The United States saw the launch of one of the first public wave energy testing systems this week off the Oregon coast near Newport, an operation which will allow private industry or academic researchers to test new wind energy technology. The testing facility, The Ocean Sentinel, cost $1.5 million … [continued]
Solar power keeps getting more exciting, more accessible, and more affordable every day. The DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has reported that researchers from the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the University of California Berkeley have developed solar cells that can be created from from a wide variety of semiconductors, … [continued]
Some of the leading academic institutions in the United States and India have joined hands to develop and, ultimately, deploy low-cost clean energy technologies. The initiative is part of the $125 million US–India Initiative for Clean Energy which was announced by President Obama and Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh in 2009. … [continued]
We’ve been covering research on windows that create solar power for years. We’re still not quite there, but advances seem to be speeding up. The latest step forward comes from UCLA. The day when we have windows producing solar power may soon be approaching. Here’s the full news below, … [continued]
Here’s a pretty remarkable new development out of Stanford University. The world’s first complete computer model of an organism! This could be very helpful in a number of ways down the road. Here’s the full news from Stanford: BY MAX MCCLURE In a breakthrough effort for computational biology, the world’s … [continued]
Automated production of carbon-fiber-reinforced plastics (CRP) is now possible. Until now, these components, which are essential to future reductions in car and aircraft weight, had to be made by hand. Lighter weight building materials are highly desired by car and airplane makers — they could greatly reduce the fuel … [continued]
Most electric cars, from the Tesla Model S to the Nissan Leaf, run on rechargeable lithium-ion batteries – a pricey technology that accounts for more than half of the vehicle’s total cost. One promising alternative is the lithium-sulfur battery, which can theoretically store five times more energy at a … [continued]
Male Japanese tree frogs use a method of calling that allows them to use their calls at the same time but in a way that allows the females to distinguish between them. (I’m sure you knew that, right?) Now, researchers from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia have mimicked this … [continued]
A Drexel University research team has developed energy storage technology that it believes can solve a vexing problem: how to cost-effectively store intermittent electrical energy from renewable sources at grid-level scale. The research team combined the concepts underlying flow, or redox, batteries used in electric vehicles (EVs) with those of … [continued]
Driving during a rain or snowstorm can be can be a struggle at night, but a newly developed ‘smart’ headlight system will make it much easier. The system greatly improves visibility by continually redirecting light to shine between particles of precipitation. The system was created by researchers from Carnegie … [continued]
