Tidal Power May Become Major United Kingdom Energy Source
According to a report in the journal Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A, estuary barges and tidal streams might be able to provide...
Researcher Offers Hope for Understanding Universe’s Unlimited Dark Energy
Studies of dark energy and dark matter have always been fascinating for scientists around the world. One of the main reasons for this is...
Ontario Successfully Eliminates Coal Power
In an unprecedented move, the provincial government of Canada’s Ontario province will burn zero coal by the conclusion of 2013. This is the first...
Silicon Photovoltaic Wafer Screening System Will Save Solar Industry Billions
The industrial material production process is very hard on silicon wafers. In fact, between 5 and 10% of these expensive wafers used to make...
New Multi-junction Solar Cell Breaks Efficiency Records
The 50 percent conversion efficiency barrier in multi-junction photovoltaic development has the potential to be broken with the novel triple-junction solar cell proposed by...
New Clean Nuclear Fusion Reactor Prototype Reduces Risks and Optimizes Energy Production
Professor José Luis González Díez from the Higher Technical School of Naval Engineering of the UPM has recently patented a prototype of a new...
Solar Power Systems in California Reaching 1 Gigawatt
The rebate program targeted at businesses and homeowners in for installing solar panels in California now has enough subscribers to produce 1 gigawatt worth...
Shortage of Rare Earth Metals Dealt by The Department of Energy
In order to deal with domestic shortages of rare earth metals, The Department of Energy (DOE) has established a research hub that will develop...
Wet-Powered Thin Film Generates Electricity
Given the right circumstances, we've probably all seen a piece of paper curl up when wet. Could this motion be put to work, that...
Japan Decides to Go Back on Decision to Reduce Nuclear Power Dependence
When the nuclear meltdown occurred at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant in Japan a couple of years ago, the Japanese government decided to cut...
