Student’s research may help increase solar cell efficiency
Stephen Mulligan, a University of Delaware senior studying mechanical engineering, has co-authored a paper explaining the effects of gas flow on newly...
PowerPot- cooking pots to power gadgets and camping devices
It is generally known that thermoelectric materials are able to generate an electrical current due to a temperature gradient within them.
From a Gizmag article...
Rising demand for wind turbines and electric vehicles could strain supplies of some rare...
As the world moves toward greater use of low-carbon and zero-carbon energy sources, a possible bottleneck looms, according to a new MIT study: the...
The Rooftop Solar Challenge – How can we make it easier and more affordable...
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, is part of a national effort to find out.
UT ’s Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public is...
St. Andrew Waterloo’s Church goes on green energy
As many other old buildings St. Andrew Waterloo Church has started to generate its own green energy due to many rooftop solar panels.
Built to...
Kyocera bet on green energy in a Japanese largest solar farm
After the Fukushima disaster Japan follows the government’s decision to phase out nuclear power plants and to launch a new feed in tariff scheme...
Oasis like power plants designed to gather solar and wind power
Solar Wind Desert Power Plant is a new design proposal of the artist and inventor Michael Jantzen.
He imagine a large public gathering place inspired...
Fiber optic cables to light Delancey Underground proposed park in NY
An interesting project in New York East Side was proposed by James Ramsey and Dan Barasch to use sunlight to illuminate the Delancey Underground...
New record set for recycling indoor light to electricity
G24 Innovations has achieved ground-breaking efficiency rates for the indoor performance of its Dye-Sensitized Cells.
At an average of 26% conversion efficiency, a new cell...
Solar spider silk battery, the thinnest in the world
How thin battery do you think is possible to be realized?
The researchers from the Tokyo University, Japan and from Johannes Kepler University, Austria have...