Wireless Charging for Personal Electronic Devices in the Chevy Volt
From the middle of 2012 General Motors and Powermat announced an agreement that will eliminate the need for charging cords for personal electronic devices...
Nanoengineered batteries could enable the next generation of high-power rechargeable batteries
New Nanoengineered Batteries Developed at Rensselaer Exhibit Remarkable Power Density, Charging More Than 40 Times Faster Than Today’s Lithium-ion Batteries
An entirely new type of...
New Solar Technologies to Generate Clean Electricity and Hydrogen Fuel
Chemists at the University at Buffalo have synthesized a new class of photosensitizing dyes that greatly increase the efficiency of light-driven systems that produce...
Green Buildings Signs of the Minimum Heat Loss
If you want to define a green building, a building which keeps most energy inside, you’ll see that is not easy because of many...
Solar Panels Pants Would Charge Your Mobile Devices
More solar-powered items seem to come out every day. We've already seen boats that run on solar power and even plans for a Japanese...
Printable Batteries and Other ARPA-E Funded Battery Projects
Solid-state lithium-ion battery design by Planar Energy can deliver a three times energy density of today’s lithium-ion batteries at less than half the cost...
Solar-powered charging station in Japan, United States and China
Honda Motor Co., Ltd. announced its plan on the ongoing cooperation with Kumamoto Prefecture on Electric Vehicle Testing Program for next-generation personal mobility products,...
Tata Power Company to Build 25MW Solar Photovoltaic Plant in Mithapur
The Tata Power Company has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigram for the construction of a 25MW solar power...
More efficient conversion of waste heat into energy
The right material wrapped around your car's exhaust system could one day scavenge heat that would otherwise be wasted, turning it into energy to...
Idaho’s Researchers Developed Solar Cells Able to Gather Infrared Radiation
A new kind of solar cell that can produce electricity even at night was developed by the researchers from Idaho. They promised to create...