Homeland Security Requires New Wind Turbine Fields to Be Radar-Friendly
You just can't mess with Homeland Security and their radars, even if you're a state-of-the-art renewable energy entrepreneur who builds huge wind turbine fields for a living. It looks like national security can be affected by badly-posted wind turbines, since they can interfere with radars through the doppler effect they create.
New Bill Could Allow California to Harness Power Otherwise Lost as Cars Travel Over...
We've been presenting over time how piezoelectric devices could harness energy from different sources, and I think we were right supporting this technology. The following is a Press Release sent to us by California Assemblyman Mike Gatto, who proposed a new bill that will implement piezoelectric technology already in use in Italy and Israel to harness energy from road vibrations.
Scatec Solar Plans Huge Solar Power Project for Iron County
Oslo-based Scatec Solar plans a new solar power project in Iron County, Expected to be the largest in Utah, the Norwegian company says the investment will be around $500 million. The photovoltaic panels will be placed across 650 acres in northwestern Parovan.
Cornell Students Harnessing Wind Vibrations to Produce Free Electricity
A group of undergraduate students at Cornell University has conceived a device that can harness wind-induced vibrations into electricity through the piezoelectric effect. The Vibro-Wind Research Group is led by Frank Moon, Joseph Ford Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering.
Jaron Dickson's Hydrogen-Powered EkranoYacht Will Perform 250 MPH Travels
Inspired by a cold-war ultra secret Russian invention, the Ekranoplan, Jaron Dickson, an Australian designer has designed a hydrogen-powered boat that can hover above the water at astonishing speeds by using the so-called "wing-in-ground-effect."
SolarWindow-Maryland Technologies' New Solar Window Saves More Than Classic PV Panels
Maryland-based New Energy Technologies has great plans for the future - they want to develop a new type energy generating window. Last week, the company has unveiled a working 12 x 12 inch prototype of its SolarWindow product.
Turning Sunlight Into Hydrogen Directly By Using Spinach-Derived Proteins
A system that converts the energy of sunlight directly into hydrogen has been discovered at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Scientists there have managed to design what they call a "biohybrid photoconversion system," which consists in the interaction of plant proteins responsible with photosynthesis and a synthetic polymer they created.
Ultrasound Technology Used to Fabricate Future's Best Thermoelectric Materials
By using a technology that is normally suited to cleaning jewelery, with common solvents, ultrasounds, and 1 milligram of layered material (such as graphite), Dr. Valeria Nicolosi, the collaborator from the University of Oxford says they can make "billions and billions of one-atom-thick nanosheets can be made at the same time from a wide variety of exotic layered materials."
Black Titanium Dioxide Helps Hydrogen Ouf of Water, Berkeley Scientists Find
They used titanium dioxide (TiO2) whose lattice structure had been modified by changing its ordered pattern. They did that by hydrogenating the TiO2 crystals and found out that the disordered titanium dioxide they obtained was black, hence the idea that it absorbs light much better than the white one.
Toothpaste-Inspired Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell Gets Born at Oxford
According to the researchers, the glass can be produced in a range of different transparent colors for use in cladding buildings and windows. "It opens up a lot of versatility and a lot of possibilities for building design," said Dr Snaith.
