Toyota’s Planning for a Greener Future
Toyota Motor Corporation, building on its success with global class-leading hybrid technology in the Prius lineup, eventually used that technology to convert other Toyota...
ebuggy: The Ultimate Battery Solution for EVs Cheaper Than Gasoline Cars
For them to become a transport solution accepted by everyone, electric cars have to get at least as cheap as ordinary gas-powered ones. A...
New, Cheaper Silicon Wafer Technology Developed in The U.S., Used by Korean Company
Hanwha SolarOne, a Korea-based company, and Crystal Solar, a Santa Clara, California startup are collaborating to produce world's cheapest silicon solar cells by using...
UK Report Finds Benefits of Thorium Fission “Overstated”
Proponents of thorium as a nuclear fuel speak of its safety and cost savings over uranium, but a new government report from the UK...
Toshiba’s eneGoon Backup Power Supply Made With SCiB Batteries
Already a world leader in Uninterruptible Power Supplies for industrial and lab applications, Toshiba is combining technologies from different divisions to release a new...
Ithaca Company Studies New Self-Regulating Wind Turbine, Starts Production in 2014
Weaver Wind Energy, a company from Ithaca, NY is developing a new system for wind turbines that knows which way the wind blows and...
Semiconductors Grown on Graphene Could Revolutionize Solar Power and Electronics
Graphene has been receiving a lot of worldwide attention, especially as a replacement for the rare and expensive silicon used in electronic devices today.
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Germany Perfecting Wind Power Forecasts to Increase Energy Production
The German government, in its plan to put away nuclear power forever, is looking to the seas and skies to meet their energy needs,...
Marine-Based Energy Generation Could Benefit From Wave Power Prediction
Alternative energy, specifically from renewable sources, has been under development for a long time. Wind and water have been working for centuries in windmills...
Rice University Creates Better Lithium Ion Batteries by Using Waste Silicon
Researchers at Rice University and the Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium, have developed a method to turn discarded silicon into flexible components for rechargeable...
