Archive for the 'Fuel Cell' Category
July 21st, 2010 by EBR_EBdaily
New Technology - Technological change has been a major feature of energy markets since the 1970s oil crises. Dire predictions about the rapid depletion of moderately priced oil supplies were commonplace then. But in the intervening years, despite a rapidly expanding global economy, such prognostications have proven false. Instead, over the last three decades, technological advances in drilling and exploration have contributed to a significant expansion of conventional hydrocarbon production available from oil and gas fields located outside the Persian Gulf. This technological progress has dramatically lowered the cost for finding and producing oil and natural gas and provided energy consumers with ample, inexpensive supplies at a time in which earlier forecasts had predicted shortages.
Continue reading ‘What Energy Industry Trends will Affect Your Business?’
July 13th, 2010 by EBR_EBdaily
In 2008, Consolidated Edison Inc. (NYSE:ED), one of the nation’s biggest investor-owned utilities, teamed with Massachusetts-based energy technologies company, American Superconductor (Nasdaq:AMSC), and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to rewire Manhattan with a new type of superconductor wire that would provide for massive amounts of electrical distribution while preventing cascade failures like the one that occurred on Aug. 14, 2003, across northeastern and Midwestern North America from Cleveland and Lansing well into Ontario. The blackout affected more than 40 million people, interrupted emergency services and more than a dozen people died as a result.
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June 16th, 2010 by EBR_EBdaily
Move over, Crown Victorias – New York City is looking for a greener, leaner taxi that has a unique and memorable design.In December, the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) announced that the New York City Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS) would be accepting designs to upgrade the current NYC taxi fleet.
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May 6th, 2010 by EBR_EBdaily
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded US$106 million in funding to 37 cleantech projects. The projects fall under three categories: electrofuels, batteries for electrical energy storage in transportation, and innovative materials and processes for advanced carbon capture technologies.
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April 29th, 2010 by EBR_EBdaily
The White House has started off their Earth Day celebrations by announcing a plan to invest US$452 million of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding in 25 energy-efficient building retrofits across the United States.
Continue reading ‘Building Retrofit Plan – The US Plan for Investing $452 Million of Earth Day Dollars’
April 26th, 2010 by EBR_EBdaily
Hydrogen gas is today used primarily for manufacturing chemicals, but a bright future is predicted for it as a vehicle fuel in combination with fuel cells. In order to produce hydrogen gas in a way that is climate neutral, bacteria are added to forestry or household waste, using a method similar to biogas production. One problem with this production method is that hydrogen exchange is low, i.e. the raw materials generate little hydrogen gas.
Continue reading ‘New Super Bacterium Doubles Hydrogen Gas Production’
April 12th, 2010 by EBR_EBdaily
The U.S. Navy and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) have partnered in an initiative to convert America’s naval fleet from a gas-guzzler to an energy efficient, biofuel consumer. The idea of the partnership is for the Navy to become more environmentally sustainable, while reducing its reliance on foreign oil, which can cost upwards of US$400 a gallon to transport.
Continue reading ‘The Great Green Fleet: The Pinnacle of the U.S. Navy’s New Biofuel Initiatives’
March 30th, 2010 by EBR_EBdaily
Toshiba Corp (6502.T) is in talks with a company backed by Microsoft (MSFT.O) Chairman Bill Gates to jointly develop advanced nuclear reactors, the Japanese electronics maker said, helping send its shares higher. Toshiba, the world’s No.3 microchip maker behind Intel Corp (INTC.O) and Samsung Electronics Co (005930.KS), also said it would restart plans to build a factory to make NAND-type flash memory chips to meet recovering sales.
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March 25th, 2010 by EBR_EBdaily
Scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison may have discovered a new, somewhat strange way to efficiently produce hydrogen fuel without the need for “dirty” catalysts like oil. The new ingredients: water submersion and noise pollution.
Continue reading ‘Piezo Crystals: Harnessing Sound Waves to Generate Fuel?’
