Thin and Flexible Glass from Penn State Suited for Ultracapacitor Applications
A new type of glass developed at Penn State promises better energy storage technologies that could power future hybrid and electric cars in the...
New Fuel Cell With Five Times Less Platinum Developed in Copenhagen
Hydrogen fuel cells, which could find applications from vehicles to backup power supplies, suffer from one important drawback – expense.
Current mass-produced hydrogen fuel cell...
Is There Really a “Greener” Hydrogen, BASF?
Mention hydrogen fuel cell vehicles and two opposites immediately spring to my mind. First, HFC vehicles are, in themselves, emissions-free. On the other...
Thinnest Light Absorber Ever Created by Stanford Scientists
Scientists at Stanford University have succeeded in building light-absorbers that are thousands of times thinner than a sheet of paper. The nanosize structures are...
The Volvo V60 Solar Pavilion: Electric Vehicle Charging on the Go
Charging an electric vehicle , or plug-in hybrid electric vehicle , is typically associated with being tied to a charging station in your garage,...
Rust and Sunlight Enabling More Efficient Hydrogen Production
Researchers from Switzerland, the US and Israel discovered a new way to efficiently split the water molecule into hydrogen and oxygen using sunlight and...
Qbotix Solar Tracking Robot Boosts Solar Power Plant Efficiency
A new and improved Qbotix solar tracking system is smaller, simpler, much more efficient and much more reliable. The new robot, designed to adjust...
Use of Solar and Wind Power Grows, Ending Nuclear Renaissance
Between the Fukushima nuclear disaster and the exploding growth of the renewable energy sector, nuclear power seems to be on the sharp decline, ending...
Bio-Battery Using E-Coli Bacteria Developed by Students
Students from Bielefeld engineered a bio-battery, which converts glucose into energy using Escherichia coli (E-Coli) bacteria. Their project aims to find an alternative energy source,...
Why the Sudden Interest in Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicles?
Well, hydrogen fuel cells have been around for a long time, and vehicles powered by them have been in the works for decades. Is...
