Ceramic coatings: multilayer ceramic coatings appear to offer the
best oxidation protection for carbon-carbon composites that ma
Ultra high temperature ceramics (UHTCs) have been identified as a
class of materials with the potential to withstand extreme aerothermal
heating environments. For example, diboride and . . .
Cast stainless steel: CF8C-Plus is a new cast austenitic
stainless steel now being commercialized. It has better high-temperatur
A cost-effective heat-resistant cast austenitic stainless steel
with better performance, reliability, and temperature capabilities than
many nickel-base alloys was designed and developed in 2002 by . . .
Xunlight Corp.(BRIEFS)
Xunlight Corp. has been awarded $4.9 million from the State of
Ohio's Research Commercialization Program to develop an improved,
advanced thin-film solar-cell fabrication technology, an . . .
Solar Thin Films Inc.(BRIEFS)
Solar Thin Films Inc. has agreed to build an amorphous solar module
manufacturing plant in Ulster County, New York, its first in the United
States. The plant will utilize machinery produced by . . .
Siemens Energy.(BRIEFS)(Brief article)
Siemens Energy will test two 3.6-megawatt wind turbines with direct
drive technology at a site in west Denmark. Siemens will subject the
turbines to comprehensive testing for a minimum of two . . .
Rolls-Royce.(BRIEFS)
Rolls-Royce is establishing a new business unit to address the
global market for civil nuclear power. The company estimates that this
worldwide market could be worth $92.6 billion a year in 15 . . .
Pratt & Whitney Canada.(BRIEFS)
Pratt & Whitney Canada is leading an aerospace
industry-university research effort to investigate the potential use of
biofuels for small and medium size engine applications. P&WC is
evaluating the . . .
Rechargeable battery recycling Corp.(BRIEFS)
PowerGenix, a manufacturer of rechargeable nickel-zinc batteries,
has been certified as an official licensee by the Rechargeable Battery
Recycling Corp., a nonprofit public service organization . . .
Hexcel Corp.(BRIEFS)
Hexcel Corp. will set up a glass prepreg plant in Colorado to
support the emerging North American wind turbine blade industry. The
plant will begin production in the second half of 2009. . . .
First Solar Inc.(BRIEFS)
First Solar Inc. plans to expand manufacturing operations for its
advanced thin film solar module manufacturing technology at its facility
in Perrysburg, Ohio. This expansion will add a fourth . . .
Eden Energy Ltd.(BRIEFS)
Eden Energy Ltd. announces the formation of Eden Hydrogen Inc., an
integration of two Eden Energy U.S. subsidiaries: Hythane Company of
Denver, and HyRadix of Des Plaines, Illinois. The new company . . .
Composite technology corp.(BRIEFS)
Composite Technology corp. announces that its DeWind subsidiary has
signed an agreement for the sale of ten advanced DeWind D9 two-megawatt
wind turbines to Energy Farming Ontario LLC. The D9 . . .
Chongqing electric power corp.(BRIEFS)(Brief article)
The 3M Co. announces that Chongqing Electric Power Corp., China,
has become the second major utility in the People's Republic of
China to install the 3M Aluminum Conductor Composite Reinforced . . .
PlascoEnergy Group.(ENERGY TRENDS)
The city of Ottawa, Ontario, has approved a new waste-to-energy
facility that will turn 400 metric tons of garbage per day into 21
megawatts of net electricity, enough to power about 19,000 homes. . . .
Biomimetic nanostructures to build cheap solar energy
cells.(ENERGY TRENDS)(Brief article)
Biomimetic optical structures that copy the nanostructures seen in
nature to build solar cells for efficient light-trapping are being
investigated at the University of Southampton, England. The . . .
Advanced turbine systems to run on syngas.(ENERGY TRENDS)(Brief
article)
Technologies for advanced turbines that operate cleanly and
efficiently when fueled with coal-derived synthesis gas and hydrogen
fuels are to be developed in four projects selected by the DOE . . .
Colorado School of Mines to partner for nuclear energy.(ENERGY
TRENDS)(Brief article)
Under a research partnership between the Advanced Test Reactor
National Scientific User Facility (ATR NSUF) at Idaho National
Laboratory and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a . . .
Highly efficient catalyst takes oxygen from water.(ENERGY
TRENDS)(Brief article)
A catalyst that produces oxygen gas from water while another
catalyst produces hydrogen has reportedly been discovered at
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge. The new catalyst
consists . . .
Ten cost-shared projects are to develop hydrogen storage.(ENERGY
TRENDS)
Ten cost-shared hydrogen storage research and development projects
will receive up to $15.3 million over five years, according to an
announcement by the U.S. Dept. of Energy. The DOE and U.S. . . .
Energy storage module based on lithium-polymer
accumulator.(ENERGY TRENDS)(Brief article)
An energy storage module based on lithium-polymer accumulator
technology that is suitable for vehicles is said to be under development
at three Fraunhofer Institutes in Germany, together with . . .
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