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...
Offshore Wind Power Capacity is Growing Very Fast
As global investment in wind turbines continues to increase and a greater percentage of the world’s electricity supply comes from wind energy resources, developers,...
Nanomagnets – Small Parts of the Next Magnetic Data Storage Systems
Incredible to find out, researchers have at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) developed a kind of egg shaped nanomagnets for future...
The Largest North American Wind Turbine Owned by Lincoln Electric
A windy shore of Ohio is one of the advantages for the global Lincoln Electric welding manufacturer to set up a giant wind turbine...
Solar Roadways to generate electrical power
The Solar highway is an intelligent road that provides clean renewable energy, while providing safer driving conditions, along with power and data delivery. The...
China’s Wind Power Future Projects in Xinjiang
Today China has installed wind power capacities around 30,000 MW and expects to increase its capacities to 135,000 MW in next five years in...
Developing a high-performance low-cost green LEDs, the key to white LEDs
First discovered in the 1920s, LEDs – light-emitting diodes – are semiconductors that convert electricity into light.
When switched on, swarms of electrons pass through...
Wave energy testing in Oregon
A site has been selected near Newport, Ore., for a new wave energy test program, the first of its kind in the United States...
Solar-thermal device to convert solar energy to power with 30 percent efficiency
A new polymer-based solar-thermal device is the first to generate power from both heat and visible sunlight – an advance that could shave the...