Sunengy Signs Contract With Tata Power for Floating Concentrated Solar System
Indian company Tata is getting more and more involved in the renewable energy sector. After the agreement their CEO had with Daniel Nocera for producing energy from water, they now make a deal with Australia-based Sunengy, which manufactures LSAs (Liquid Solar Arrays), basically floating concentrated solar power systems (CSP).
Google Invests in Wind Power "Backbone" Cable, People Worried About Timing
Google has started to invest in a 350-mile-long power line that will link Virginia and new Jersey. Taking into account that we're talking about energy, the $5 billion cost is insignificant, over a period of 10 years.
Delft Students Make Titanium Dioxide Nanocrystals Help Fuel Cells Become More Efficient
Fuel cells can have a hope of improvement due to a discovery by TU Delft researchers in Holland. They added minuscule titanium dioxide crystals to solid electrolytes to make them more conductive. Unlike liquid electrolytes, solid ones have the advantage of being more stable and easier to be contained. Electrolytes are also used mainly in batteries, between their two electrodes.
Solar Jackets Students Convert Audi TT Into Solar – Electric Car
A team of Georgia Tech students (Solar Jackets) has converted an Audi TT into a "solar-assisted electric vehicle," in order to participate at the...
Wysips's Thin Solar Powered Film Prototype Charges Phone Battery
Honestly, the reflection off my phone's screen annoys me, and I think it does the same to anyone. Some French scientists from a company named Wysips have produced a 100-micron thin film that uses the ambient light to charge the phone's battery - in a very cheap manner.
T-box: A New Device That Harnesses Wind Energy Produced by Running Trains
Designers Ale Leonetti Luparinia and Qian Jiang have come up with a new concept of a device that uses the wind energy produced by a running train. As the designers claim, the device, dubbed T-box, is a power generator that is able to harnesses wind power when a train moves across the tracks.
Leaf-Mimicking Catalyst Inventor Signs Huge Contract With Tata Group for Hydrogen-From-Water Device
MIT professor Daniel Nocera, the inventor of a type of electrolysis that mimics the plants photosynthesis, and Ratan Tata, the CEO of the Indian Tata group, have signed a funding agreement allowing the Tata group to commercialize Nocera's invention which produces power from water.
Japan to Continue Pursuing Nuclear Power, No Viable Alternatives Left
Even if the consequences had been among the ugliest since 1986's Chernobyl, if it's to think about it, the 40 year-old Fukushima nuclear plant survived a magnitude 9 earthquake, and was only affected by the tsunami - extreme conditions all over. A new interview with Hidehiko Nishiyama, a director general at Japan's trade ministry reveals the country's need for even more nuclear power.
Sikar II – 100% Solar Powered Vehicle Attends The 2011 World Solar Challenge
Seven faculty members of De La Salle University, Manila and 22 engineering students have conceived a solar powered vehicle that will compete in the 2011 World Solar Challenge on October 16-23. The 3,000-km race is set to take place from Darwin to Adelaide in Australia.
Solarball: Ultra-Cheap Solar-Powered Water Purifier for The Poorest of Us
Technology doesn't always have to be complex to help people. Such is the case of a simple solar-powered water purifier designed by Monash University graduate student Jonathan Liow to help people in poor countries that have no access to drinkable water sources. The Solarball, his invention, can produce up to three liters of water per day.
