Micro Hybrid ELF is Solar and Human Powered
Crowdsourcing is going green with a new KickStarter project, and ELF has reached over 75% of its starting goal so far. The ELF is...
Use of Renewable Energy Leading to Savings by 2030, Study Finds
A study published in the Journal of Power Sources claims that a large electric grid could be powered by renewable sources 99.9% of time...
Atypical Design Leads to High Output, Cost Effective Wind Generator
One bright-eyed startup company, SheerWind, a Minnesota based company, believes its INVELOX system might just transform the wind industry. SheerWind asserts their ducted turbine...
Renewable Energy Targets Call for Extra Fossil Fuel Plants
It seems that almost every state or country has set a target to cut down greenhouse emissions and boost renewable energy generation 2020. This...
Silver Nanocubes and Metamaterials May Revolutionize Solar Cells
Researchers at the Pratt School of Engineering at Duke University in North Carolina have discovered that microscopic metallic cubes may allow metamaterials, human-made materials...
Innovative New Nanotech Tool Determines Efficiency of Solar Energy Conversion
While a fascinating field, nanoscience does have its limitations. Scientists can make and manipulate nanoscale objects with greater precision, but the imagery for examining...
First Silicon-based Optical Fiber With Solar Cell Properties
A scalable silicon-based optical fiber with capabilities of a solar-cell was developed by scientists at Penn State University. This innovation can serve as a...
Solar Cells Efficiency Boosted by Flexible Plastic Nanostructures
Cheap and flexible tiny plastic devices hold the key to three times better efficiency of organic solar cells, according to scientists at Princeton.
The team...
New Platinum Electroplate Method Could Make Hydrogen Fuel Cells More Affordable
In order for the anode and cathodes in hydrogen fuel cells to survive, that is, do the job without degrading, they are covered with...
Israeli Company Uses Solar Energy to Convert CO2 to Biofuel
Professor Jacob Karni, long considered Israel’s solar energy authority, has created his own company, NewCO2Fuels, to build a solar reactor. His goal: use energy...
