Cree, a leader in LEDs, recently announced the commercial availability of XLamp® XP-E2 color LEDs. According to the company, XP-E2 color LEDs produce up to 88% higher maximum light output than competing high-power color LEDs. From Cree: “Built on Cree’s revolutionary SC³ Technology™ next-generation LED platform, the new XP-E2 color LEDs deliver higher lumens-per-watt … [continued]
New ceramic composites that could potentially greatly improve the fuel efficiency of jet engines and reduce pollution are now being tested thanks to a new testing facility, the first of its kind, created by the Department of Energy (DOE)’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab). Because of how light … [continued]
Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York have been tapped for a $2 million study on the use of new nanoengineered ceramic materials to store energy, particularly from wind turbines and solar arrays. The four-year study could crack open the energy “bottleneck” inherent in wind and solar power, which … [continued]
In their ever expanding drive to create a more sustainable military, the various branches of the U.S. armed forces have entered some interesting new territories, from wastewater recycling to weed-powered jet planes (okay so biofuel powered jet planes). Now the U.S. Army Research Office has upped the ante with funding … [continued]
The Russian Corporation of Nanotechnologies (RUSNANO) is moving forward with an energy saving process for applying ceramic nanocoatings on metal surfaces. A more efficient process could pick up the pace for replacing toxic chemicals, heavy metals, volatile organic compounds, and other hazardous materials with safer, more sustainable anti-corrosion nanomaterials. [social_buttons] … [continued]
New lithium mines will plug a gaping hole in the US EV battery supply chain until more sustainable, alternative sources emerge.
The installed solar capacity of the global PV industry is poised for another round of rapid growth, with or without an assist from the US.
The California startup QuantumScape is one key step closer to commercial-scale production of its new solid state EV battery, featuring the only known self-assembling anode fabrication process in the auto industry.
Stellantis tapped the all new Dodge Charger Daytona EV to show off its new high performance, solid state EV battery developed in collaboration with the US startup Factorial.
Methane is so hot right now. Well, it’s making the world a lot hotter, because it’s a much more potent greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide and we’ve been increasing the amount we’re dumping into the air. That’s not a good kind of hot. The United States is the worst emitter … [continued]
