Infrared-Harvesting Solar Cells Made Entirely from Carbon Invented at MIT
MIT researcher Michael Strano, previously involved in projects like thermopower waves, carbon nanotube energy storage and others related to carbon nanotubes, discovered a new...
How to Produce Hydrogen From an Aluminum Soda Can and Water
Here's how you can produce hydrogen to power cars, homes, or even toys. Hydrogen is the cleanest energy carrier in the universe, and is...
Caltech Researcher Improves Heat-Driven Hydrogen Production Technology
Usually, to get hydrogen, the first method that you think of is the electrolysis of water. However, this is not the most efficient way...
Wind Turbine Inspections Get More Reliable: Camera-Equipped Robots
Wind turbines require maintenance and regular inspections, which so far implied a high-power telescope maneuvered by a man 100 meters below the blades. GE...
The Necessary Evil: Japan to Restart Two Nuclear Reactors in Fukui Prefecture
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda approved the restart of reactors 3 and 4 at the Oi nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture, owned by...
Chinese Grid Operators to Raise Prices, Target “Irresponsible” Consumers
It's only logic, right: you consume more, you pay more! In China however, you pay even more than the normal "more": starting this July,...
Low-Priced Chinese Solar Cells Pose Huge Threat to German Solar Industry
Things are going bad for the German solar manufacturing industry, just as they have been for the U.S. one. The enemy are the low...
Hybrid Wind and Solar Powered Streetlamps That Run on Their Own
You’re putting solar panels on your roof? Why not on the streetlamps? After all, they’re one of the biggest consumers off any city’s electric...
Nanophosphate EXT – A123’s New Lithium Ion Battery Technology Promises Cooler Times
Did you ever stop to think why electric cars are more expensive than regular ones? Ok, it's the technology, but what about it exactly?...
Solar Panel System: How to Build a Cheap One
A cheap solar panel system will forever be the best solution to expensive electric bills. Solar cells are getting cheaper each year.
While you could pay up...
