The dream of solar-powered cars has enthralled and enticed cleantech enthusiasts for years decades. It’s a fun dream. We all love when electric vehicles can be powered by rooftop solar energy or even indirectly by solar energy on the grid, but it’s something else to imagine solar panels on a … [continued]
SCANIA recently began tests on a solar-powered truck, a 560-horsepower plug-in hybrid truck with 100 square meters of solar panels wrapping a trailer. This unique setup now being tested on public roads in Sweden is a result of a two-year research collaboration between Scania and industry and academic partners. The … [continued]
Battery news! Get your battery news here! Potassium and proton batteries are on the way.
A new study has concluded that the rapid expansion of renewable energy technology is not inherently sustainable, if the materials and industries involved are not themselves sustainable.
A new type of easily recyclable battery based around the use of renewable organic biomaterials derived from alfalfa (lucerne seed) and pine resin has been developed by researchers at Uppsala University in Sweden. The battery recycling requires low energy inputs, and can be done with non-hazardous chemicals. The researchers behind the new battery … [continued]
Upsalite — an incredible new material possessing record-breaking surface area and water adsorption abilities, was recently discovered by researchers at Uppsala University in Sweden. The material — according to the researchers — should allow for drastic reductions in the total amount of energy needed to control environmental moisture in the … [continued]
