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Spain's Valencia Port taps hydrogen to power operations
Jan 02, 2019 (UPI)
The project will start with the use of a reach stacker and of a terminal tractor, used to manipulate containers, both powered by hydrogen batteries, a Tuesday s...
Lean electrolyte design is a game-changer for magnesium batteries
Dec 27, 2018 (SPX)
The battery, reported Dec. 21 in Joule, is the first reported to operate with limited electrolytes while using an organic electrode, a change the researchers sa...
Researchers find alternative to pure platinum catalyst for hydrogen fuel cells
Dec 26, 2018 (UPI)
Experts think hydrogen fuel cells can produce clean and renewable energy, but many require expensive platinum-based catalysts to help turn renewable fuels into ...
Flexible thermoelectric generator module: A silver bullet to fix waste energy issues
Dec 19, 2018 (SPX)
Through a change in direction of the top electrodes at the two sides of the module and the use of high density packaging of semiconductor chips, the FlexTEG mod...
Dutch storage battery maker considering plant in Poland
Dec 17, 2018 (AFP)
Kees Koolen said Europe was trailing behind Asia in the renewable energy storage sector, which is set to boom as economies transition from fossil fuels to curb ...
An energy-efficient way to stay warm: Sew high-tech heating patches to your clothes
Dec 14, 2018 (SPX)
Engineers at Rutgers and Oregon State University have found a cost-effective way to make thin, durable heating patches by using intense pulses of light to fuse ...
Argonne scientists maximize the effectiveness of platinum in fuel cells
Dec 14, 2018 (SPX)
Platinum is a precious metal more rare than silver or gold. Renowned in the fuel cell community for its effectiveness in converting hydrogen and oxygen into wat...
Switching to a home battery won't help save the world from climate change
Dec 13, 2018 (SPX)
Conventional wisdom may suggest that these storage systems, which are essentially household batteries such as the Tesla Powerwall, could be instrumental in wean...
Developing new materials for the fusion reactor
Dec 12, 2018 (SPX)
The blanket, by absorbing the high-speed particles generated by the fusion reaction inside the plasma, releases heat and a higher temperature is achieved. Then,...
Taming turbulence to make complex simulations a breeze
Dec 12, 2018 (SPX)
Put simply, shear flow occurs when two fluids - where fluids are a liquid, a gas or a plasma (the amorphous superhot gas that makes up stars like our Sun or tha...
Yin and yang: Opposites in nature, fluoride and lithium, compete for higher energy batteries
Dec 07, 2018 (SPX)
The two elements would be in competition for helping electronics last longer on a charge, such as electric cars that need to travel more miles than is possible ...
Scientists enter unexplored territory in superconductivity search
Dec 07, 2018 (SPX)
"In terms of superconductivity, this may sound bad, but if you study some phenomenon, it is always good to be able to approach it from its origin," said Brookha...
Focusing on the negative is good when it comes to batteries
Dec 07, 2018 (SPX)
"Fluoride batteries can have a higher energy density, which means that they may last longer - up to eight times longer than batteries in use today," says study ...
ABB microgrid to support Portuguese island's energy transition
Dec 06, 2018 (SPX)
The modular ABB Ability PowerStore microgrid solution and Microgrid Plus automation system will enable EEM to significantly increase the island's adoption of so...
A step closer to fusion energy
Dec 04, 2018 (SPX)
Scientists from Swansea University, Culham Centre for Fusion Energy, ITER in France, and the Max-Planck Institute of Plasma Physics in Germany paired x-ray and ...
A new way to provide cooling without power
Dec 03, 2018 (SPX)
The system allows emission of heat at mid-infrared range of light that can pass straight out through the atmosphere and radiate into the cold of outer space, pu...
Interfacial electronic state improving hydrogen storage capacity in Pd-MOF materials
Dec 03, 2018 (SPX)
The greater hydrogen storage capacity of the hybrid material is associated with a slight change in its electronic state caused by the transfer of an electric ch...
New catalyst produces cheap hydrogen
Dec 03, 2018 (SPX)
"In principle, hydrogen offers a way to store clean energy at a scale that is required to make the rollout of large-scale solar and wind farms as well as the ex...
ULEMCo Announces Record Efficiency Results for 100% Hydrogen Zero Emission Engine
Dec 03, 2018 (SPX)
This milestone performance shows that it is possible to go well beyond previously reported energy efficiency results for hydrogen combustion, at the same time a...
Jumpin' droplets! Researchers seek to improve efficiency of condensers
Dec 03, 2018 (SPX)
This basic physical process, condensation, is what refrigerators and air conditioners use to remove heat from vapor by turning it into a liquid. Just like the c...
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