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3/15/10
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Lithium-ion battery anodes are made from graphite. Silicon anodes would offer a ten-fold improvement, but ion travel quickly destroys the material. A new experimental silicon-carbon nanocomposite, built through self-assembly, solves the degradation problem.
Mar 11 | News
Researchers at the National Renewable Energy Lab are analyzing 1,000 samples of biomass at a time, finding which one, combined with the right enzyme, most eagerly gives up its sugars to be converted into biofuel. Their work is part of an effort to meet federal regulations that require the U.S. produce 36 billion gallons of biofuel by 2022.
Mar 9 | News
What if space held the key to producing alternative energy crops on Earth? That's what researchers are hoping to find in a new experiment on the International Space Station. The experiment, National Lab Pathfinder-Cells 3, is aimed at learning whether microgravity can help jatropha curcas plant cells grow faster to produce biofuel, or renewable fuel derived from biological matter.
4 hours ago | News
Coal producer Massey Energy Co. said Tuesday it has agreed to buy privately held rival Cumberland Resources Corp. for $960 million in cash and stock.Richmond, Va.-based Massey called Cumberland a good fit for its strategy of capitalizing on growing Asian demand for higher-priced metallurgical...
5 hours ago | News
Bipartisan legislation requiring Xcel Energy to cut emission at some of its coal-fired power plants has passed its first test at the Capitol.The House Transportation and Energy Committee voted 10-1 to endorse the bill Tuesday.It would require Xcel as well as the smaller Black Hills Corp....
6 hours ago | News
The powerful nor'easter had moved out at sea, but flooding lingered Tuesday in many Northeast communities.Many places were still inundated with water from the mid-Atlantic to New England, with tens of thousands of people lacking electricity and hundreds still in emergency shelters — some for a...
6 hours ago | News
Exxon Mobil said Tuesday that it will use a specially designed drillship from a subsidiary of Transocean Ltd. to explore the deepwater Black Sea offshore Turkey.Exxon announced plans for the Deepwater Champion at the ninth annual Turkish Oil and Gas Showcase and Conference in Ankara.The ship is...
8 hours ago | News
General Electric Co. says it will increase its dividend in 2011, two years after the industrial and commercial conglomerate reduced it to save money as its financial arm struggled in the recession.Chief Financial Officer Keith Sherin told analysts at a conference Tuesday that the Fairfield,...
8 hours ago | News
Patriot Coal Corp. said Tuesday it agreed to sell 1.5 million tons of metallurgical coal to steel mills in the Pacific Rim region.Patriot said the coal will be delivered from April 2010 through early 2011 and will come from the Panther and Winchester mines in West Virginia.The company said it...
9 hours ago | News
More than 40,000 homes and businesses in Connecticut are still without electricity after a strong storm brought down trees and power lines, while the governor has called for an investigation of utility companies' response.Most of the outages are in southwestern Connecticut, where damage is so...
9 hours ago | News
Oil and gas company Continental Resources Inc. said Tuesday that it has completed nine wells in the Bakken shale in North Dakota and one in Montana this year along with additional wells in North Dakota and Michigan.Average initial production so far is 1,345 barrels of oil equivalent for all 10...
9 hours ago | News
Most of the kids were back in school Tuesday, the sun emerged and utility crews slowly returned electricity customers to the grid after a soaking weekend windstorm.By late morning, the number of customers without power was below 90,000 in New York City, Long Island and the northern suburbs....
10 hours ago | News
Global power company AES Corp. said it raised $1.58 billion by selling a portion of the company to a subsidiary of China Investment Corp.AES announced in November that it would raise the money by selling a 15 percent stake in the company. Late Monday, the company said that deal had closed.China...