British Government Doubles Renewable Energy Incentives For Households
The British government is expected to announce an increase in the one-off payments to help households switch to renewable energy sources.
The measure will be...
EU to Tax Chinese Solar Panel Imports Starting June
The European Commission (EC) announced last week that they will impose import duties and hefty penalties on half of the solar panels from China...
Liquified Air Could Be Cheaper Energy Storage Than Batteries
The idea is a couple of hundred years old, but liquified air technology was just too inefficient to store energy.
Of course, just like batteries...
Geobacter Bacteria Used to Create Electricity from Hydrogen and Carbon Dioxide
Researchers from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst have recently engineered Geobacter metallireducens, a bacterium that can feed with hydrogen and carbon dioxide to produce electricity.
"This...
Food Waste Produces 13 Million kWh of Electricity for Supermarket Chain
West Coast supermarket chain Ralph’s uses leftover fruit and expired meat and milk from its stores to keep generate electricity. The closed-loop system, to which...
Mogadishu a Safer Place Thanks to Solar Powered Street Lights
Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, is now a safer place to live thanks to solar-powered streetlights installed by the British and Norwegian government. The lights, spreading...
Cheap and Safe Fission Reactor Designed by Teenager
A teenager designed a cheap and safe modular fission reactor at the impressive age of only nineteen. The reactor is an invention of Taylor Wilson,...
Light Control Sheets “Self-Adjust” Solar Load, Can Make Home More Efficient
One way to reduce the amount of energy in a building is to regulate solar load. The sun adds heat, which helps warm a...
Extracting Uranium from Seawater for Nuclear Power Plants
Nuclear power is basically a carbon-free energy source but, we have to admit, it has its own special problems.
The radioactive fuel that goes into...
Plasmons Make Liquid Solar Cells More Efficient And Affordable
A new generation liquid solar cells are being developed at SUFY Buffalo. Although the new technology is expected to have lower efficiency than conventional...
