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Enel Green Power North America (EGP-NA), a leader in renewable energy generation, and Trade Wind Energy began construction of the Rocky Ridge wind farm, owned 51% by EGP-NA. The wind farm is located in the state of Oklahoma. Enel claims...
If you didn't know, there was actually a war when electricity was to be made publicly accessible through a grid. Nikola Tesla and Thomas Edison each disputed his own way of delivering the electricity: through alternative current (AC) and,...
Swiss people have traditionally been very precise, civilized and conscious (one can even say eco-conscious, judging by how their country runs). Now, a Swiss firm, EKZ, working with IBM, is trying to "civilize" how electric cars will charge, even...
LG, a leader in the thin-film transistor liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) technology has recently announced the development of a 47-inch Full HD LCD panel. According to the company, it is the world's most energy efficient television set produced so...
Yi Cui and Zhenan Bao from the University of Stanford have developed an electrode manufacturing technique that could improve the capacity of ultra-capacitors by 20 to 45 percent and make them compete with much more expensive batteries currently used...
Even though car manufacturers are constantly improving the batteries that they put in electric cars, people are not yet convinced to pay more for an EV, even if it offers huge fuel savings in the long run. This is the...
Chevrolet is seemingly seeking to implement more and more environmentally-friendly technologies inside its factories. The latest innovation is one that will reduce the carbon footprint associated with... painting the cars! The technique employed by General Motors will be applied to...
PolyU's Department of Electrical Engineering in collaboration with Green Power Industrial Ltd have developed a solar-powered air-conditioning system for vehicles that allows drivers to turn it on without consuming any drop of gasoline. "Drivers of minibuses or taxis can now...
As you may have already been accustomed, we've been following with great attention every move Tesla Motors makes and every new prototype they release. Katie Fehrenbacher from GigaOm is also doing that. She actually went to test the new...
Would you buy an electric car that charges in 30 minutes? If not, how about one that charges in under 10 minutes... say three? Well, 10 years from now you'll be able to do just that, thanks to Nissan's...