Science and Technology:
¶ A team of researchers at Virginia Tech has succeeded in using xylose, the most abundant simple plant sugar, to produce a large quantity of hydrogen. The method can be performed using any source of biomass. [AZoCleantech]
¶ The Dutch architecture firm Mecanoo and researchers at the Delft Technical University are working to develop a bladeless wind generator that operates on electrostatic charge on water droplets. [ENGINEERING.com]
World:
¶ European electric generation from renewables is expected to exceed that of fossil fuels by 2020, according to a report from ENTSO-E, the European association of European transmission line operators. [Inside Climate News]
US:
¶ The Arkansas legislature rejected a proposed renewable power mandate when House Bill 1390, the Arkansas Distributed Generation Act, failed to make it out of a joint committee on energy. [Budget & Tax News]
¶ Entergy, owner of Arkansas Nuclear One, says it will take weeks to restart the Unit 1 reactor, which had been tripped by the accident at Unit 2. [Businessweek]
¶ The owner of the San Onofre nuclear plant says that as part of the experimental plan to restart one of the crippled San Onofre nuclear reactors, they expect to have to shut it down and restart it four or five times in the next two years. [eNews Park Forest]
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