Urine-Powered Generator Delivers Hours of Continuous Electricity
In 2009, the founders of the international organization Maker Faire Africa envisioned an environment where inventors and problem solvers could meet annually to focus on finding...
Grid Scale Rechargeable Battery Gets New Electrodes and Increased Lifespan
Renewable energy sources are green, to be sure, but they do have their quirks. Solar power plant output varies with sun intensity and cloud...
Lithium-Air Batteries Now Working Without Lithium
A lithiated silicon-carbon anode can be used as a replacement for lithium in lithium-air batteries. This is the conclusion of a study done by...
River Garden Apartments: The Largest Southeast Neighborhood Powered by Solar Energy
Before Hurricane Katrina hit the Southeast coast, the St Thomas Housing Project was known as a low-income neighborhood with high crime rates. Nowadays, however,...
Norway’s Wind Power Threatened by Low Energy Prices
After Russia, Norway is the second-largest gas supplier to Europe. Norway is also highly dependent on hydro-power, which is green in its own right....
Chinese Solar Panels Saturating the Market, Trade War Approaching
Following allegations that Chinese solar panel manufacturers have been unloading their product overseas for lower prices than at home, or even under cost. This...
Quantum Batteries Nearly Perfect, Theory Says
Entanglement, or the quantum link that happens when separate particles share a wave function, may make quantum batteries almost perfect.
Engines and refrigerators have often...
China Leads the Way in Wind Power Transmission
China is leading the global race in renewable energy technologies. It’s estimated that by 2020, 8% of all Chinese electricity generation capacity will derive...
“Saphonian” Bladeless Wind Turbine Doubles Efficiency
Wind energy has the potential to power the world, and innovators are trying to find new technologies that harness the energy in the most...
Abengoa Announces First Concentrating Solar Power Plants in Africa
Abengoa Solar, a world renowned designer of solar power systems, has just announced two Concentrating Solar Power plants to be built in Africa....
