Cheap liquid batteries that could make renewable energy sources viable
The biggest drawback to many real or proposed sources of clean, renewable energy is their intermittency: The wind doesn’t always blow, the sun doesn’t...
Skyscrapers to be powered entirely by sunlight
In a boon for the local solar industry, a team of researchers from Swinburne University of Technology and Suntech Power Holdings have developed the...
Las Vegas Strip Go Solar Energy till 2014 due to a Massive Solar Tower
The time has come for Las Vegas to go green. The so called America’s Sin City is to go on solar energy with a...
Edison SmartDC – More energy efficient devices with DC power
Researchers from the University in collaboration with engineers from RWE npower are calling a truce to a century-old ‘War of the Currents’ having proven...
Rechargeable Sodium-Ion Batteries
With a near-theoretical capacity of 250 mAh/g, excellent rate capability and cycle life, and high energy and power densities of 760 Wh/kg and 1200...
Testing batteries from the inside
There is an ever-increasing need for advanced batteries for portable electronics, such as phones, cameras, and music players, but also to power electric vehicles...
The largest solar power plant in the world
SolarReserve announced completion of the 540-foot solar power tower for its 110 megawatt (MW) Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Plant located near Tonopah, Nev.
Utilizing the...
Lithium Iron Phosphate Battery the Key to Improve Energy Efficiency of Each Photovoltaic System
A study on the use of lithium-ion batteries about energy storage device in photovoltaic system is on the run at the Southampton University.
The research...
How a battery material works
MIT team uncovers a reason why the hottest new material for rechargeable batteries works so well.
Since its discovery 15 years ago, lithium iron phosphate...
Hybrid solar cells to boost the electrical current
Scientists have developed a new kind of solar cell which could capture significantly more of the energy from the sun than current cells.
New solar...