First Solar won world record for energy efficiency of its solar panels
A new world record for energy efficiency in thin film solar panels was set up by First Solar.
The company hopes to push out of...
$2 million award to provide clean energy to clean vehicles efficiently
The two-year project, supported by the South Coast Air Quality Management District and involving a number of public and private partners, will build solar...
Hydrogen and graphene
Graphene has engendered high expectations whereof its extreme properties depend on the fact that it consists of a single sheet of carbon atoms.
However the...
US’s renewable energy versus nuclear power
According to the information, in first nine months of 2011 the whole spectrum of renewable energy produced fewer than 12 percent of United States energy...
Coffee to produce renewable electricity
The Energy and Environmental Research Center – EERC at the University of North Dakota announced that it is “leading a project to develop an...
Graphene pioneers – Professors Andre Geim and Kostya Novoselov – have been knighted
Professors Andre Geim and Kostya Novoselov, who demonstrated the remarkable properties of wonder material graphene, have been knighted in the New Year Honours list.
The...
Nanoparticles to get energy through a solar paint
This idea gives a major advantage to a team of researchers at the Notre Dame University in order to do something transformative, “to move...
100-percent-plus in operating solar cells
Researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have reported the first solar cell that produces a photocurrent that has...
More LED lighting packages to celebrate the season
This year, more than ever, businesses and people are using light emitting diode (LED) for holiday lights to celebrate the season.
The trend has been...
Honda aims to improve its diesel engine technology in the next future
Honda is shooting to have a “top of industry fuel efficiency in every vehicle class within three years” setting a timeline of 2020 to...