Briefly Noted: Presidential Climate Action Plan A team of experts and former and current public officials, including former U.S. Sen. Gary Hart (D-CO), have launched a detailed action plan for the next president to assert leadership on global warming within 100 days.
Briefly Noted: Solar Steam Storage In what’s described as a technological First, scientists at the German Aerospace Research Center (DLR) have managed for the first time to operate an efficient storage system for solar-generated steam.
Briefly Noted: Fuel Cell Lake Steamer Keel-laying ceremonies last month marked the beginning of construction of what’s described as the world’s first fuel cell-powered lake “steamer”.
Briefly Noted: Bruce Power Looks at Hydrogen Bruce Power, the Ontario-based utility which operates Canada’s largest nuclear plant, will study the potential of converting off-peak nuclear electricity generated by new nuclear power plants it plans to build in the Peace Country region of northwestern Alberta.
Briefly Noted: PNNL's Sulphur-Free Portable SOFC DoE’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) has designed and built a portable 5 kW solid oxide fuel cell with integrated sulfur removal and fuel reforming that can directly use JP-8 or other commercially available liquid fuels such as diesel, biodiesel, gasoline.
