In January, a study group announced a long-term plan called the Detroit Future City (DFC) framework in an attempt to save the city from further urban decay that originated ten years ago and culminated in bankruptcy last week.
Over the...
Unlike vehicles that were made up as recently as the early as the 1970s, today's vehicles are basically rolling computers. Add in vehicle connectivity via satellite or cellular service, and could this open up a whole new world of...
Ever since the Industrial Revolution, the Earth has seen its share of problems. Although it had its roots in 1700s England, the Industrial Revolution quickly spread to the rest of the world. The use of machinery and factories led...
Installing solar panels on your roof can be a good investment in your home, adding value and clean energy, but it usually requires a few days of professional installation.
Existing solar panels are heavy and expensive though, requiring many hours...
New technology typically starts with a few first-adopters before it either goes in two directions. Either it explodes or it dies. The electric vehicle market is growing, and although young, it's actually growing faster than hybrid vehicles when they...
Researchers from the RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science found that change in structure and orientation of organic polymers greatly improves the efficiency of solar cells.
Within a polymer solar cell, the incoming energy of light is absorbed by the polymer causing...
Researchers from the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), South Korea, developed a method, which provides cheap and environmentally friendly mean to create nitrogen-doped graphene nanoplatelets (NGnPs).
The study published in the latest issue of Scientific Reports states...
The annual U.S. energy chart on energy usage and waste released by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), indicates that in 2012, the extensive use of coal to produce electricity have been substituted to large extent with natural gas, solar...
The idea of reaching a 'Zero Carbon Britain' by 2030 might sound a bit too optimistic to some, but a new report by the Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT) claims that increasing the use of renewable energy sources, promoting...
Looking at electric vehicles in combination with some renewable energy source, you might properly come to the conclusion that they are cleaner than conventional vehicles.
Electric vehicle use emissions are most definitely cleaner, but what happens when you consider lifecycle...
