Jun

30

Change Crude Oil to Natural Gas in the Oil Field

June 30, 2010 | 10 Comments

Dr. Steve Larter holds the University of Calgary’s Canada Research Chair in Petroleum Geology and has more than 30 years’ research experience in petroleum geology and geochemistry in both academia and industry.  Dr. Larter was named as one of the Top 10 Geologists in the U.K.in 2003, and has received numerous awards for his scientific [...]

Jun

29

The Cold Fusion War Is Lost

June 29, 2010 | 4 Comments

An advantage to writing for site like this is the willingness and directive to look into things that are at the edge of technology and watch the progress.  The reporting can be just a joy, but for years now the joy has been smeared by the motives of a few in an important field. Steven [...]

Jun

28

A New and Very Big Lithium Ion Battery Claim

June 28, 2010 | 14 Comments

When it comes to batteries one gets a little jaded by all the press releases and stories.  A check back to two years ago about the breakthroughs at that time shows little has come to the market.  Yet the research field is packed with innovation trying to build up more capacity and recharge cycles. The [...]

Jun

25

A New Efficient Air Conditioner

June 25, 2010 | 20 Comments

A/C is the product that raised U.S national human productivity more than any other in the second half of the 20th century. More people could work in more places than ever across more of the climate extremes in a far more comfortable environment.  But refrigeration A/C is a power hungry method to dry and cool [...]

Jun

24

A TriAlpha Energy Update

June 24, 2010 | 2 Comments

Rostoker & Monkhorst, the near famous physicists who are chasing an idea for fusion using an interesting if bewildering containment vessel have been granted a patent that has more information that may – or may not – present clues as to the progress of the group’s research and development. A little background from what is [...]

Jun

23

Learning How Biomass Comes Apart

June 23, 2010 | 3 Comments

A team of University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC) has developed a powerful new tool that promises to unlock the secrets of biomass degradation.  Understanding the chemical activities needed is a critical step in the development of cost-effective cellulose based biofuel creation. Getting out the [...]

Jun

22

Its How You Make Things That Makes the Difference

June 22, 2010 | 3 Comments

The Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology Graduate School has announced electrode materials made by adding lithium iron phosphate (positive-electrode material, LiFePO4) and tin oxide (negative-electrode material, SnO2), respectively, inside carbon. The new process drastically improves the performance of the materials in lithium-ion (Li-ion) rechargeable batteries by using an ultracentrifugal processing technology to add an [...]

Jun

21

They Say The Wind Can Provide Reliable Power

June 21, 2010 | 15 Comments

The Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) asserts in a study released last month that the power grid for five western states – Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico and Wyoming – the WestConnect territory – could operate on as much as 30 percent wind and 5 percent solar without the construction of extensive [...]

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