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A More Efficient Jet Engine Is Made from Lighter Parts, Some 3-D Printed
• Technologyreview.comComposite and 3-D-printed components will mean jet engines that use 15 percent less fuel.
Sharper Computer Models Clear the Way for More Wind Power
• Technologyreview.comNew prediction models can allow utilities to rely more heavily on wind and save millions.
What Is A Fuel Cell? And What Is The Carbon Nanotube Revolution?
• http://www.greenerideal.comFuel cells are beneficial because they have a higher energy efficiency rating. They are 40 to 60% energy efficient and about 85% energy efficient in cells that can recycle released heat.
Burning Liquid Hydrogen For Fuel, Navy Drone Flies For 48 Hours Straight
• popsci.comThis long-range spy-bot is also nearly silent.
BNL, Stony Brook eye military battery work
• http://www.newsday.com, By JOE RYANBrookhaven National Laboratory and Stony Brook University are seeking roughly $20 million in federal funding to help the military develop batteries that would power everything from unmanned vehicles to tactical gear soldiers carry into battle.
Unconventional Energy: The Good, the Bad, and the Unknown
• popularmechanics.comA panel of experts discusses the facts on fracking and other new forms of energy recovery.
Amp Your Ride
• popsci.comCharge electronics on the go with a bike-mounted USB hub.
New satellite sail is propelled by solar protons
• newscientist.comA tiny new satellite is propelled by repulsion. ESTCube-1, which went into orbit on Tuesday, will put proton-powered electric solar sails to the test for the first time. It could pave the way for speedy trips through the solar system.
Wind Turbines, Battery Included, Can Keep Power Supplies Stable
• Kevin Bullis via TechnologyReview.comAdvances like GE’s new hybrid wind turbines could make renewable energy more practical.
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Ozark Pipeline Shutdown Will Limit Crude Capacity From Cushing
• Dan Murtaugh via Bloomberg.comEnbridge Inc. (ENB)’s planned shutdown of the Ozark pipeline for 10 days starting June 10 will reduce capacity to move oil from Cushing, Oklahoma, the delivery point for futures on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
Why It’s Okay that Tesla Makes Cars for Rich People
• Kevin Bullis via TechnologyReview.comTesla’s innovations could make EVs more competitive.
Startup Taps Quantum Encryption for Cybersecurity
• Martin LaMonica via TechnologyReview.comGridCom Technologies says quantum cryptography can work to make the electricity grid control systems secure.
Ultra-Efficient Solar Power
• http://www.technologyreview.com, By Mike OrcuttHarry Atwater thinks his lab can make an affordable device that produces more than twice the solar power generated by today’s panels.
A Pilot’s Guide to an Enormous Continent-Crossing Solar Plane
• http://www.wired.com, By Jason PaurBertrand Piccard is somewhere high over central California right now, flying southward in a giant airplane powered only by the sun.
Watch Live As This Solar-Powered Plane Embarks On A Flight Across The U.S.
• Suzanne LaBarre via PopSci.comSolar Impulse will attempt to fly across the United States using nothing but sunlight for fuel.
Will Utilities Embrace Distributed Energy?
• Martin LaMonica via TechnologyReview.comDisruptive technological changes are at work but utilities are hamstrung by outdates business models and regulations.
Tesla’s Financing Scheme Finally Reflects Reality
• Damon Lavrinc via WIRED.comThe Silicon Valley automaker, citing the wave of less-than-glowing publicity that followed its outlandish leasing program, is reworking the terms of its Model S financing.
The Amount of Oil We Can Recover Keeps Growing
• Kevin Bullis via TechnologyReview.comThe U.S. Geological Survey doubles its estimate for the size of a huge U.S. oil and gas resource.
Oil boom threatens Amazon tribesmen
• nbcnews.comWauroni tribesmen, who live in the rainforest of Ecuador, are getting ready to challenge the Ecuadorian government’s plan to auction as much as 8 million acres of rainforest for oil drilling, saying they are prepared to fight to the death......
Sun Shot
• popsci.comBeginning in May, a plane will fly across the United States on sunlight alone. In 2015, it will circumnavigate the world.
Worlds Biggest Tesla Coil Goes Live!
• youtubeThis demonstration was held at the Mid-America Science Museum in Hot Springs Arkansas.
Graphene paint could power homes of the future
• http://www.telegraph.co.uk, By Richard GrayHouses could be painted with a new super-material that generates electricity from sunlight and can even change colour on request, following new research.
Is Chinese Big Oil Going to Destroy Ecuador's Amazon?
• http://www.vice.com, By Sascha KouvelisTo oil and gas companies, the Amazon rainforest is one huge cash cow just begging to be milked. But anyone who'd rather not rid the world of 30 percent of its animal species would probably argue it's a region that shouldn't be destroyed by rich peopl
Saturday Space Sight: Solar Electric Propulsion System
• http://science.dodlive.mil,Using advanced Solar Electric Propulsion (SEP) technologies is an essential part of future missions into deep space with larger payloads.
Living in Sin City when the water stops running
•Preparing for an event is the first step in any crisis situation, while waiting for an event then reacting is stupidity.
Nissan Leaf Leads Growth in April Electric Car Sales
• http://www.thedailybeast.com, by Miranda GreenThe numbers are tiny, and it remains very much a niche market, but April’s sales figures suggest electric cars are beginning to catch on.
Solar-powered plane set for cross-country flight
• Michael Fletcher via Washington PostThe first plane that can fly day and night powered only by the sun is set to begin a transcontinental journey that will reach Washington by mid-June.
Mitsubishi working on wireless remote charging for electric cars
• dvice.comMuch has been made of the New York Times review of the Tesla Model S in which the reviewer claimed the limitations of the electric car caused him to get stranded.
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