Energy Storage First on ARPA-E’s Funding List
ARPA-E is allocating $130 million for 66 grants that will help innovative projects bring changes in energy storage. The largest grant was given to...
Australia’s Geothermal Energy Projects in Jeopardy
The future of geothermal energy in Australia is looking bleak. Despite the fact government data speculates that using only 1% of hot rocks can...
A Different Take on Hybrid Cars in Qatar
Qatar is currently the world's biggest greenhouse gas emitter per capita. Aiming to change some of that, a research company in Qatar just unveiled...
World Food Crisis Solved By Desert Farming?
Dreamed up and designed by a 62 year old London theater lighting engineer and led by a 33 year old German former Goldman Sachs banker, Sundrop...
Oil Companies May Shift from Recycled Water to Saltwater
Concerns on too much of water consumption during hydraulic fracturing have been pushing oil companies in recycling water, which in turn costs them much...
Revolutionary Solar Cell Absorbs More Sunlight, More Efficiently
Based on a computer model developed by MIT engineers, it is possible to capture a broad spectrum of sunlight using a very thin film...
Residential Solar Installations Getting Cheaper
Thousands of homes in the US have already benefited from localized solar installations, and with the help of tax incentives, perhaps millions more could...
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Toyota’s Next-Generation Magnesium Battery Technology
Thousands of electric vehicles have been sold in the US, all with the same problem, range and expense. True, current battery technology, lithium-ion...
Energy-Saving Thermoelectric Material Made From Dirt
A team of researchers at Michigan State University have developed a new type of thermoelectric material by using common materials found in dirt. The...
Graphene/Nanotube Hybrid Produces High Performing Supercapacitor
Researchers at Rice University, led by James Tour, have created single-surface material for electronics and energy storage. The Rice team has developed a seamless...
