ENERGY TECH - NANO DAILY

Aug 28, 2012 (SPX)

A superconductor, which can move electrical energy with no wasteful resistance, is the holy grail of cost-effective, efficient, and "green" power production. Un...

Cooled coal emissions would clean air and lower health and climate-change costs

Aug 28, 2012 (SPX)

Refrigerating coal-plant emissions would reduce levels of dangerous chemicals that pour into the air - including carbon dioxide by more than 90 percent - at a c...

ORNL researchers probe invisible vacancies in fuel cell materials

Aug 27, 2012 (SPX)

Knowing the position of missing oxygen atoms could be the key to cheaper solid oxide fuel cells with longer lifetimes. New microscopy research from the Departme...

French PM: Shale gas future not settled

Aug 27, 2012 (UPI)

The question of tapping shale gas reserves in France -- where hydraulic fracturing is banned -- isn't yet resolved, Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault says. Franc...

China builds sewage facilities on disputed island

Aug 27, 2012 (AFP)

China has begun building sewage and waste disposal facilities on a disputed South China Sea island, state media said Monday, a move likely to stoke a growing te...

Self-charging power cell converts and stores energy in a single unit

Aug 27, 2012 (SPX)

Researchers have developed a self-charging power cell that directly converts mechanical energy to chemical energy, storing the power until it is released as ele...

Blast halts oil flow from Turkish-Iraqi pipeline: sources

Aug 27, 2012 (AFP)

An explosion hit the Turkish-Iraqi pipeline, causing a fire and stopping oil flow to Turkey, Turkish security sources and an Iraqi official said Monday. The cau...

Tenn. coal plant to get $1B upgrade

Aug 27, 2012 (UPI)

A coal-burning power plant 30 miles from Nashville will get $1 billion in pollution controls meant to reduce emissions by as much as 95 percent, officials said....

Sky high methane mystery closer to being solved

Aug 27, 2012 (SPX)

Increased capture of natural gas from oil fields probably accounts for up to 70 percent of the dramatic leveling off seen in atmospheric methane at the end of t...

Cleaner fuel for cruise ships and other big vessels from ingredients in detergents, medicines

Aug 27, 2012 (SPX)

Scientists have described development of a new fuel mixture to ease the major air pollution and cost problems facing cruise ships, oil tankers and container shi...

Scientists produce H2 for fuel cells using an inexpensive catalyst under real-world conditions

Aug 27, 2012 (SPX)

Scientists at the University of Cambridge have produced hydrogen, H2, a renewable energy source, from water using an inexpensive catalyst under industrially rel...

Greenpeace intercepts Russian oil rig workers

Aug 27, 2012 (AFP)

Greenpeace activists in a tiny inflatable boat on Monday intercepted a Russian ship in the remote Arctic as it was taking oil workers for the pioneering start o...

Military rescues 27 kidnapped oil workers in Nigeria: navy

Aug 26, 2012 (AFP)

Nigerian military forces stormed the hideout of a militant gang operating on the waters of oil-producing Cross River State and rescued 27 abducted oil workers, ...

Chinese giant Sinopec sees net profit fall

Aug 26, 2012 (AFP)

Chinese oil giant Sinopec, Asia's largest refiner by capacity, announced on Sunday that first-half net profit fell 41 percent year-on-year, reports said. Net pr...

'Manageable' oil slick reaches Sri Lanka capital

Aug 25, 2012 (AFP)

An oil slick from a rusting cargo vessel that sank in bad weather reached the coast of Sri Lanka's capital on Saturday and threatened a beach resort popular wit...

PetroChina invests in Middle East oil

Aug 24, 2012 (UPI)

PetroChina, China's biggest oil and natural gas producer, warned economic growth would be slow in the coming months. PetroChina itself posted a 6 percent declin...

Oil firms evacuate as storm heads for Gulf of Mexico

Aug 24, 2012 (AFP)

Oil and gas operators in the Gulf of Mexico braced Friday for Tropical Storm Isaac as the strengthening storm barreled toward Haiti on a northwest track that th...

Teaching a microbe to make fuel

Aug 23, 2012 (SPX)

A humble soil bacterium called Ralstonia eutropha has a natural tendency, whenever it is stressed, to stop growing and put all its energy into making complex ca...

Push on for efficient hydrogen production

Aug 23, 2012 (UPI)

British scientists say they have produced hydrogen, a renewable energy source, from water using an inexpensive catalyst under industrially relevant conditions. ...

New eBike Battery Line Maximizes Drive Range

Aug 23, 2012 (SPX)

AllCell Technologies has launched two new standard electric bike batteries with exceptional capacity and drive range. The 48 volt batteries come in 15 and 20 am...