Audi’s Synthetic Fuel Produced With Solar and Wind Power
Audi is set to release a number of natural-gas powered vehicles this year, such as the Audi A3 Sportback TCNG. It can run...
New Study Indicates Sunlight Could Power All Our Energy Needs
The chief concern with renewable energy has always been the argument that renewable sources would never be able to power all of the energy...
Leyden Energy – Plenty of Innovation Left in Lithium Batteries
Currently, the best rechargeable battery technology that we have available, whether it be for laptops, mobile devices, smartgrid applications, or electric vehicles , is...
Toyota Licenses Hydrogen Fuel Cell Technology to BMW
Hydrogen fuel cells , which convert pure hydrogen and oxygen into water and electricity, is nothing new. As a matter of fact, the technology...
Nanosize Silicon Found to Generate Hydrogen Efficiently
The science of nanotechnology, specifically nanomaterials, has grown by leaps and bounds in the last decade, and scientists are discovering more material characteristics than...
South Korea Builds Nuclear Fusion Power Plant
South Korea has initiated the development of a design for a fusion power demonstration reactor. The provisionally named Korean Demonstration Fusion Power Plant, K-DEMO,...
Some Like it Harsh: More Biofuel from Willow Trees When “Mistreated”
British researchers have observed that willow trees typically used for green energy actually produce more than five times more biofuel if they grow diagonally,...
In Surprising Move, Obama Addresses Climate Change During Inauguration Speech
During his inauguration speech Monday morning, President Obama surprisingly addressed the need to fight climate change and the necessity of moving toward cleaner energy...
Solar Cell Efficiency Boosted By Light-Trapping Nanoantenna Array
The efficiency of photovoltaic cells must be improved to further renewable energy science, but the endeavor has so far eluded scientists.
To date, under controlled...
Nanowire Technology Used for More Efficient Solar Cells
Silicon solar cells currently are, at a maximum, between 19% and 50% efficient converting solar energy into electricity. The rest of that energy is...
