Solar Frontier Establishes New Record in Thin Film Efficiency: 19.7%
We've been covering a lot of advancements in the area of photovoltaic solar power, from how long solar panels last, decades that is,...
Layered Quantum Dots Lead to More Efficient Solar Cells
Two researchers at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana, Pralay K. Santra and Professor Prashant V. Kamat, have discovered that a solar cell...
US DOE Releases Web-Based Software to Determine Solutions for a Clean Energy Future
An energy analysis tool that helps educators and individuals determine future energy use scenarios has been created by the US Department of Energy’s (DOE)...
Lilliputian Systems’ “Nectar” Fuel Cell Provides Gadget Power for Weeks
In a bid to help supplement the increasing power demand of today’s gadgets, Lilliputian Systems this week introduced their Nectar Mobile Power System during...
A Solar-Powered Temporary Housing Unit Now Home to Damaged Property Victims
A number of designers are competing to design the best practical emergency housing unit. Michel Antoun Zateef’s design of The Temporary Housing Unit is...
New Wind Turbine Blade Design Aims to Be the Longest So Far
The Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) of the UK has chosen Blade Dynamics, a wind turbine developer also from the UK to design and develop...
Treating Heat Just Like Light Yields New Thermoelectric Applications
New research coming from MIT’s Department of Materials science and engineering, reveals a technique that allows manipulation of heat so that it can be...
New Ultra-Thin Material Uses Water Vapor to Harvest Energy
New material, created by MIT engineers, absorbs tiny amounts of water vapor. This process changes the shape of the material and initiates a continuous...
Goal Zero Unveils Powerful Yeti 150 Solar Generator at 2013 Consumer Electronics Association
At the 2013 Consumer Electronics Association conference, Goal Zero unveiled its next generation generator, the Yeti 150. In 2012, the Yeti 1250, an off-grid-solar-powered generator,...
Yolk-Shell Nanostructure Design Achieves Staggering Battery Performance
Stanford and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory scientists have used an ingenious yolk-shell design that allows them to store five times more energy in the...
