Shortly after the announcement made by the Obama administration, which supports the offshore wind-power development, Deepwater Wind Energy has great plans regarding the building of a "Wind Energy Center" that according to the company would supply electricity for several East Coast states.
A few days ago, we made an appeal to everyone to Like the page of Revenge of the Electric Car on Facebook. Well, it looks like they got their votes (it was only a matter of time), and I think my article contributed a little to the release of the trailer.
This image may not seem like much, but it's actually the world's smallest battery, consisting of a single tin oxide (SnO2) nanowire and that has been developed and visualized under a transmission electron microscope (TEM) by Sandia National Laboratories' Jianyu Huang.
The first solar-powered air conditioner that can also send energy to the grid has rolled off the production line of China's largest residential air-conditioner manufacturer Gree Electric Appliances.
The lithium-ion batteries for electric cars are now being tested by several giant automakers such as Toyota, Daimler or Bayerische Motoren Werke. The batteries, assembled by Silicon Valley startup Tesla Motors, cost less than the larger traditional ones developed exclusively for cars.
A molecular system that could be used to enhance the efficiency of solar cells by 35 percent has been recently discovered by NREL and University of Colorado, Boulder (UCB) researchers.
Solar panels harvest light and thermoelectric devices harvest the heat - but recently, Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd have developed a blend of both: a power-generating device that can convert both light and temperature difference into an electric current.
Crumpled sheets of graphene (one-atom-thick carbon) could one day offer a solution for storing energy in your electric car. A Dayton, Ohio-based company, Nanotek Instruments, has recently revealed their vision about making ultracapacitors, for the moment only used in hybrid buses, suited for electric cars and how to replace the classic batteries.
Nissan and GM both have big plans for the highly-expected pure electric and plug-in hybrid waiting to be released this month in the United States. Battery capacity is one of the fears the users of such cars have, and the fact that the manufacturers will use lithium ion batteries can be an issue.
Osservatore Romano stated that "The Vatican has reached a small record in solar energy power production per capita: 200 watts at peak times... per inhabitant, compared to 80 in Germany, the world leader in this field."
