BASF DLR-H2: First Manned Fuel Cell Airplane Took Off!
This spring, Boeing announced a flight powered by fuel cells, only that the take-off was powered by a Li-Ion battery. This autumn, on Sept. 30, the Germans did it from head to toe by using only hydrogen! Wow!
Solar Cube: Saving Lives With Solar and Wind Power
What can you buy for $38,000? Two second-hand Priuses? No. A smaller airplane? Neither. I'll tell you what you can have for that money: a solar powered desalination device.
New York`s Tidal Turbine Powering a Supermarket
New York city wants to build about 300 turbines in their waterway. NY's East River has strong, fluctuating currents, allowing an efficient generation of electricity. Once built, the wave-powered system can generate enough for 10,000 homes.
LiFePO4 Batteries: Chevy Volt`s Future Energy Sources
The Lithium Iron Phosphate (LiFePO4) batteries are based on Lithium Ion, but they offer many advantages over LiCO2 (Lithium Cobalt), frequently used in laptops, mp3 players and cell phones. They also offer a greater range, power and safety, in an electric vehicle - they will not explode or catch fire if overcharged.
Mobion: High Power Fuel Cell Batteries for Your Gadgets Starting 2009
Just two days ago, MTI MicroFuel Cells Inc. has made a press release for their third generation Mobion chip, a portable fuel cell powered device aimed for small-scale devices, such as iPods, media players and mobile phones.
Scientists Making Hydrogen Efficiently from Water Steam
Trying to make hydrogen a viable fuel, economically and energetically, a team of researchers from Idaho National Laboratory splits water steam into hydrogen and oxygen using electrolysis, but from steam, and at a high temperature.
Fuel Cell Powered Wheelchair by Mitsubishi
From now on, the people with motion disabilities will go green. Mitsubishi Gas Chemical exhibited last week a fuel cell power unit suited for small applications, such as powering an electric wheelchair. It has the size of a microwave oven, weighs 22 kg, and outputs 300W.
William Yuan, a 12 year-old, Invents New Type of 3D Solar Cells
This is great news. William Yuan, a 12 year-old from Beaverton, Oregon, has made an innovation in the 3D solar cells production that could provide 500 times more light absorption than commercially-available solar cells and nine times more than cutting-edge 3D solar cells. It may sound weird, but, at his age, he studied nanotechnology.
New Graphene Layer to Double Ultracapacitors Storage Capability
Engineers and scientists from the University of Texas at Austin, led by Rod Ruoff, a mechanical engineering professor and physical chemist, have created a one-atom thick layer of carbon, called "graphene", and they put it to use in electrical storage systems, such as ultracapacitors, a viable way to clean and efficient energy storage.
Satellite Solar Power Demonstrated Between Hawaii Islands
If you remember, not a long time ago we had an article talking about NASA's plans to send a satellite to space which could capture pure Sun energy and resend it to Earth in the form of microwaves.
