Researchers from Stanford and Penn State are studying microbes that can convert carbon dioxide to methane using electricity. These microbes could be potential sources of renewable energy.
Methane is the main component of natural gas, which is a fossil fuel....
Germany is fast becoming a world leader in renewable energy usage. In the first half of 2012, a staggering 67.9 billion KWh was generated from renewable sources, which is equivalent to 25.97 percent of electricity generation in the country....
Researchers at Berkeley Lab are developing a novel technology that allows the fabrication of low-cost, high efficiency solar cells from any semiconductor material. The new technology allows scientist to sidestep the difficulty in chemically tailoring many earth-abundant, non-toxic semiconductors...
Solar Panels UK, a company that has so far put up a website that advises homeowners on how to align their solar panels to get the most energy out of them, has recently released an iPad/iPhone app, in the...
Electric vehicles still lag behind their gas-powered cousins because of the limited range, long charging times and high cost of their battery packs. However, there is a bright light ahead as Eos Energy unveils a 160 kWh zinc-air battery...
Solar power remains the most viable option in the fight to replace fossil fuels. Yet, it still accounts for less than two percent of the world’s total electrical output, despite a drastic decrease in the prices of solar panels....
Most researchers today are concerned with reducing the emission of carbon dioxide by designing more efficient engines and switching to renewable sources of energy. Researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology have chosen another route; they are studying the direct...
Dr. Charles Perry, former IBM engineer, had devised a kit that turns any car into a plug-in hybrid for as low as $3,000. He and his team at Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) retrofitted a 1994 Honda station wagon...
The greatest climate change in the last 100,000 years was the shift from ice age to the warm interglacial period 19,000 years ago. New research showed temperature rise was closely followed by a rise in carbon dioxide during this...
Imagine seeing laser beams lighting the dark sky. What could it be? It is a wireless laser recharging technology for electric airplanes without the need of power lines and power transmission infrastructures.
LaserMotive, a Seattle-based company has been in collaboration...
