Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has announced that the Russian government will provide US$1.77bn to help finance a new nuclear reactor build programme in the country. The funds will go to Rosenergoatom, the national nuclear utility. The company is looking to invest a total of US$5.45bn this year, with US$3.39bn earmarked for new nuclear plant construction. …
A radically different approach from the familiar torus approach to nuclear fusion, which involves bombarding a miniscule target with high energy lasers has turned out to be more straightforward than researchers expected. The first experiments from the US National Ignition Facility that used 192 laser beams and in the process smashed the record for the …
In an impressive leap for the fledging second-generation biofuel sector, a collaboration led by researchers at the US Department of Energy’s Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) have announced that they engineered a strain of Escherichia coli (E. coli) bacteria to produce an “advanced biofuel” directly from biomass.
“The fact that our microbes can produce a diesel fuel …
The fledgling algae biofuel industry has recently been upset by a new study by Clarens et al of the University of Virginia, which argues that “conventional crops have lower environmental impacts than algae in energy use, greenhouse gas emissions and water, regardless of cultivation location.” The report goes on to add that the large …
Aquamarine Power has installed its first wave energy converter in the harsh waters of the North Atlantic. IfandP takes a closer look.
A US wind-turbine technology start-up company, FloDesign, which is researching an innovative new wind turbine design based on jet engine technology, which could be three to four times more efficient than conventional designs, has secured US$34.5m in funding, to help bring the design to market.
The funding round was led by the firm’s original investor, venture …
Wherever salt water and Fresh water collide, energy is there for the taking. We take a look at Statkraft’s efforts to harness this new energy source.
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