Aug
31
Solar Power Water Splitting Catalyst Found
August 31, 2011 | Leave a Comment
A team of scientists from the University of Kentucky and the University of Louisville has determined that an alloy formed by a 2 percent substitution of antimony in gallium nitride has the right electrical properties to enable solar light energy to split water molecules into hydrogen and oxygen. The technical description is called the photoelectrochemical [...]
Aug
30
Bit O’ Trouble on the Biomass and Cellulosic Front
August 30, 2011 | 1 Comment
University of Illinois at Champaign’s Praveen Kumar has some non-enthusiast news, “While we are looking for solutions for energy through bioenergy crops, dependence on water gets ignored, and water can be a significant limiting factor.” Kumar, the Lovell Professor of civil and environmental engineering at UI Champaign said, “There are many countries around the world [...]
Aug
29
Better Models for Better Oil Well Control
August 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Steinar Evje published a paper in the SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis with a new analysis of a mathematical model that has applications to study gas kicks in deep-water oil wells. To explain a dangerous gas kick, consider the deeper the well the higher the pressures will be, and are higher the risks associated with [...]
Aug
26
Update of Natural Gas in the Eastern US
August 26, 2011 | 3 Comments
The Marcellus Shale formation that extends across eight U.S. states has a new estimate out from the US Geological Survey (USGS). The new estimate of the reserve was increased from 42 times to 72 times from the previous assessment done in 2002. Nine years will change a perspective. Before looking into this, keep in mind [...]
Aug
25
A Tri Alpha Fusion Update
August 25, 2011 | 6 Comments
Brian Wang found through Talk Polywell a pdf file of a presentation given at the ICC/US-Japan CT Workshop in Seattle Washington on August 16, 2011. It’s a treasure of an update on the dual pinch approach to fusion confinement, well worth a look. Tri Alpha started as a brainchild of Professor Rostoker and for some [...]
Aug
24
How Good Is That Biomass?
August 24, 2011 | 1 Comment
Observers, journalists and investors don’t always know the finer details of the qualities of biomass destined for making fuel. The question of how much useable starch and sugar there is in batch is quite significant to the cost basis of raw materials. Seed companies are already coming out with hybrids of plants that are much [...]
Aug
23
Disruptive Governing
August 23, 2011 | 2 Comments
Whatever one might think of the Obama presidency and the progress of the country or the direction the country is headed, the question is coming up more and more on whether the President has the best interests of the country in mind or serves his ideology first – a way to describe one kind of [...]
Aug
22
A Stakeholders Guide to Energy and Fuels
August 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment
To answer uncounted emails that basically ask, “What do you think . . .” your humble writer offers a basic guide for your reference. To start, all government intrusions included, energy and fuels are going to be provided to people with market systems. What people are paying for by buying is – energy assisted work. [...]
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