New fuel cell technology runs on solid carbon

Research scientist Dong Ding is developing direct carbon fuel cells at INL’s Energy Innovation Laboratory. Credit: Idaho National Laboratory     Advancements in a fuel cell technology powered by solid carbon could make electricity generation from...

Could Garbage Fuel Airplanes?

  Twenty miles east of Reno, Nevada, garbage trucks skip the landfill and stop at Fulcrum BioEnergy, where tons of egg shells, coffee grinds, mattresses and other refuse are dumped into a large holding area. Two hours later, this garbage leaves the facility...