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Carbon Plan Could Be Worth $120bn in Business, Report Says
New research identifies and evaluate 76 companies, identifying "well-positioned" and "high-potential technology developers" across oil and gas, transportation, electricity, buildings, industrial, agriculture, and waste.
3-D Printing Glass Objects
A team of researchers at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany has developed a way to 3-D print objects made of pure glass.
System Sorts Granular Bulk Materials Faster and More Accurately
Sand, gravel, coal, deicing salt or diamonds, grain, sugar, coffee or grapes and waste—a lot of everyday goods are more or less grainy. To classify this bulk material by quality and size, it must be sorted in a sophisticated process.
Ultraviolet Light Sensor for Wearables
Mass production technology for silicon based ultraviolet (UV) light sensors, suitable for smartphones and wearable devices in the Internet of Things (IoT) era, has been developed by a research team at Tohoku University and SII Semiconductor Corporation, a semiconductor manufacturer at Seiko Instruments Group.
New Oil Extraction Technologies
To increase the estimated ultimate recovery (EUR) and boost efficiency, the oil and gas industry incorporates pre-fabricated perforating systems, seawater-based fracturing fluids, disintegrating frac plugs, electric downhole safety valves and RFID-enabled stimulation systems.
Got an Idea for an EV Charger? Tell Con Edison!
The energy company proposes investing up to $25 million on projects that would test strategies to increase the number of electric vehicles by making charging convenient and practical.
The Financial Cost to Natural Resources of the BP Deepwater Horizon Spill
The total was determined by surveys of household willingness to pay to prevent damages from a similar event.
Agrivoltaics: How Plants Grown Under Solar Panels Can Benefit Humankind
An experiment in co-locating renewable energy with agriculture is being carried out in the Sonoran Desert.
Video: Fuel Cell Truck to Ply the Port of Los Angeles
A zero-emission, proof-of-concept truck will demonstrate fuel cell use in heavy duty applications at the Port of Los Angeles, CA.
Sensor Taps Diagnostic Value of Sweat
A wristband sensor collects sweat, measures its molecular constituents and electronically transmits data for analysis and diagnostics.
Cost Factors Help Natural Gas Edge Out Coal for Power, EIA Says
Under current natural gas and coal market conditions in many regions of the country, combined-cycle generating units are often used as baseload generation, and operate throughout the day.
EPA Delays Methane Rule for Oil and Gas Operators
The agency is issuing a 90-day stay of the compliance date for fugitive emission monitoring requirements. The rules were to take effect on June 3.
SABIC and ExxonMobil Plan $10b Ethane Cracker
SABIC says the proposed investment would include an ethane steam cracker capable of producing 1.8 million tonnes of ethylene per year to feed a monoethylene glycol unit and two polyethylene units.
Edinburgh Instruments Launches FLS1000 Photoluminescence Spectrometer
Edinburgh Instruments, the world’s leading manufacturer of high-end photoluminescence steady state and lifetime instrumentation, has recently announced the launch of their new FLS1000 Photoluminescence Spectrometer.
AWEA Touts Job Growth in Annual Wind Report
Altogether, the industry installed more than 8,000 megawatts of generating capacity in 2016 at a total investment of more than $14 billion.
Bruker Introduces the AVANCE™ NEO NMR Research Platform
Bruker, a leader in the manufacture of high-performance scientific instruments and high-value analytical and diagnostic solutions, recently announced the launch of the AVANCE NEO platform, Bruker’s next-generation nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) electronics console in the AVANCE series.
Enel Starts Work on $420mln Wind Farm
The energy and renewable energy credits from Red Dirt will be sold under two long-term agreements: one with T-Mobile US, Inc. for 160 MW and the other with the Grand River Dam Authority for 140 MW.
Economic Boom Prompts Xcel to Expand Infrastructure
Major developments in potash mining, oil, and natural gas extraction and other commercial growth prompted the utility to develop a $1.6 billion infrastructure plan for New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas.
Aquatic Diversity and Water Quality According to Algal DNA
A water quality index based on DNA sequences of diatoms negates the need to identify each species visually.
ArcLight Capital Buys New England Hydro Capacity
With 13 facilities on the Connecticut and Deerfield rivers, the 584 megawatts of generating capacity is one of the largest conventional hydro systems in New England.