for direct conversion of biomass to fuel The promise of affordable transportation fuels from biomass-a sustainable, carbon neutral route to American energy independence-has been left perpetually on hold by the economics of the conversion p ... more		Intersolar Europe Conference 2014 Gets Underway The international solar industry is meeting at the ICM - Internationales Congress Center Munchen to kick off the Intersolar Europe Conference, which brings together industry participants and experts ... more

CubeSats, SmallSats and MicroSats

William Cress Corporation - We Build To Last

UAV Payloads 2014, 24 - 25 June - London, UK

Tempur-Pedic Mattress Comparison & Memory Foam Mattress Review

Lasers create table-top supernova Laser beams 60,000 billion times more powerful than a laser pointer have been used to recreate scaled supernova explosions in the laboratory as a way of investigating one of the most energetic event ... more		Physicist builds useful light source from harmonic generation A Kansas State University physicist's proposal may lead to a new way of creating tabletop light sources in the laboratory. Cheng Jin, research associate in physics; Chii-Dong Lin, university disting ... more		NASA ISRO radar satellite beams first Earth images from space Morocco High Atlas whistle language strives for survival Toxic homes a lasting legacy of Los Angeles fires		Pitt team first to detect exciton in metal University of Pittsburgh researchers have become the first to detect a fundamental particle of light-matter interaction in metals, the exciton. The team will publish its work online June 1 in Nature ... more
				Stronger than steel A Swedish-German research team has successfully tested a new method for the production of ultra-strong cellulose fibres at DESY's research light source PETRA III. The novel procedure spins extremely ... more		Rush a light wave and you'll break its data Quantum information can't break the cosmic speed limit, according to researchers* from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Maryland's Joint Quantum Instit ... more

Startup in the Land of the Rising Sun; A Japanese Solar Venture - by Bradley L. Bartz

Twenty-two dead in southwest China coal mine accident Twenty-two people were killed in an accident at a coal mine in the southwest Chinese city of Chongqing on Tuesday, state media reported. ... more		French police raid Areva over UraMin purchase French police Tuesday carried out a dozen raids concerning state-controlled nuclear giant Areva's controversial 2007 purchase of a Canadian uranium mining company, a judicial source told AFP. ... more		SpaceX, ULA launch rockets from Cape Canaveral Space: Framatome and ENEA sign MoU to explore advanced technological solutions for designing lunar nuclear fission reactors Wind driven rovers show promise for low cost Mars missions		Japan starts building underground ice wall at Fukushima Japan on Monday started work on an underground ice wall at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, freezing the soil under broken reactors to slow the build-up of radioactive water, officials said. ... more
Obama plans power plant rules in bold climate push President Barack Obama vowed Monday to force US power plants to cut carbon emissions by 30 percent in his most ambitious action yet on climate change. ... more		Nuclear waste dump on Aboriginal land invalid, court told The earmarking of a remote Australian outback area as a nuclear waste dump was invalid because officials failed to contact all traditional Aboriginal landowners affected, a court heard Monday. ... more		UGE creates first grid-tied solar energy system on Turksand Caicos Islands UGE has announced that it has completed the first commercial-scale solar energy project on the Turks and Caicos Islands, in partnership with local company Urban Green Environmental. The 35.25- ... more		Trojan Showcases Smart Carbon Line of Advanced Lead Acid Batteries Trojan Battery will showcase its new lines of deep-cycle batteries featuring Smart Carbon technology which addresses the impact of partial state of charge (PSOC) on cycling batteries in renewable en ... more

	Rare chemical phenomenon used to harvest solar energy A team of international scientists led by Professor Jagadese J Vittal of the Department of Chemistry at the National University of Singapore's (NUS) Faculty of Science has successfully unraveled the ... more		Solar Power Storage System Sales Set to Soar in Germany German solar photovoltaic generation peaked at around 15 GW on 11 May 2014 - a record high that caused prices to sink briefly into the negative. "Balancing supply with demand in the grid presents op ... more

U.S.military ramps up tech capabilities to improve effectiveness

Maintaining US space dominance requires rapid and reliable delivery of new systems

India signs $7 bn deal for 97 domestically made fighter jets

SunPower, AE-AMD Completes Two Solar Projects in South Africa		Global PV Installations to Hit 15 GW in Q4 2014		Microalgae Capable Of Assimilating The Ammonium From Agri-Food Waste		Novel NIST laser system mimics sunlight to test solar cell efficiency		Highly radioactive substance found in Swiss dump: report
In climate change fight, Obama gets tough on coal		China manufacturing up in May: government		Solar panel manufacturing is greener in Europe than China		JCAP stabilizes common semiconductors for solar fuels generation		Solar Illuminates Richmond Development for Less

OneRoof Energy Introduces SolarSelect Bundled Residential Electricity

Ukraine: The Real Energy Crisis Starts in June

Heavy airplane traffic potentially a major contributor to pollution in Los Angeles

Tiny elite huge proletariat: UK middle class to disappear in 30 years

25 years on, world happy to do business with Beijing's 'butchers'

Microsoft working on smartwatch: report

UK dominates Europe large scale PV activity in 2014

Obama wants to force coal plants to reduce emissions: NYTimes

New York coast could be site of new wind farms, U.S. government says

Velociraptor robot almost as fast as robotic rival Cheetah

Drop in global malnutrition depends on ag productivity, climate change

Asus launches new 'five-mode' hybrid laptop

New Apple software brings Macs and iPhones closer

Japan test-broadcasts super HD television technology

Chinese ship in latest glitch in MH370 search mission

Leaving the islands

A Path Toward More Powerful Tabletop Accelerators

Sending entangled beams through fast-light materials

Virgin space flights cleared for US take-off

Supersonic spray delivers high quality graphene layer

Free Newsletters - Space - Defense - Environment - Energy

Buy Advertising

Media Advertising Kit

Editorial & Other Enquiries

Privacy statement

The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2014 - Space Media Network. All websites are published in Australia and are solely subject to Australian law and governed by Fair Use principals for news reporting and research purposes. AFP, UPI and IANS news wire stories are copyright Agence France-Presse, United Press International and Indo-Asia News Service. ESA news reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement, agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by Space Media Network on any Web page published or hosted by Space Media Network. Privacy Statement All images and articles appearing on Space Media Network have been edited or digitally altered in some way. Any requests to remove copyright material will be acted upon in a timely and appropriate manner. Any attempt to extort money from Space Media Network will be ignored and reported to Australian Law Enforcement Agencies as a potential case of financial fraud involving the use of a telephonic carriage device or postal service.