ZEI: $2M Award For Hydrogen Small-Fast Harbor Boat
On the heels of design and development of a hydrogen-powered ferry, San Francisco based Zero Emission Industries (ZEI, formerly Golden Gate Zero Emission Marine) was [...]
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Playing Ball with In-Pipe Energy
Portland, Oregon is known for being the home of water-generated power, but while you may think of large dams, we are actually talking about pipe-based water power. A while [...]
How to have an all-renewable electric grid
by David Timmons, University of Massachusetts Boston The main solution to climate change is well known – stop burning fossil fuels. How to do this is more complicated, but [...]
Hydrogen fuel cells vie for the future
By Amanda Nelson Editor’s Note: This article is part of a series of guest columns on innovative energy technologies and opinions. Amanda Nelson is a senior technical [...]
Geothermal: Key to Always-Charged Batteries?
Although currently used renewable energy sources such as wind and solar energy are surpassing analyst expectations, geothermal energy is still considered the poor stepchild [...]
Compact Solar Unit Yields 250 Liters of Hydrogen per Day
The amount of energy needed to produce hydrogen, as well as the required materials has long been a challenge for renewable power researchers in order to make it scalable for [...]
Energy-Generating Bricks Use Thermal Differential
A recently developed thermal brick has the capability of providing affordable energy and shelter for developing countries or temporary communities. An international team of [...]
“Deep Farms” Could Avoid Inefficiencies of Surface Farming
In these days of increased concern about climate change, two of the greatest vulnerabilities affecting our current food production are the availability of arable land and the [...]
Waste Plastic to Car Fuel…and New Plastic
We all know that plastics recycling can be a tricky business — in most cases it has to be clean and sorted properly, which makes it a burden for both consumers and [...]
InPipe Energy: Power through Pressure
It’s the new hydropower. Not dams, no reservoirs, just pipes. With help from Oregon State engineering researchers, an Oregon startup company is developing a system to [...]
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