Posted in Research, Tidal on 2008-05-29 | No Comments »
Work to determine the potential of a tidal energy generator in the Severn Estuary is continuing with the appointment of a consortium led by consulting firm Parsons Brinckerhoff, by the UK’s department of Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR).
UK Energy Secretary John Hutton announced the start of the two year long feasibility study in January. [...]
Posted in Economics, Research, Solar Energy on 2008-05-29 | No Comments »
Last week, IBM announced a research breakthrough in photovoltaics (PV) technology that could significantly reduce the cost of harnessing the sun’s power for electricity.
By borrowing innovations from its own R&D in cooling computer chips, the team was able to cool the solar cell from greater than 1,600 degrees Celsius to just 85 degrees Celsius.
In the [...]
Posted in Research, Solar Energy on 2008-05-27 | 1 Comment »
A recently published patent application discovered by MacRumors reveals that Apple is investigating the use of solar power in versions of their mobile devices — both handheld devices and portable computers. Integrating solar power into a mobile device holds the enormous potential of extending battery life significantly. However, successfully integrating solar panels into these small [...]
Posted in Research, Solar Energy on 2008-05-27 | No Comments »
Researchers at TU Delft and the FOM Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter have found irrefutable proof that the so-called avalanche effect by electrons occurs in specific, very small semiconducting crystals. This physical effect could pave the way for cheap, high-output solar cells. The findings are to be published in scientific journal Nano Letters this [...]
Posted in CO2-Emission, Policy, Research, Simulation on 2008-05-27 | No Comments »
IBM’s new tool for monitoring and analyzing supply chain emissions is designed to go above and beyond simply calculating carbon emissions.
The company’s Carbon Tradeoff Modeler allows companies to tweak their operations and see how changes to packaging, transportation and inventory policies can affect their CO2 emissions.
The Carbon Tradeoff Modeler looks at the tradeoffs, good [...]
Posted in Biofuels, Research on 2008-05-23 | No Comments »
A process used to roast coffee beans could give Britain’s biomass a power boost, increasing the energy content of some of the UK’s leading energy crops by up to 20 percent, according to new research carried out by engineers from the University of Leeds.
The researchers at the University of Leeds examined the combustion behavior of [...]
Posted in Efficiency, Research, Solar Energy on 2008-05-19 | No Comments »
By using a lens to concentrate sunlight on a solar panel, IBM Corp. researchers say they can quintuple solar power efficiency.
http://www.wbcsd.org/includes/getTarget.asp?type=DocDet&id=MzAwNjQ
Posted in Efficiency, Research, Solar Energy on 2008-05-19 | No Comments »
Engineers at the University of California, San Diego have demonstrated that nanoparticles can increase the efficiency with which sunlight can be converted into electricity in thin-film photovoltaics, opening new prospects for solar electricity.
Nanotech to make solar panels more efficient
Posted in CO2-Emission, Research on 2008-05-13 | No Comments »
Shell has welcomed the draft carbon capture and storage (CCS) directive which provides for a regulatory framework for the geological storage of CO2.
Shell supports proposals to accelerate deployment of CCS
Posted in Research, Solar Energy on 2008-05-13 | No Comments »
DuPont announced it will soon begin construction on a research center in Hong Kong and a manufacturing facility in Shenzhen to support the growing solar photovoltaic (PV) industry.
DuPont expects growth in the PV market to exceed 30 percent in each of the next several years. The expansions in Hong Kong and Shenzhen will provide new [...]
