Panasonic Revives The Stirling Engine For 10 kW Waste Heat Recovery System
estir Co., an in-company venture of Panasonic led by Teruyuki Akazawa, thought that it would make a good business reusing the otherwise wasted heat from Panasonic's plants, and reimplemented Stirling engines, seeking to make them more efficient than ever.
'Smart Grid' Pilot Project to be Launched by Mitsubishi
The Japanese giant company, Mitsubishi Electric, recently launched a "smart grid" pilot project that according to the company will be able to boost the stability of the electricity supplied from weather-dependent sources such as wind and solar power.
The Bottled Water Industry: Selling Tap Water 2000 Times More Expensive
I admit I use to buy bottled water when I get thirsty and there's no nearby water source available, but a kiosk selling stuff. Where do all water bottles get to, what is this huge industry doing with all the garbage it leaves behind?
The Grey-Faced Buzzard: Asia's First Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Powered by Battery and Fuel Cell
The National Cheng Kung University in Taiwan has developed Asia's first unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) called the Grey-Faced Buzzard. The green-powered UAV that made its maiden flight in Southern Taiwan is powered by lithium batteries and fuel cell.
Converting Plastic Waste into Clean Energy Without Releasing Harmful Emissions
Student scientists at Northeastern University have designed an apparatus capable to transform waste plastic into an alternative fuel without releasing harmful emissions.
Optical Fibers Mounted Upright on Organic Solar Cells Doubling Their Efficiency
Right now organic solar cells, although cheap, are too inefficient to compete with silicon-based ones. A team of researchers from Wake Forest University in North Carolina have developed a practical method of doubling the efficiency of organic (or dye-sensitized) solar cells by adding a layer of upright optical fibers acting as sunlight traps.
Ignitor: MIT-Designed Fusion Reactor, Built in Italy and Assembled in Russia, Better Than ITER
Originally designed for studying astrophysics, a fusion reactor of the MIT from the 1970s, called "Alcator", could be the base of another one to be installed in Russia and managed by Bruno Coppi. The new reactor is called Ignitor and, as far as the plans sound, it is ready to surpass ITER as both performance and time to go into production.
Daniel Nocera Coming Back With Better Material for Splitting Water
Daniel Nocera, a face we see more and more often on the stage of alternative energy, along with postdoctoral researcher Mircea Dinca and graduate...
Plug-in Electric Fiat 500 Displayed in Vienna by FEV
FEV showed off their LiiOn-drive (modded) Fiat 500 at the Vienna Motor Symposium last week. It is a plug-in hybrid that was presented at the Society of Automotive Engineers World Congress in Detroit last year.
Bacteria Could Make Sewage Treatment Plants Turn From High Energy Consumers to Producers
Sewage treatment plants always consume energy to filter water (around 44 watt-hours per day per person). They use three types of bacteria and energy to pump oxygen for the first type of bacteria and methanol for the second. Adding the fact that methanol is also produced through an energy-intensive process... you can pull the conclusions.
