Energy (Sustainability & Environment)

A new super-white paint formulation can reflect 98% of solar radiation, which helps keep buildings cool and reduces energy consumption and expenses.

Senior research scientist Mai Uibu tells us about her upcoming talk at ACEME 2020 and shares recommendations for visitors to Tallinn, Estonia. 

A new and inexpensive catalyst makes it possible to generate hydrogen through water splitting, providing an effective means of storage for renewable energy.

Meet this physicist and mathematician turned chemical engineer, and learn what drove him to pursue chemical engineering.

Madhu Khanna discusses cellulosic biofuels, their economic and sustainability benefits and tradeoffs, and what's needed to see cellulosic biofuels thrive.

As the hydrogen economy grows, so does the need for technical information and know-how about hydrogen safety. Read more about safety advances.

Fuel cells continue to be a hot topic, and as hydrogen fuel cell technology advances, we are also seeing fuel cell alternatives.

Dow's R&D Director for Industrial Solutions shares a preview of the upcoming 2019 Process Development Symposium, where he will deliver the keynote address.

Sharon Beshouri, President of Shell Global Solutions (U.S.), Inc., has received the American Institute of Chemical Engineers’ (AIChE) Government and Industry Leaders (AGILE) Award. She set the stage for the conference with her welcome keynote lecture entitled “Embracing Transitions Today: Assuring a Robust Future Tomorrow.”

Chemical industry entrepreneur John Sofranko talks about his background, building a business, and about his company's goals and challenges.

The latest issue showcases the current thinking related to the reduction of carbon emissions, the utilization of CO2 that can ameliorate its presence and provide useful products, and storage options.

As part of our celebration of AIChE's 110th year, Pat McGrath of ARPA-E shares his predictions for chemical engineering's next 25 years.

Condensing natural gas into a liquid, nonflammable form through natural gas upgrading is key to expanding natural gas production.

Air temperature is no longer a significant factor for electric-car charging, thanks to new battery technology.

AIChE member Wendy Young spoke with us for a few minutes at a recent conference to speak with us about some of the topics on her mind as a chemical engineer.

A host of innovations across a wide range of areas show potential for a brighter future. Read more about them here.

As efficient as current platinum-based catalysts, the nanostructured composite material sidesteps costly platinum.

Computer modeling reveals the true potential of open-ocean wind farms, compared to conventional land-based wind farms.

This new method generates hydrogen from methane and electricity, with near-zero energy loss. The discovery is a boon for hydrogen-powered vehicles.

Transparent solar panels that are efficient enough to be practical have been elusive, but no longer.

The North Sea is the most prolific location in the world for building offshore windfarms.

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A newly developed solar cell prototype is capable of capturing nearly all energy from the solar spectrum and could potentially be the world’s most solar cell, operating at 44.5% efficiency.

Still dominating home electronics, lithium batteries are constantly pushing into new markets.

Battery storage is starting to replace traditional gas peaker plants by replacing diesel powered generation on small islands.

Imagine a technology that could capture atmospheric carbon dioxide, reduce carbon dioxide emissions, reduce the alkalinity of industrial waste, and generate useful materials — all in one proc

Researchers at the University of California San Diego and Sapphire Energy have completed the first outdoor field trial sanctioned by the U.S.

A discovery that improves on a commonly used catalytic reaction used to break down methane could lead to significant energy savings and pollution reduction.

Two weeks ago, Dr. Art Rosenfeld, the embodiment of energy efficiency, died in his home at the age of 90, not far from the Berkeley lab where he worked for over forty years.

Catching the strong Atlantic winds thirteen miles off the coast of Rhode Island, Deepwater Wind's five 6 MW offshore wind turbines started sending clean power to Block Island'

The Paris climate agreement is the world’s best effort yet to ward off the existential threat of climate change.

Low carbon jet fuel just got a big boost.

After Hawaii killed a deal that included a new LNG import facility and its conjoined twin, a natural gas power plant; and a leading Canadian tar sands producer, Suncor Energy, voluntarily decided t

It's all hands on deck for the monumental task of decarbonizing the world energy system, and some speculate that may take a decade shy of the next century before it's complete, if ever.

Two weeks ago reporters and fans joined Elon Musk and chief technical officer J.B.

Matt Scullin plans to corner a big chunk of the energy market. He's not an oil or gas guy, or a renewables guy.

Many energy startups claim that their new software, gadget, or platform will change the way the world uses energy, but Robert Fares, writing for

Last January a documentary crew in Abu Dhabi watched the global energy system reach a tipping point and shift decisively toward renewable energy.

Developer Deepwater Wind is on the verge of launching the first offshore wind farm in the US. Later this fall, when its five turbines finally power up off the coast of Rhode Island, it wi

Apple and a select group of US companies are starting to sell renewable power to the electricity grid, a domain traditionally controlled by monopoly utilities and third party power plants. 

Low-temperature wasted heat is generally seen as an unusable byproduct of manufacturing and power generation, but researchers at Yale’s Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering ha

A more environmentally friendly recycling method for polyethylene not only eliminates waste but also provides liquid fuel.

Seven years ago, when Statoil moored the world's first full-sized floating turbine ten kilometers off the coast of Norway, engineers were looking to see if the new concept could find a pro

Nissan's test in the UK aims to show how cars may one day be an integral part of the grid.

Rail storage shows major advantages for the future of California's grid storage, potentially leaving storage batteries in the dust.

There’s enough untapped wind streaming across the vast plains of Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Wyoming to generate more electricity than a fleet of Hoover Dams.

Last month First Solar announced that it set a new record in its research lab for cadmium-telluride cell efficiency, at 22.1 percent.

Just one week after Elon Musk unveiled Tesla's new Model 3, it's obvious the world liked what it saw.

With 24 airlines, 1,000 flights a week and 7 million passengers a year, Cochin International Airport in India’s Kerala state is the third busiest in India.

Speaking to a packed auditorium during CERAWeek in Houston, Texas, Saudi Arabia's oil minister laid out the oil crash'

New technology out of the U.S.

In Tanzania, like many African countries, the rapid spread of mobile phones has outpaced the slow creep of grid-connected electricity, where 85% of the population still lives off-grid and relies on