How to determine the solar efficiency of your roof
It is becoming more and more common to install solar panels on roofs in order to obtain green electricity, but not all roofs are...
Four times more mileage for electric vehicles with Redox Flow Batteries
Electric vehicles are the future best environmental friendly solution for city transport.
Following this idea the German government plans to have one million electric vehicles...
The next generation of lithium ion battery
The design of today's rechargeable lithium ion batteries limits the use of new technologies like electric cars and grid-scale energy storage because they do...
Display screens with colored solar cells
A new kind of screen pixel doubles as a solar cell and could boost the energy efficiency of cell phones and e-readers. The technology...
Blackfriars Bridge will be the biggest solar array in London
The Victorian rail bridge in the heart of London, Blackfriars Bridge originally built during the age of steam in 1886, will become the biggest...
Power source for implants by breathing energy
Instead of using traditional batteries as a power source which require to be cut for replacing them with new ones, now there are various...
How to bring sunlight into your home
The science of light and liquids has been intimately entwined since Léon Foucault discovered the speed of light in 1862, when he observed that...
New cheap nanomaterial to convert heat into electricity
Waste heat is a byproduct of nearly all electrical devices and industrial processes, from driving a car to flying an aircraft or operating a...
Harvesting sunlinght as chemical fuel that can be stored
Solar cell bonded to recently developed catalyst can harness the sun, splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen.
Researchers led by MIT professor Daniel Nocera have...
Electric cars charging stations as a smart grid in Rome till 2012
Electric cars are on the way to come on the streets in the city of Rome, Italy, due to effort of Toshiba. The giant...