The White House To Be Equipped With Solar Panels, After All
Previous news were saying that the Obama administration doesn't have any plans of installing solar panels on the White House. Not even a month has passed, and a representative of the White House in Washington, DC says solar panels will be installed on the White House in order to impulse Americans to adopt green energy.
Beacon Power Develops New, Enhanced Flywheel Systems
Beacon Power Corp., a provider of energy storage systems has established a partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency to produce parts of a flywheel energy storage over a period of two years.
Photocatalyst Used For Hydrogen Generation Awarded by University of Queensland
This year's UQ Foundation Research Excellence Award, consisting in $85,000 UQ, was won by Dr Yong Wang, from UQ's School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering. Dr Wang will dedicate his research to develop powerful photocatalysts that increase the efficiency of hydrogen production.
Tang: The Newest Wind Powered Yacht, Charging Batteries Even When Sails Are Down
International Battery in partnership with Electric Marine Propulsion is planning to build a yacht that uses a lithium ion battery charged by wind energy even when the sails are lowered.
Huge “Bloom Box” Hydrogen Fuel Cells Provide Clean Electricity To Adobe Systems
Adobe Systems is launching a new emission-free fuel cell technology for cars, under the name of "Bloom Box" fuel cells, in San Jose, California....
$50 Motorcycle Retrofitted To Run on Solar Power
Tony Danger Coiro, a student at Purdue University, has recently created a zero-emission electric motorcycle that is powered by solar energy. The motorcycle, which initially cost about $50, is a transformed version of an old 1978 Suzuki.
Denmark to Develop an Energy Network Powered Entirely by Wind Energy
According to the Danish climate commission, the country will gets its electricity from wind farms, developing an energy network entirely free of fossil fuels by 2050. The committee also said that biomass and wind energy could meet the bulk of the country's energy requirements.
Sandia Researchers Discovering How Clouds Affect Photovoltaic Farms
A group of researchers at the Sandia National Laboratories found a new way to predict and prepare for fluctuations in electricity generation due to changes in weather - cold, heat, clouds and airborne dust.
New Portable Wind Turbine Produces Electricity Anywhere And Is Operated By Just One Person
Designers have come up with a new portable wind turbine that is very easy to be transported and put into function by just one...
Spin-Seebeck Effect Causing New Magnetic Semiconductor To Become Energy Harvester
A gallium manganese arsenide semiconductor may be the material to revolutionize how electronic circuits power and recycle their waste heat, through a research of Ohio State University scientists, led by Joseph Heremans and Roberto Myers, both from OSU.
