Archive for the 'Energy' Category
New Lithium Ion Batteries Charge 70 Percent in 2 Minutes
October 16th, 2014Via: cNet: The freedom to hold computers in our hands, pop wireless headphones in our ears and pilot drones through our backyards is all brought to us by batteries — especially rechargeable lithium ion batteries. The portable powerhouses are a critical component of our march toward tech mobility, yet most require hours of being plugged […]
Lockheed Martin Skunk Works Reveals Compact Fusion Reactor Details
October 16th, 2014Via: Aviation Week: Hidden away in the secret depths of the Skunk Works, a Lockheed Martin research team has been working quietly on a nuclear energy concept they believe has the potential to meet, if not eventually decrease, the world’s insatiable demand for power. Dubbed the compact fusion reactor (CFR), the device is conceptually safer, […]
Crude Settles Down 4.6%, Lowest Since June 2012
October 14th, 2014Via: Reuters: Crude oil futures settled down 4.6 percent at $81.84 a barrel, the biggest percentage drop since November 2012 and the lowest settlement since June 28, 2012. Brent crude for November slid earlier and lurched lower toward the end of the day, dropping by more than $4 a barrel to dip below $85 a […]
E-Cat Third Party Test: COP Between 3.2 and 3.6
October 10th, 2014Via: Network World: Yesterday a new paper was published on a Swedish blog titled Observation of abundant heat production from a reactor device and of isotopic changes in the fuel. The paper was authored by Giuseppe Levi (Bologna University, Bologna, Italy), Evelyn Foschi (Bologna, Italy), Bo Höistad, Roland Pettersson and Lars Tegnér (Uppsala University, Uppsala, […]
UW Fusion Reactor Concept Could Be Cheaper Than Coal
October 8th, 2014Via: University of Washington: Fusion energy almost sounds too good to be true – zero greenhouse gas emissions, no long-lived radioactive waste, a nearly unlimited fuel supply. Perhaps the biggest roadblock to adopting fusion energy is that the economics haven’t penciled out. Fusion power designs aren’t cheap enough to outperform systems that use fossil fuels […]
Solar Power On Track to Be World’s Largest Electricity Source by 2050, Reduce Power Company Profits
October 6th, 2014Disclosure: I sell solar power systems for solarking.co.nz. Via: Computerworld: The sun could be the world’s leading electricity source by mid-century with the amount of new photovoltaic (PV) panel installations soaring at 100MW daily, according to a pair of new reports. The reports, issued by the International Energy Agency (IEA), stated that by 2050, PV […]
Hungary Suspends Gas Supplies to Ukraine
September 26th, 2014Via: BBC: Hungary’s gas pipeline operator, FGSZ, says it has suspended delivery of gas to neighbouring Ukraine “indefinitely”. Ukraine has been receiving gas from Hungary, Poland and Slovakia since Russia cut off supplies to Ukraine in June in a dispute over unpaid bills. Ukraine’s state-owned gas firm, Naftogaz, confirmed the stoppage. It called the move […]
U.S. Attacking Oil Infrastructure Belonging to… ISIS?
September 24th, 2014Via: CNN: U.S. and coalition warplanes pounded ISIS positions in eastern Syria on Wednesday, targeting what a Pentagon official described as mobile oil refineries being used by the so-called Islamic State terror group to help finance its operations. The latest round of airstrikes were aimed at cutting off money flowing to ISIS, which makes up […]
Luxury Sports Car Powered by Flow Battery, Goes 373 Miles on a Tank of… Saltwater?
September 21st, 2014Via: Inhabitat: The Quant e-Sportlimousine was originally unveiled earlier this year at the Geneva Motor Show, where it met criticism from skeptics – but now that it’s been approved to drive on public roads, there’s renewed interest in the saltwater-powered vehicle. How does it work? An electrochemical reaction is created by combining two liquids with […]
German Village Produces 500% of Its Energy from Renewable Sources
September 21st, 2014Via: Inhabitat: Wildpoldsried, a Bavarian village of about 2,600 residents, is leading the way in Germany’s extraordinary renewable energy transformation. Over the past 17 years, the village has invested in a holistic range of renewable energy projects that include 4,983 kWp of photovoltaics, five biogas facilities, 11 wind turbines and a hydropower system. As a […]
