Energy storage including Fuel cells Features for April 2011

Energy storage including Fuel cells Features Archive

Colleges turn waste into useful products Colleges turn waste into useful products

Lyn Corum profiles a number of innovative projects that are at the heart of sustainable development in the U.S., including a subtropical rain forest that thrives on CO2 and waste heat on a college campus…

Fuel cells in maritime operation - low emissions in port and at sea Fuel cells in maritime operation - low emissions in port and at sea

The first fuel cell applications on seagoing vessels will be competitive with diesel engines as early as 2020, according to a new market survey...

CSP: Developments in heat transfer and storage materials CSP: Developments in heat transfer and storage materials

Photovoltaics (PV) is the dominant solar technology with more than 12 GW installed in 2010 alone, but PV (not to mention wind power) has inherent limitations of intermittency. This gives CSP a distinct advantage, and current advances in heat transfer and storage could increase the implementation of CSP as a significant renewable resource.