Lux Research es empresa dedicada a la consultoría estratégica y vigilancia tecnológica surgida en 2004 como spin-off de Lux Capital, empresa de capital-riesgo orientada a la inversión en tecnologías emergentes en el campo de las ciencias físicas y biológicas. Esta empresa, basada en Boston, ha analizado 328 empresas de 15 dominios tecnológicos emergentes que se espera tengan un gran impacto en megatendencias globales como la energía sostenible e infraestructuras, nuevos materiales y salud y bienestar.
Une fenêtre intelligente qui peut s'assombrir ou s'éclaircir sans nécessiter une source d'alimentation externe pour fonctionner et qui est également une batterie rechargeable, c'est l'idée développée par l'équipe de chercheurs dirigée par Prof. Sun Xiaowei de la School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering de la Nanyang Technological University [1]. Cette fenêtre intelligente peut adopter une teinte bleue permettant de diminuer la pénétration de la lumière de moitié en journée, selon NTU, et de reprendre à tout moment un teinte claire et transparente. Le concept a été publié dans Nature Communications [2].
Une raffinerie d'un nouveau type a été inaugurée aux Pays-Bas en septembre: VALORIE (Versatile ALgae On-site Raw Ingredient Extractor) est une usine pilote qui vient d'ouvrir ses portes à Lelystad. L'usine mobile est une initiative de TNO (Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientic Research), de l'entreprise Algae Food & Fuel et de l'université de Wageningen.
EU officials look at Belgium as an example for cooperative energy projects, as the 28-country bloc looks to de-carbonise and gain more energy independence.
European Commission and energy experts met in Brussels last week for EU Sustainable Energy Week, as the EU’s relationship with Russia continued to look strained over Ukraine.
La electricidad que consumimos en el día a día está siendo generada en cada momento en alguna central eléctrica, después viaja por las redes de transporte y distribución hasta que llega al usuario. Aunque existen métodos de almacenamiento, su aplicación a gran escala «no era viable» por su alto coste, la falta de recursos o su complejidad. Aunque a pequeña escala si hay ejemplos de acumulación de energía en baterías (como la de un coche), parecía impensable que una batería pudiera alimentar una ciudad entera. Hasta ahora.
At a small solar power plant near Modesto, in California’s Central Valley, a startup called Enervault recently unveiled battery technology that could increase the amount of renewable energy utilities can use. The technology is based on inexpensive materials that researchers had largely given up on because batteries made from them didn’t last long enough to be practical. But the company says it has figured out how to make the batteries last for decades.
Bluesphere, an Even Yehuda-based waste-to-energy company, announced Wednesday that it was in the final stages of planning for the construction of a 5.2 megawatt (MW) Israeli-designed waste-to-energy project in Charlotte, North Carolina, with the fuel for the plant coming from the dump, among other places.
Bluesphere develops, builds and manages waste-to-energy plants, generating electricity and selling it to local utilities. The anaerobic digestion technology that Bluesphere plants are based on uses organic waste, such as food and farm waste that would normally go into landfills, as fuel.
Germany’s ambitious Energiewende made it the world’s largest energy lab. But with CO2 emissions up and electricity prices rising, the programme’s value as a blueprint for others is limited, says Stephan Reimelt, president and CEO of GE Energy, Germany.
Energy efficiency action plans sent to Brussels by EU member states are so lacking in credibility that infringement proceedings should be taken out against 13 of them, according to the first major analysis of compliance efforts with a new European Union law.
Heavy fines could follow in a bid to correct the course of planned savings under the Energy Efficiency Directive, which are currently under-shooting by about one half, says the report by the Coalition for Energy Savings, which represents more than 150 companies, and 400 associations.
L'Institut Fraunhofer pour l'énergie éolienne et de génie des systèmes énergétiques (IWES) de Kassel (Hesse) a publié le 7 avril 2014 un rapport sur l'état de développement de l'énergie éolienne en Allemagne en 2013 [1].
