Petri dish to dinner plate, in-vitro meat coming soon
LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists are cooking up new ways of satisfying the world's ever-growing hunger for meat. "Cultured meat" -- burgers or sausages grown in laboratory Petri dishes...
View ArticleBangladesh power plant runs on waste
Two 50 megawatt and waste-fueled power plants are being built in Bangladesh by the Italian firm Management Environment Finance SEL. After 3 years and $900 million paid by the government, the power...
View ArticleHoneywell and Hawaiian Electric to use demand response to integrate...
Honeywell today announced a pilot program with Hawaiian Electric Co. in Honolulu to demonstrate how demand response technology can help integrate more intermittent renewable energy to the electric...
View ArticleSustainability park: A new twist on the 'park' paradigm
CRES (the Colorado Renewable Energy Society) has formed partnerships with the Denver Housing Authority (DHA) and Urban Farmers Collaborative to develop a 2.5 acre site in east Denver, into a...
View ArticleDatong aims to transform from a city of coal to a city of solar energy
The city of Datong in Shanxi Province in China is known for its rich coal resources. Datong has a huge reserve of coal. The total coal output in 2011 was 103.48 million tons. However, plans are being...
View ArticleEnergy development at US dams could power more than 4 million homes
In a study of the energy-producing potential of untapped US dams, Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers found that 54,000 dams not currently used to generate power have the capacity to generate...
View ArticleGas Technology Institute showcases IH2 biomass-to-liquid hydrocarbon fuel...
The Gas Technology Institute (GTI) hosted an open house at its new Pilot-Scale IH2 Plant in Chicago, Illinois to demonstrate the successful efforts to broaden biomass-to-liquid hydrocarbon fuel...
View ArticleNew ecological model for deepwater oil spills
Researchers have provided new insight and a new model for dealing with deepwater oil spills since the Deepwater Horizon oil platform blowout. The study, produced by the Gulf Oil Spill Ecotox Working...
View ArticleResearch is ensuring stormwater systems are designed for the future
A team from Kansas State University is researching climate change and how the effects of rainfall and weather patterns throughout Kansas help with future adaptation and mitigation strategies. The...
View ArticleEnergy sustainability: Taking a step in the nuclear fusion direction
Scientists considered Nuclear power a prominent energy alternative. It is more environmentally beneficial solution since it emits significantly less greenhouse gas during electricity generation than...
View ArticleClean tech boost in Silicon Valley
The City of San Jose and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) are partnering to accelerate the advancement of clean energy technologies and helping to achieve environmental...
View ArticleBank of America’s green hustle
Outside of a few fake plastic trees, the lobby of a Bank of America branch does not resemble an organic farmer’s market or a warm place for an earth-saving entrepreneur. But with a recent announcement...
View ArticleSolar nanowire flexible absorption
Researchers creating electricity through photovoltaics want to convert as many of the sun’s wavelengths as possible to achieve maximum efficiency. Indium gallium nitride could be a valuable future...
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