Dutch Researchers Designing 65% Efficient Nanowire Solar Cells
High efficiency solar cells are for the moment only available to space applications, because of their prohibitive costs. The Eindhoven University of Technology from The Netherlands, with a EUR 1.2 million help from the Dutch government wants to develop ultra-efficient solar cells that are also cheap. They envision their cells having a 65% efficiency, something even the satellites would envy.
LG Electronics Launches Solar Powered Hybrid Air Conditioner
Warming up in winter by using the Sun is one thing, but cooling down in the summer by using the same Sun is way more interesting. LG Electronics just announced yesterday that they will launch their first air conditioner powered by a solar panel.
Portable Fuel Cell Charger by Horizon, Now Available Commercially
Horizon, a fuel cell manufacturing company from Singapore, has recently unveiled a small hydrogen fuel cell charger that could juice your gadgets (PDA, phone, MP3, etc). It's called MiniPAK, and it uses refillable solid-state hydrogen cartridges (called HydroSTIK) to store its power.
Ammonia Borane Hydrogen Storage Invented at Purdue
Purdue University chemical engineers have invented a method of storing hydrogen and releasing it safely without the need for high-pressure tanks, only by using the fuel cell's dissipated heat.
EV Bike Girl Wants to Build 400 mph "KillaJoule" Electric Motorcycle
Eva HÀkansson, the daughter of Sven HÀkansson, who in the 1960s designed and rode his own championship-winning bike, and the wife of Bill Dubé, the man behind Killacycle, the world's fastest electric vehicle (bike), wants to make her own motorcycle with an aerodynamic shape that would beat all the world records.
CRP Racing's New Electric Superbike with Built-In GPS System
The Italian electric super sports motorcycle dubbed the eCRP 1.2 is no longer a secret. CRP Racing has recently unveiled for the first time its new electric superbike at the Motorsports Industry Association (MIA) Green Conference in Birmingham, UK.
Scientists Discover Nano-Scale Superconducting Material
Researchers from the Bar-Ilan University in Israel, collaborating with the Brookhaven National Laboratory in the U.S. have designed superconducting thin films patterned with large arrays of nanowires and loops. The temperature at which they superconduct is pretty low and hard to get for the moment - only 30 °K (-243°C). Magnetic fields have proved themselves to change the material's electrical resistance in an unexpected manner.
Sanyo's New HIT-N230 Solar Module to be The World's Most Efficient
Being one of world's leading solar panel producers, Sanyo recently developed a solar module that has an energy-efficiency of 20.7 percent. According to the company, this solar module dubbed HIT-N230 become world's most efficient.Being one of world's leading solar panel producers, Sanyo recently developed a solar module that has an energy-efficiency of 20.7 percent. According to the company, this solar module dubbed HIT-N230 become the world's most efficient.
Canadian Company Installs 1 MWh of Solar Power in Italy
The Italian town of Narni has been in the attention of the press these days as Canadian Solar, an important solar power company announced the opening and commissioning of a 1 MW solar farm, called SOLARTA.
Students Harnessing Energy by Using Bacteria That Live in Soil
Until now, researchers and scientists have discovered how to harness solar energy, biofuel, hydropower and wind power but a new renewable energy source could be right under our feet. A group of Harvard students use small currents created by bacteria living in soil to collect and harness that energy in a microbial fuel cell (MFC).
