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San Francisco’s First Hydrogen Station Opens

The San Francisco 3rd Street hydrogen station is open for business! It is the first of three stations that will open in the City of San Francisco.

CSIRO Identifies Five Key Opportunities for Hydrogen Industry Growth in Australia

A report from the Australian national science agency CSIRO has mapped the critical research steps Australia must take to realize a potential 7,600 jobs and $11 …

Power Construction

Tech Aims to Predict Problems on Power Lines Before Disaster

B. Don Russell wasn't thinking about preventing a wildfire when he developed a tool to detect power line problems before they cause equipment failures, blackout…

Gas turbine engine

MET Turbochargers For X-DF Engines

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Marine Machinery & Equipment said it is delivering MET Turbochargers for the world's largest two-stroke dual-fuel X-DF engine, the 1…

Nuclear Power Plant

South Africa to Create Extra Space for Nuclear Waste

Radioactive waste storage facilities at South Africa's nuclear power station Koeberg will fill up next year, the power utility Eskom said Tuesday, adding it has…

Lab-Evolved E. coli Makes Energy Solely from Carbon Dioxide

Bacteria that produce energy from inorganic carbon could have applications in sustainable biofuels.Researchers have engineered Escherichia coli bacteria to make…

Massachusetts Might Replace Natural Gas with Geothermal Heating

A new bill that is being considered by the Massachusetts legislature could lead to geothermal heating in homes. The bill would allow utilities to purchase geoth…

Wheels Begin to Turn on Self-Driving Car Legislation

Congress has yet to roll out comprehensive legislation that would create federal standards for self-driving cars this year, but the wheels have started turning …

How Heat Pumps Can Cut Carbon Pollution from Buildings

When outside temperatures drop to 10 or 20 degrees Fahrenheit, it feels cold. But there’s still heat in that air that can be extracted and used to warm homes.T…

CHP

Bulgaria Receives Green-light for Construction of Cogeneration Plant

The European Commission has approved Bulgarian plans to support the construction and operation of a high-efficient cogeneration plant to produce heat and electr…

Power Construction

ADB to Provide $451 Million to Strengthen Grid in Southern India

The funds will be used to build an extra-high-voltage transmission link to transmit 9 GW of capacity, including 6 GW of renewables, to the Chennai–Kanyakumari …

Solar Technology

New Sandwich-Like Material for Lead-Free Perovskite Solar Cells

Scientists from Purdue University claim to have created a new material that incorporates both organic and inorganic materials. Its hybrid structure is said to i…

Indian Government Now Finalizing New Energy Policy

Aside from an emphasis on energy efficiency, the Indian government’s new energy policy will primarily focus on Indian-made battery cells for electric vehicles,…

Clean emission

Using Technology to Tackle Power Plant Emissions

Power plant owners and operators have a range of systems available to help reduce pollutants at their facilities, depending on a number of factors. And industry…

LNG

Why Power-to-Gas May Flourish in a Renewables-Heavy World

While still in its infancy, power-to-gas provides a promising approach to convert renewable power into “green” hydrogen and methane, furnishing the renewables…