“Eggbeater” VAWT Design More Powerful and Efficient
The Darrieus eggbeater vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT) has a new iteration which claims to produce 35% more annual kilowatt hours than any other...
Bronx Business Invests In Solar and Saves $50,000 on Electric Bills
GAL Manufacturing Installs One of NYC’s Largest Rooftop Solar Arrays by Partnering with SolarCity and MC Solar Development
GAL Manufacturing, a family-owned Bronx elevator parts...
World’s First All-Carbon Solar Cell Comes from Stanford University
Solar power generation has only a couple of detractors, cost and efficiency. Research companies have been working hard on increasing efficiency while reducing costs,...
Malachite’s Solar Cell 38% Efficient, at Least in Theory
Malachite Technologies, a solar cell startup company based in San Francisco, California, aims to improve solar cell’s efficiency by coating gallium arsenide on silicon.
Gallium...
Platinum-Cobalt Alloy Boosts Hydrogen Fuel Cell Output by 12
A cost-effective new alternative to fuel cell’s catalyst have been developed at Cornell University, promising a 5X reduction in cost, an output of 12X...
Fuel Cell Micro-CHPs Provide Efficient Power and Heat for Homes
Micro combined generation of heat and power (CHP) have been added to the qualities of fuel cells. These smaller scale CHPs can be used...
World’s “Blackest” Solar Cell Absorbs 99.7% Sunlight
Years after attempting to decrease the reflectivity of solar cells even further, Natcore has finally came up with its ‘blackest’ solar cell to date,...
Solar Panel Exceeds Original Specifications After 30 Years of Service
There aren't too many things that we bought in 1980 that are still functioning just as they were when new, much less in existence....
Could the US Overtake of Saudi Arabia in Oil Production Be Green?
As the demand for imported oil continues to drop, new technology and methods are enabling oil drillers in the US to extract more oil...
SiC [Silicon-Graphene] Anodes Could make Electric Vehicles Viable
Electric vehicles suffer a major problem with public perception, specifically their battery packs. EV battery packs are prohibitively expensive when it comes to...
