Chery S18: High-Range Chinese Electric Car
The car is called S18 (Chinese people like coding the names, like they did to the BYD F3DM electric car), and, if the promises are kept until the launch, its price will be reasonable and the performance will also be suited for a family car.
Genepax (Japanese Water Car Company) Shut to Silence
In June last year, everyone may have heard the buzz about a japanese water car. The buzz was about Genepax, a company from Japan who had claimed that they invented a revolutionary system that splits water into hydrogen and oxygen and then uses a fuel cell to recombine it and generate electricity. That electricity would have driven a car, fact that they demonstrated in front of the press at that time.
Knut Karlsen`s Self-Rechargeable Solar Batteries
I have always liked the idea of rechargeable batteries, because they only cost a fraction of what they're worth as normal batteries, but now I see a different innovation that I had never thought of, even it was obvious: putting solar cells onto the rechargeable battery, and having it charged for free, and most importantly, anywhere!
Iron Pyrite Used for Cheaper Solar Panels
Many of today's solar panels use silicon for transforming solar energy into electrical energy. But this is not only quite expensive, but also can be in shortage.
The study the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has performed and recently published tells us that there are many cheaper and abundant alternatives to silicon. One of them is iron pyrite, a quite common resource.
New BiFeO3 Crystal Can Improve Solar Cells Efficiency & Price
Physicists at Rutgers University discovered a crystal made of bismuth, iron and oxygen(BiFeO3) which can revolution electronics industry and highly improve solar cell efficiency.
How to use solar energy at night or during rainy days
In Granada- Spain, German scientists of Solar Millennium AG, have developed a solar-thermal power plant called Andasol 1. The most interesting thing about this power plant is that it can produce energy even when the sun is not shining: at night, on clouding or even rainy days.
San Francisco to Become the EV Capital of the U.S.
San Francisco wants to become one of the major green cities in the world by installing electric vehicle charging station.
Sugar Cube-Sized Solid Oxide Fuel Cell
The world's smallest solid-oxide fuel cell(SOFC), as small as sugar cube, was recently developed by the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST). The sugar cube-sized SOFC is is operable at 550°C.
Scientist Develops Way to Transform CO2 into Methane
Pennsylvania State University researchers found out a way to transform the messy CO2 from the atmosphere into burnable gas, with the help of the Sun. They made use of nanotechnology for this matter, and their results showed a 20 times yield, compared to other findings.
Geothermal Energy Source in Paris Will Power up New Residential Area
Paris wants to invest in geothermal energy and already started to dig and drill to reach for underground hot water.
