ELECTRICITY CAN be made from the sun, the wind or the atom rather than by burning fossil fuels. Cars, buses and perhaps even lorries can be powered by batteries rather than petrol or diesel. But other ...

Not just for barbecues, some companies are switching over completely. The reviews of the new report from the UK's Committee on Climate Change have been mixed; I complained about its reliance on ...

LANCASTER -- It's becoming easier for drivers of propane-powered trucks to fuel their vehicles. Georgetown, Texas-based CleanFuel USA has announced it will open a self-serve propane pump at 3400 Buck ...

Heat pumps use environmental energy to provide us with heat. However, they generally require synthetic refrigerants, which contain environmentally harmful fluorinated greenhouse gases (F-gases).

An international research team has conducted a computational analysis on propane (R290) vapor compression heat pumps integrating a thermoelectric subcooler (TESC) to reduce the power consumption of ...

Germany's Fraunhofer ISE is leading a consortium of 20 companies from the heating and housing industries to optimize propane (R290) heat pump systems for existing multi-family homes. The LC R290 ...

Heat pumps are a key technology in the heat transition, but many of the devices still use environmentally harmful refrigerants. The Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE has now developed ...

Currently heat pump manufacturers are mainly focusing on cost reductions and sustainable refrigerants. In the project “LC150” (Low Charge 150 g), the Fraun-hofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE ...

Last month, city officials unveiled the first electric car-charging station in Duluth. On Tuesday, Como Oil unveiled Duluth's first gas pump dedicated to propane-powered vehicles. The new propane pump ...