Category Archives: Energy

Fuel Cell Overview

Posted on February 2, 2011 by

FUEL CELL TECHNOLOGY OVERVIEW The great benefits of local (meaning located at the place of consumption) fuel cell design and installation are:   the reduction of energy delivery cost (as there is significant loss to heat and electromagnetic radiation in … Continue reading →

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2011 Private Consortium to Begin Construction on Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline To Sell $300 Million Annually LNG Gas to California Through Oregon’s Siskiyou Mountains

Posted on February 1, 2011 by

An international consortium of companies has received approval and is planning to begin construction of the huge 223 mile-long, 36 inch wide Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline this year starting with the LNG terminal in Coos Bay. This major gas conduit, … Continue reading →

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Cerium Oxide Solar Reactor

Posted on December 20, 2010 by

Caltech is working on a second generation technology “solar reactor” using a cerium oxide catalyst. Typical solar energy “mirror farms” use many parabolic mirrors to focus the sun’s energy on a central boiler unit to produce steam and thereby energy … Continue reading →

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Large Solar Energy Installation Begins Construction in Southern California Desert Brightsource

Posted on December 1, 2010 by

Largest Solar Energy Installation in History to Begin Construction in Southern California Desert Brightsource Energy Inc. will begin construction soon of a large solar powered electrical generating facility in San Bernardino County near the Nevada border. The project is designed … Continue reading →

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Iron Mountain’s Geothermal Energy Project

Posted on December 8, 2009 by

via Computerworld: Down a road that winds through the rolling hills of western Pennsylvania, just across from a cow pasture, the bucolic scenery of Butler County is interrupted by a high chain-link fence topped with razor wire.

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Eestor and Exxon Both Have New Energy Storage Technology

Posted on August 1, 2007 by

At the 2007, 23rd Electric Vehicle Symposium and Exposition (EVS-23) in Anaheim, Calif., Exxon Mobil will unveiled a super-thin plastic sheeting the company says can improve the power, safety and reliability of lithium-ion batteries for use in automobil

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