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This New Microbial Fuel Cell is Made from Paper

Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) are today’s one of most popular alternative energy systems. They are made from bacteria that generate electricity, and even though the idea has been around for a century, only today MFCs are considered a potential if they become more efficient and cheaper. University of Rochester researchers, …

Ece PolatFebruary 7, 2017Hydrogen PowerPermalink
Electric Vehicles
Nicholas SayFebruary 7, 2017

Costa Rica Set To Pass Sweeping Incentives For EV’s

The federal government of Costa Rica has recently announced that the proposed tax breaks and other incentives that EV’s will likely enjoy …

Climate Change
Nicholas SayFebruary 7, 2017

New Imaging Technology Could Lead To Low-Cost Methane Detection

It turns out that a single pixel can make a big difference when it comes to detecting gases that would otherwise go …

Climate Change
Nicholas SayFebruary 7, 2017

Methane Emissions From Oil Production Much Higher Than Previously Estimated

Lena Höglund-Isaksson has some bad news: it turns out that global oil production released a lot more methane into the atmosphere than …

Environment
Nicholas SayFebruary 7, 2017

Expensive Fossil Fuels Being Pushed By Violent Oligarchs On Helpless Public

Over the last year Russian President Vladimir Putin has shown how desperate he is to maintain control over the energy infrastructure of …

Energy Storage
Ece PolatFebruary 4, 2017

Tesla Builds the Largest Grid Storage In Only 3 Months

Tesla just finished building the largest grid storage facility, and it took only three months. This battery grid storage facility has 16,000 …

Tesla Motors
Nicholas SayFebruary 4, 2017

Next Generation Tesla Model S Will Improve Safety Standards

The IIHS has just announced that the Tesla model S has failed to achieve their top safety rating in preliminary crash testing. …

Hydrogen Power
Ece PolatFebruary 3, 2017

Controlling Electron Spin to Improve Hydrogen Production Efficiency

During hydrolysis, water is split into hydrogen and oxygen gas; however, during this process hydrogen peroxide forms too. As a byproduct, hydrogen …

Experiments
Nicholas SayFebruary 3, 2017

Scientists Produce Solid Hydrogen Superconductor

A study published in journal Science yesterday claims that for the first time in the history of mankind, solid hydrogen exists on …

Climate Change
Nicholas SayFebruary 2, 2017

Pollution Found To Speed Arctic Melting In New Way

  In a recent study conducted by an international team dust from an active coal mine was found to speed the melting …

Wind Power
Ece PolatFebruary 2, 2017

This Wind Turbine Is Inspired by Hummingbirds

Tyer Wind, a Tunisian company, takes the uncommon wind turbine design to a new level. This time, Tyer Wind introduces a flapping …

Environment
Nicholas SayFebruary 2, 2017

Department of Energy is Pushing Solar Forward No Matter What Trump Thinks

It is a common misconception among liberals and democrats that the right side of American politics is openly hostile to the development …

Car industry
Nicholas SayFebruary 2, 2017

Ford CEO Suggests that Consumers Be Allowed to Determine Emission Standards

The CEO of Ford Motor Company went straight to President Trump with the dire warning that if fuel economy standards aren’t relaxed, …

Climate Change
Ece PolatFebruary 1, 2017

Climate Scientists Could Be Forced to Deny Climate Change

Today’s energy policy is going to be much more different than previous years. President Donald Trump, stated in his tweet from 2012 …

Water Purifiers
Nicholas SayFebruary 1, 2017

New Mold Technique Puts BioSand Water Filter Within Reach of Everyone

      BioSand water filtration represents one of the most promising technologies we have when it comes to low cost water …

How to...
Nicholas SayJanuary 30, 2017

How to Grow Organic Onions in Egg Cartons

Anyone that likes to cook already knows how important onions are for great, flavorful food. But growing onions is easy, and there …

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