Some electric vehicle opponents and newbies have pointed out one obvious *cough* flaw in adopting electric vehicles, that you have to plug it in to recharge it.
Really, this isn’t any different than any other portable electronic devices, such as...
The BMW i3 is a futuristic vehicle, including everything you you’d expect from BMW, but perhaps less of what you’d expect in an electric vehicle.
As more and more emphasis is being put on battery capacity and electric vehicle range,...
If anybody tells you that having a net-zero energy home is impossible, do not trust them. They either live in denial or are simply very wrong. One year long test-trial, conducted by the National Institute of Standards and Technology...
While everyone is still mesmerized by Apple's LEED certified data center in Maiden, North Carolina, the tech giant is nowhere near done with its clean energy endeavors. In an announcement that was released just a few days ago, Apple...
The world is waiting for a breakthrough in energy storage, and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) of the Department of Energy, might just have made it. Their secret to doubling the storage capacity of lithium-ion batteries is to...
Nissan has sold over 120,000 Nissan LEAF electric vehicles around the world, and it could certainly be referred to as a green car, but being green goes beyond its fuel supply.
Of course, the greenest a Nissan LEAF could, at...
Renewable energy sources, while free of emissions, also has environmental limitations, meaning energy storage is more important.
Renewable energy generation continues to expand, from residential solar power installations to off-shore wind power, to the point where some locations could even...
Dust and sand on the surface of solar panels can reduce their efficiency enormously, especially in deserted areas. Thanks to the new mechanical robot NOMADD from Saudi Arabia, however, cleaning of panels can now be automated and without a drop...
If there is one thing that wastes incredible amount of energy only by being plugged in and waiting to be used, that is the mobile phone charger. Thankfully, now there is ASMO, the first ever mobile phone charger that...
According to recent studies by Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), more existing gas stations could be utilized to store and deliver hydrogen fuel for upcoming hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, but only if the restrictions were more scientifically-based.
One only has to...
