Livermore CA (SPX) Apr 06, 2006 - Sandia National Laboratories researchers here are studying the burning characteristics of coal to prepare the way for the coming of a hydrogen economy. That's because while there are many long-term options for providing hydrogen as a fuel of the future, coal is the leading contender to provide a hydrogen source in the near term.
Huntsville AL (SPX) Apr 5, 2006 - NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center has patented a faster way to determine flow rates of liquids through channels or pipes. Marshall engineers said the device, called a balanced fluid-flow meter, provides 10 times the accuracy of standard orifice-based fluid-flow meters, resulting in significant cost-savings to industries such as gas and oil refinery.
Montevideo, Uruguay (SPX) Apr 04, 2006 - Development of new clean technologies in accordance with increasingly demanding environmental legislation requires new catalysts, adsorbents and/or catalyst supports. Clays have been identified as a promising materials resource for this application.
Orono MN (SPX) Apr 04, 2006 - The University of Maine has announced that it has been awarded a $6.9 million research infrastructure improvement grant from the National Science Foundation's Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (NSF EPSCoR).
Blacksburg VA (SPX) Apr 04, 2006 - Why isn't ethanol production growing by leaps and bounds in the face of higher gasoline prices? Ethanol production from cornstarch is a $10 billion dollar business in the United States and 4 billion gallons of ethanol will be produced in 2006.
Vienna (UPI) Apr 03, 2006 - China has shown a considerable appetite for resources over the past 10 years. The demand covers energy, but also metals, ore, cement, steel, copper, platinum and aluminum. Oil and gas are atop the global agenda. China still relies on coal for some two-thirds of its energy.
Atlanta GA (SPX) Mar 28, 2006 - Ohio State University researchers have invented a technique to record three-dimensional scans of the gases and solids that mix inside boilers and other industrial processing reactors. Scientists can use the patented technique, called electrical capacitance volume tomography (ECVT), to observe how the density of materials varies inside a reactor.
University Park PA (SPX) Mar 28, 2006 - A jet fuel comparable to Jet A or military JP 8, but derived from at least 50 percent bituminous coal, has successfully powered a helicopter jet engine, according to a Penn State fuel scientist.
West Lafayette IN (SPX) Mar 27, 2006 - With oil and gasoline prices still at their highest levels in 15 years and demand for fossil-fuel energy surging in emerging countries like India and China, Purdue researchers are looking at how a fuel based on hydrogen can help cure this nation's energy woes.
Moscow (AFP) Mar 27, 2006 - Russia said Friday that a pipeline carrying oil from Siberia to the Pacific will not have its terminal at Perevoznaya Bay on the Sea of Japan, a haven for threatened wildlife.
London (AFP) Mar 23, 2006 - Britain will propose helping developing nations invest in alternative energy with a World Bank fund of 20.0 billion dollars (16.5 billion euros), finance minister Gordon Brown said Wednesday. Chancellor of the Exchequer Brown used his tenth annual budget statement to announce a raft of new measures to combat climate change and help protect the world's environment.
Golden CO (SPX) Mar 22, 2006 - The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has released its annual ranking of leading utility green power programs. Under these voluntary programs, consumers can choose to help support additional electricity production from renewable resources such as solar and wind.
New Haven CT (SPX) Mar 17, 2006 - Disputes over the trade-off between the environment and the economy are a central feature of contemporary politics. Whether the threat is global warming or toxic substances, the tension between cost and environmental benefit is often palpable.
Washington DC (SPX) Mar 16, 2006 - The increasing world population and the declining availability of cheap oil threaten to plunge the world into a global energy crisis. The United States alone represents nearly 60 percent of global oil demands and a particularly cold winter in North America can strongly affect global prices.
Houston TX (SPX) Mar 16, 2006 - A diverse team of microbiologists, engineers and geochemists from the University of Southern California and Rice University are joining forces to create bacteria-powered fuel cells that could power spy drones that fit in the palm of a hand.
Swindon, UK (SPX) Mar 14, 2006 - A new chemical process for removing unwanted minerals from coal could lead to reductions in carbon dioxide emissions from coal-fired power stations. There is already a way of burning coal in a cleaner, more efficient fashion that would reduce carbon dioxide emissions: this is where the coal is turned into a gas and used to drive a turbine.
