Solar Powered Water Pumping System in Egypt Uses Concentrated Photovoltaics
Agriculture has always relied on sunlight and water, that's a known fact since the birth of civilization. A project initiated in Upper Egypt uses sunlight to extract water from arid land, seeking to replace diesel generators that have traditionally been used.
HALE-D: Solar Powered Unmanned Aircraft Helps U.S. Soldiers Communicate
The U.S. Army and Lockheed Martin have developed the first-of-its kind unmanned solar-powered aerial vehicle. Dubbed the High Altitude Long Endurance-Demonstrator (HALE-D), the solar-powered sky cruiser has been successfully launched at 5:47 a.m. out of the Airdock in Akron, Ohio.
New MIT Approach Towards Concentrated Solar Yields Cheaper Power
Large mirror arrays that concentrate light on a tank have been made before, but now a team at the MIT has designed a system that simplifies what has been done before and also makes it cheap for concentrated solar power to enter our homes, rivaling the price of coal.
BMW Looks to Power Carolina Factory With Landfill-Originated Hydrogen
Since 2003, BMW's South Carolina manufacturing plant has been using landfill-originated methane to power more than half of its equipment - that's old news. The good news is BMW is seeking a way to transform that methane to hydrogen gas, for a cleaner production process.
MIT Researchers Invent Solar Cells That Transform Heat Into Electricity
If you thought photovoltaics can only get energy from the Sun, then you were wrong. An MIT team of researchers have invented a device that produces electricity from heat. The process uses the photovoltaic effect as the middleman and is three times more efficient than the most efficient lithium ion batteries on market today.
Transparent Lithium Ion Battery Invented by Stanford Researchers
They may not even know it, but I guess transparent batteries are the dream of every teenager or fancily-dressed girl out there. And the good news is that Yi Cui together with a team from the University of Stanford, have invented such a battery.
Sanya Skypump – New Electric Vehicle Charger Uses Wind and Solar Power
A new EV charging station has recently been developed by Urban Green Energy and GE Energy Industrial Solutions. Dubbed Skypump, this amazing system uses a vertical axis wind turbine and a 150-watt solar panel to produce electricity by capturing wind and solar energy at the same time.
Better Lithium Air Batteries Invented at MIT Could Store 4 Times More Electricity Than...
A recent MIT invention could enhance the electricity storing ability of current lithium ion batteries by several times. Specifically, the batteries that were targeted were lithium-air, whose effectiveness has only recently been proven.
Australia’s Largest Rooftop Solar System Installed At The University of Queensland
Only 6 percent of the electricity generated by the system is enough to power the St. Lucia campus, which is not small, after all. It is estimated that the entire rooftop solar system is able to generate around 1.22MW of clean energy.
$14 Billion Giant Wind Project To Be Launched By France
Last week, the French government announced the launch of a $14.26 billion tender to build five different offshore wind farms. The goal is to reduce the country's longstanding reliance on atomic power and to boost its renewable-energy industry.
