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...
Quantum dots to increase the efficiency of solar cells up to 45 percent
By tweaking the smallest of parts, a trio of University at Buffalo engineers is hoping to dramatically increase the amount of sunlight that solar...
Aahana an Eco friendly Solar Lantern Bracelet
Many areas in India still don’t have any energy supply and people who are living there face troubles when dusk sets in.
Replacing the use...
$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...
Self-repairing batteries in less than a millisecond
Imagine dropping your phone on the hard concrete sidewalk—but when you pick it up, you find its battery has already healed itself.
A team of...
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...
IBM develops lithium-air battery to overcame 100 miles range
The range covered by electric vehicles remains the most important issue.
Today’s lithium-ion batteries are much better than NiMH batteries, but don’t offer enough energy...
Heated socks powered by solar power to reach South Pole
After an article that highlights sport shoes that can produce electricity by walking, now we can use them for heated socks to be warmed,...
How to recharge the hydrogen safely, quickly and affordably
One day, U.S. roads could hold large numbers of cars and trucks powered by hydrogen, but issues around recharging the hydrogen, or filling the...
Concentrated solar power plants inspired from sunflower
Just outside Seville, in the desert region of Andalucia, Spain, sits an oasis-like sight: a 100-meter-high pillar surrounded by rows of giant mirrors rippling...