Top Stories
JRSE's top stories report on energy related research and news happening in the field. The goal is to combine news, policy, and research to provide an insightful look at today's hot topics.
If humans are able to utilize the energy from the sun that is stored in plants and animals as chemical and biological energy, it could be yet another source of renewable energy.
A team of researchers is cultivating microbes in the lab that will act on provided substrate to secrete the necessary enzymes for hydrolysis. Through their research, the team has improved the enzymatic hydrolysis process by 15 percent.
Researchers are looking at two processes—anaerobic digestion and thermo-chemical processes—to treat manure to produce bio-energy products that farms could utilize for energy independence.
Exploiting the long island gas reserve could provide a model for other communities to generate their own energy from landfills, but only if the technical issues get solved first.
Vertical axis wind turbines were first developed in the early 20th century. Researchers soon realized that VAWTs offer some advantages, such as collecting wind from any direction.