Rust and Solar Power Equals Free Hydrogen, Israel Institute Finds
Technion-Israel Institute may have found a way to revolutionize the solar industry, and researchers at the Institute believe their cost-effective approach would lead to...
A New Cheaper and Safer Li-ion Battery Production Method
It is a well-known fact that lithium-ion batteries are taking over the world with the increased demand for powering electric cars. It is also...
New Hybrid Thermoelectric-Photovoltaic Device Demonstrated at UTA
For decades, photovoltaic devices have generated electricity directly from sunlight. Thermoelectric devices generate electricity from heat energy. Both devices have found their way into...
China’s Energy Revolution Officially Announced by President Hu Jintao
When most countries hit their industrial revolutions, there are usually no second thoughts about pollution, including greenhouse gases . China, the second-biggest economy on...
Water and Rust as Solar-Powered Hydrogen Storage
The journal Nature Photonics published an article that might hold the solution to storing solar energy regardless of the time of day. The technology...
Supergrids One Step Closer with High Power Circuit Breakers
As more countries turn toward renewable energy, the prospects of larger power grids becomes possible, especially as renewable-rich countries start sharing with renewable-poor countries....
“Pocket Solar Factory” Could Reduce Small-Scale Solar Panel Prices
For the most part, solar panels in calculators, cell-phone chargers, emergency radios, and the like, are a task done by hand. Individual silicon solar...
New Concrete Plates Preserve Thermal Energy Storage Tanks
Increased annual energy production at significantly lower cost is the promise that engineering researchers at the University of Arkansas give to solar power plant...
Side-Illuminated Solar Cell Boosts Energy Efficiency
Researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) have created new concentrator solar cells that have a solar conversion efficiency of more than 40%...
Light-Based Hydrogen Production Enhanced by Nanocrystals
The U.S. Department of Energy is funding a group of University of Rochester chemists to determine how to increase the output and lower the...
