Environmentally-friendly houses use 80 per cent less energy
Clever, inexpensive design can cut the energy used in new homes by up to 80 per cent, says a Queensland University of Technology (QUT)...
Battery research could cut recharge time to less than 10 minutes
Adding a bit of graphene to battery materials could dramatically cut the time it takes to recharge electronics.
New battery materials developed by the Department...
Massive Off Shore Wind Farm in South Korea
Wind energy currently meets a mere 1.5% of global electricity generation. But scientists foresee a lot of potential in this alternative energy source. Asian...
Toshiba’s SCiB Battery Will Power New Mitsubishi Electric Vehicles
Mitsubishi Motors Corporation chooses to power two of its new models of electric vehicles, the i-MiEV and Minicab-MiEV with Toshiba’s SCiB batteries.
This model is...
Energy Storage Generated by Wind and Sunlight as Liquid Air
As we can observe renewable energy sources such as wind and solar power are intermittent.
Power grids need to be uninterrupted in order to guarantee...
Google and its renewable energy solar power project
Google announced its Renewable Energy Cheaper than Coal project focused on advancing a type of concentrating solar power technology in a solar power tower.
The...
First practical nanogenerator could replace conventional batteries
After six years of intensive effort, scientists are reporting development of the first commercially viable nanogenerator, a flexible chip that can use body movements...
Greener Grill Prototype using Solar Thermal Energy
Funny but very practical idea developed by MIT students, a new type of solar powered outdoor grill.
Based on MIT professor David Wilson technology, this...
Solar Power Stored as Thermo-Chemical Fuel
A new possibility to capturing and releasing solar energy is on the run by MIT researchers.
They are hopeful to do this with the help...
Innovative 3-D designs to improve the performance of solar photovoltaic cells
Innovative 3-D designs from an MIT team can more than double the solar power generated from a given area.
Intensive research around the world has...