Energy Savings in the City of Tempe
The city of Tempe, Arizona decided to install 1,000 induction street lights after observed that LED-based solid state lighting is not suitable for extreme...
New Test Center to make buildings greener
All types of snazzy technologies are available these days to make buildings greener: automated shades, electrochromic windows that know when to tint, intelligent lighting...
Hydrogen for high-quality graphene
A new approach to growing graphene greatly reduces problems that have plagued researchers in the past and clears a path to the crystalline form...
Magnetic computers could achieve ultimate energy efficiency
Future computers may rely on magnetic microprocessors that consume the least amount of energy allowed by the laws of physics, according to an analysis...
Harnessing ambient electromagnetic energy at very low cost
Researchers have discovered a way to capture and harness energy transmitted by such sources as radio and television transmitters, cell phone networks and satellite...
EV Charging Stations using Kinetic Trains Energy
EV charging station juiced by trains movement
Due to high gas price more Americans are changing the way of life and commute to ride the...
Energy Efficiency at Empire State Building
Anthony Malkin, the owner of the most iconic skyscraper Empire State Building told in an interview to Business Green that “subsidies to increase wind...
One billion Euro for graphene research project
Graphene, the world’s thinnest and most versatile material discovered by University of Manchester professors Andre Geim and Kostya Novoselov, has been selected...
Harnessing the Energy from Saltwater
A large source of renewable energy could be the saltwater. Is required energy to desalinate the water and then to sustain the reverse process...
Nanocone – based solar cell with 80 percent conversion efficiency
With the creation of a 3-D nanocone-based solar cell platform, a team led by Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Jun Xu has boosted the light-to-power...