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A graduate from West Virginia has designed a portable charger that can be powered by the ‘slightest of breezes’ and is designed to fold up and fit in a backpack.
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In the quest for better, less expensive ways to store and use energy, platinum and other precious metals play an important role. They serve as catalysts to propel the most efficient fuel cells, but they are costly and rare.
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Energy Recovery, a US-based company specialising in pressure energy technology for industrial fluid flows, has announced a US$3.96mn order to install its PX Pressure Exchanger devices in the Quriyat independent water project (IWP).
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A project that is expected to help save around 50% of energy used to heat multi-storey buildings in Romania has bagged a loan from the EU bank.
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Georgia has been granted a loan worth $125 million (£80m) to support energy efficiency in the Caucasus.
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India's state-owned fertiliser manufacturer Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers (RCF) is reportedly planning to reduce energy consumption at two of its urea-ammonia units in Thal, Maharashtra.
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Enhanced energy efficiency is – and will continue to be – both a technical and economic challenge. It is critical to success for manufacturing companies.
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Costa Coffee has announced plans to build a new £36m eco-friendly coffee bean roastery to cope with growing UK demand.
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A new device called SULI makes this into reality, combining solar technology with 3D printing to save light energy for later use in a multitude of ways.
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The loan will be used to buy 82 new double-deck electric trains offering improved energy-efficiency and capacity, as well as special barrier-free passenger comfort for the RRX project.
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Roger Melanson, minister of New Brunswick’s Department of Transportation and Infrastructure, today announced aggressive new fuel-efficiency standards for passenger vehicles sold and used in the province.
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Stemco has developed a datalogger that fleets can use to measure the fuel-saving performance of TrailerTails within just four hours.
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Scientists already know how to coat components with diamond-like carbon to minimize friction.
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As continuous high temperatures and humidity drive up energy use, Mississippi Power is reminding customers that rebates and discounts are available focusing on ways to keep their homes cool and reduce the impact of the hot weather on power bills.
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Kazakhstan Vice-Minister for Investment and Development Albert Rau and the heads of the German Energy Agency Dena - board chairman Andreas Kuhlmann and director Ulrich Benterbusch, signed a memorandum of strategic partnership in energy conservation and energy efficiency in the first Kazakh-German Energy Forum , Kazpravda.kz correspondent reports.
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An energy efficiency retrofit completed at Arnot Ogden Medical Center (AOMC) in Elmira, New York, will deliver nearly $9 million in energy and operational savings over the next 20 years and save the 256-bed facility an estimated $14.5 million in energy and operating costs over the life of the contract.
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Improving the energy efficiency ratings of electric motors is a worldwide goal, but exemptions in the regulations mean that for applications in potentially explosive atmospheres there is no obligation to implement the latest technology.
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A new energy-efficient air conditioning system, valued at $8.4 million, has been installed at the maternity ward of the Spanish Town General Hospital in St. Catherine.
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Duke Energy plans to upgrade its 36-megawatt energy storage and power management system at the utility’s Notrees Windpower Project in west Texas to better serve the local grid, the utility said in a June news release.
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Countries in the European Union have some bold energy targets for the year 2030, including a non-binding goal to source at least 27% of their final energy consumption from renewable sources.
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British designers constructed a brand new zero carbon house, which produces more energy that it consumes, and costs just as much to build as regular houses.
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Cuba plans to build 13 wind farms, including seven facilities financed with foreign direct investment, local media reported on Saturday, quoting energy and mines minister Alfredo Lopez.
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When you decide to invest in an energy efficiency upgrade at your industrial facility, how do you verify that you’re actually getting the savings you were promised with new equipment or optimization?