50 kWh Bosch EV Battery will Soon Weigh Just 190 Kilograms

German company Bosch's current goal is to create a 50 kWh battery that weighs only 190 kilograms. Based on recent comments by a company...

Why Hydrogen Cars are Less Efficient Than Electrics

The efficiency of hydrogen cars versus battery electrics has been debated for a long time in the past decade. However, despite of all that...

DIY: Make Electricity Using Your Backyard Stream

The main idea is simple: find yourself a river, make sure its falling abruptly enough to have the necessary speed and velocity to spin your turbine, and make the necessary piping and flow control system.

Vertical Axis Wind Turbine DIY Guide

Today I found another DIY project for generating alternative energy, by using the wind. It is a Vertical Axis Wind Turbine (VAWT), and it works by the same principle those huge wind turbines do, but they are much more easy and less expensive to build.
Iceland Geothermal Power Makes Cheap Synthetic Fuel Possible

Vulcanol – Synthetic Fuel Made From Carbon Dioxide and Volcano Power

Synthetic fuels could serve as viable replacements for common fuels, if only they could be made more economical. Carbon Recycling International (CRI) may have found...

DIY: How to Make a Wind-Powered Phone Charger

For those who have the skill and interest in homemade electronics, and those who know someone who do, read the rest of this post...

New Catalyst for Electrolysis Reduces Costs by 97% and Increases Hydrogen Production Fourfold

Hydrogen, the cleanest energy storage in the Universe, is most of the time associated with high costs, although it is extracted from water, which is the cheapest yet the most precious element to life. Extracting hydrogen from water is done through a method called electrolysis, but doing electrolysis efficiently requires the usage of catalysts such as platinum, which is very expensive.

3D Printed Flexible Solar Cells to Provide Cheap Electricity Everywhere

New technology to make cheap, super thin and flexible, 3D printed, solar strips, could provide affordable electricity around the world. Solar is heading fast towards...
fresnel lens frame

Solar Concentrator DIY – How to Build an $8 Fresnel Lens from Old TV

A solar concentrator DIY can seem like the easiest thing in the world - if someone else is doing the hard work. A guy who calls himself "Grant...

Electric Vehicle Battery Prices Forced Down by VW

Demand and deployment for electric vehicles remains low, but automakers tend to agree that the technology could be the biggest shift in automotive technology...