New Brunswick NJ (SPX) Jul 15, 2014 - Rutgers researchers have developed a technology that could overcome a major cost barrier to make clean-burning hydrogen fuel - a fuel that could replace expensive and environmentally harmful fossil
Berkeley CA (SPX) Jul 14, 2014 - The world's most advanced energy efficiency test bed for buildings is open for business, launched by U.S. Department of Energy Deputy Secretary Daniel Poneman. DOE's FLEXLAB at Lawrence Berkeley Nat
Cambridge MA (SPX) Jul 14, 2014 - Last year, MIT researchers discovered that when water droplets spontaneously jump away from superhydrophobic surfaces during condensation, they can gain electric charge in the process. Now, the same
Minneapolis MN (SPX) Jul 14, 2014 - A first-of-its-kind study by researchers at the University of Minnesota (UMN) using snow during a Minnesota blizzard is giving researchers new insight into the airflow around large wind turbines. Th
Berkeley CA (SPX) Jul 14, 2014 - California's landmark cap-and-trade system for regulating greenhouse gases could be vulnerable to price spikes and market manipulation, according to a study released by scholars affiliated with the
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 11, 2014 - The Geothermal Energy Association (GEA) will hold its fourth annual National Geothermal Summit Tuesday, August 5 and Wednesday, August 6 in Reno, Nevada. Renewable energy development in California i
Washington (AFP) July 11, 2014 - US oil and gas services giant Halliburton on Friday announced its first joint venture for hydraulic fracturing services in China, teaming up with private Chinese firm SPT Energy Group.
Liverpool, UK (SPX) Jul 11, 2014 - The vegetable oil found in your popcorn or soap might not be ape friendly, and the situation appears likely to get even worse, according to an analysis in the Cell Press journal Current Biology.
Kirkuk, Iraq (AFP) July 11, 2014 - Iraq's Kurdish region claimed disputed northern oilfields on Friday in another blow to efforts to forge a united front against a jihadist-led onslaught, as twin bombings killed 28 people.
Raleigh NC (SPX) Jul 11, 2014 - Maverick Synfuels and Petrostar Petroleum have announced the formation of Maverick Northstar, a joint venture to facilitate the deployment and operation of gas-to-liquids (GTL) technology in the Can
Ithaca NY (SPX) Jul 11, 2014 - The dramatic increase in earthquakes in central Oklahoma since 2009 is likely attributable to subsurface wastewater injection at just a handful of disposal wells, finds a new study to be published i
Bochum, Germany (SPX) Jul 11, 2014 - Chemists at the Ruhr-Universitat Bochum have made a decisive step towards more cost-efficient regenerative fuel cells and rechargeable metal-air batteries. They developed a new type of catalyst on t
Chichester, UK (SPX) Jul 11, 2014 - SeaRoc Group has successfully completed the first major maintenance visit to Forewind's Dogger Bank meteorological (met) masts in the North Sea at the beginning of June. The East (DB-MME) and
Richland WA (SPX) Jul 11, 2014 - The lithium-ion batteries that power our laptops and electric vehicles could store more energy and run longer on a single charge with the help of a sponge-like silicon material. Researchers de
Nigeria: As much as 400,000 barrels of oil a day are stolen in Nigeria. This equates to losses of $1.7 billion a month for Africa's new largest economy.
Riverside CA (SPX) Jul 11, 2014 - Researchers at the University of California, Riverside's Bourns College of Engineering have created a lithium ion battery that outperforms the current industry standard by three times. The key mater
