Global energy demand will increase 25 percent between 2014 and 2040, driven by population growth and economic expansion, while oil will remain the No.1 source of fuel, ExxonMobil said in the 2016 edition of The Outlook for Energy. Energy efficiency will improve and increased use of renewable energy sources and lower carbon fuels, such as…
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What’s Next For Magnesium-Ion Batteries: Molecular Foundry Coughs Up A Clue
What’s Next For Magnesium-Ion Batteries: Molecular Foundry Coughs Up A Clue If you thought you knew everything there is to know about magnesium-ion batteries, guess again. Some folks over at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory’s “Molecular Foundry” supercomputer have gotten to the bottom of a problem that has stalled the development of this promising energy…
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The War to Build America’s First Offshore Wind Farm
Jim Gordon has been pioneering the installation of the United States’ first offshore wind farm to be located off the coast of Cape Cod for over a decade now, and while the proposal is closer now to being started than ever before, Gordon is well aware that the fight is not over yet. Cape…
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New Inexpensive and More Environmentally Friendly Solar Cell
Researchers from Northwestern University have devised a new design of a solar cell that minimizes the flaws in conventional solar cells — relatively high production costs, low operating efficiency and durability, and reliance upon toxic and scarce materials. Dye-sensitized solar cells have already addressed some of these issues, but up until now have been very inefficient.…
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