EV Batteries Last More Than You’d Expect, Survey Finds
A recent survey by Plug In America suggests that electric car batteries last much longer even than what the manufacturers predicted in the first...
New School of Fish-Like Vertical Axis Wind Turbine Boost Energy Production
Small vertical-axis wind turbines, organized in the same manner as schools of fish, are found to boost wind energy production, while occupying much less...
New Fuel Cell Powers Mobile Phones Using Urine
Scientists from University of Bristol and Bristol Robotics Laboratory in Southwest England found a way to charge a mobile device using the power of...
Air Force Behind Innovative Lithium-Ion Batteries
The Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) has developed an innovative next generation lithium-ion battery -- a promising new platform for creating more...
Record Efficiency for Organic Solar Cells Obtained by Michael Gratzel
Michael Gratzel, the inventor of organic solar cells and a professor at EPFL (Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne) in Switzerland is hitting headlines again...
Perú Bringing Solar Power to the Masses
According to some detractors, renewable energy and efficiency programs cost jobs and would be bad for the economy. This is exactly the kind of...
Dutch Scientists Explore The Use of Kites to Harness Wind Energy
In their search for innovative technologies that can harness energy from renewable sources, a team of scientists from University of Delft, The Netherlands, has...
DOE Announces Safeguards to Protect Energy from Climate Change
On Thursday, the US Department of Energy (DOE) released a report that stated that action must be taken to address the increasing number of...
Cambridge University Resolution Solar Car On the Right Track to Australia Solar Challenge
Aside from their ability to carry a passenger, solar cars have almost nothing in common with on-road vehicles than they do with the vehicles...
Silicon From Rice Husks Increase Capacity of Phone and Car Batteries
Rice husks, the waste product of rice cultivation, might just be the ever-so-needed source of silicon, which could boost the capacity of conventional lithium-ion...
