This article has been reposted from RenewEconomy with permission. RenewEconomy passed around the hat this past week for a few ideas on what would be big in 2013 in clean energy in Australia. What emerged was a couple of key themes – the continued proliferation of solar PV and the growing interest … [continued]
Other than our own stories, here’s some top cleantech and climate news of the day: Solar Power Top PV Module Suppliers Developing Own Utility Projects: “Research from Wiki-Solar has found that the most successful module providers to utility-scale photovoltaic plants are developing their own projects to accommodate their products.” … [continued]
In an awesome turn of events, the climbing herb rose madder has been found to make a fantastic fuel for lithium-ion batteries, one that is green on several levels. Rose madder was once used to produce purpurin, a dye extracted from the herb to produce vibrant reds to dye materials. … [continued]
The United States Department of Energy (DOE) and Israel’s Energy and Water Ministry have jointly allocated $3.5 million budget towards the development of four American-Israeli renewable energy projects. The projects will receive financing under the Binational Industrial Research and Development (BIRD) Energy program. BIRD Energy has announced that each … [continued]
Researchers from the University of Rome Sapienza (Italy), Argonne National Laboratory (United States), and Hanyang University (South Korea) have shown that the construction of lithium-air batteries without lithium metal is possible. A lithiated silicon-carbon anode can be used instead. As is the case with many new technologies, there are drawbacks … [continued]
Rice University researchers have developed yet another li-ion (lithium-ion) silicon battery anode, but this time it is a crushed, porous silicon anode. The researchers “have refined silicon-based lithium-ion technology by literally crushing their previous work to make a high-capacity, long-lived and low-cost anode material with serious commercial potential for … [continued]
Here’s some more clean transportation news from around the interwebs from the past week or so: Electric Vehicles Toyota’s Scion iQ EV Joins Car-Sharing Craze: “A new electric vehicle from Toyota, the he 2013 Scion iQ EV, is going to be used for urban and campus car-sharing programs. This is a battery-electric … [continued]
File under Another One Bites the Dust: the innovative lithium-ion battery maker A123 Systems has just declared bankruptcy. Since the company received a hefty loan from the Department of Energy under the Obama Administration, that makes it a legit political football, especially on the eve of the second presidential debates. Indeed, … [continued]
This article below is reposted with permission from Climate Progress: By Joe Romm This excerpt from a 2011 post is relevant again today as advanced battery maker A-123 Systems files for bankruptcy protection…. You can read the Department of Energy response here. The National Academy of Sciences concluded in 2001 that a handful of … [continued]
Reposted in full with permission from Climate Progress: This morning brought a piece of news that some in the press will label an “October surprise” for the Obama campaign. A123 Systems, a manufacturer of lithium ion batteries used for electric vehicles and grid storage, has filed for bankruptcy protection … [continued]
