Tag: Energy
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Commercialization of Polymer Solar Cell: Giant Leap Forward
Compared to silicon-based devices, PSCs are lightweight (which is important for small autonomous sensors), solution processability (potentially disposable), inexpensive to fabricate (sometimes using printed electronics), flexible, and customizable on the molecular level, and they have lower potential for negative environmental impact. Polymer solar cells have attracted a lot of interest due to these many advantages.
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Community Group Launches Cutting-Edge Project to Test Air Quality for Fracking Chemicals
CITIZENS FOR A HEALTHY COMMUNITY — This cutting edge approach to conducting an air baseline project uses backpack air sampling instead of a stationary sampling location. This project will collect …
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The Price of Our Fertilizer Addiction
OTHERWORDS — Meanwhile, fertilizer runs off, polluting nearby waterways. And because fertilizer is made with natural gas—often obtained these days via the extreme drilling process known as fracking—it devastates the environment when it’s …
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Introducing 3M Wind Blade Protection Coating W4600
Awareness is growing in the wind industry about the severe impact that erosion on the leading edge of wind blades can have on turbine output. Erosion can lead to a significant loss in annual energy production, costing owners and operators thousands of dollars. Blade repair and protection can help provide significant annual energy production improvements,…
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Renewable Energy vs. Koch Brothers and ALEC
NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL — What is truly remarkable about U.S. state-level support for clean, renewable energy standards is that, even in these times of supposedly “cheap and abundant natural gas that will last for decades to come” is that renewable energy and efficiency …