New Electric Corvette Breaks Speed Record + Hearts
The new all-electric Corvette EV from US car maker Genovation hit the high mark for street legal EV speed, beating out the previous record set by Finland.
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Nifty Little Nano-Battery Is The Mighty Mite Of Energy Storage
Researchers at the University of Maryland have stripped next generation energy storage technology down to the “ultimate miniaturization.”
Investigating The Environmental Impact Of Offshore Wind Farms
Despite my well-publicised love for offshore wind farms and wind technology in general, the reality is that pursuing such a technology to the detriment of the environment almost completely undermines the supposed benefits we reap from such renewable technologies. A recent paper reviewed the potential impact of offshore wind farms on … [continued]
Solar Decathlon 2011 Winner Open For 2nd Public Life (VIDEO)
Originally published on 1Sun4All. The University of Maryland’s WaterShed, which took first place in the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2011, recently opened to the public as the Pepco WaterShed Sustainability Center—a living classroom and laboratory for sustainable energy practices. In its new home, WaterShed will continue its mission to educate … [continued]
Genovation Cars Behind Advanced EV Battery Research Project
We interrupt our all-Tesla-all-the-time programming for this special announcement: Genovation Cars, a company that all but dropped off the radar a couple of years ago, is partnering in a new hybrid EV battery research project that combines a high density battery pack with an ultracapacitor pack and a DC/DC converter … [continued]
New Redox Power Fuel Cell Gives Li-ion Batteries A Run For The Money
While lithium-ion batteries are current champs of the electric vehicle market, fuel cells are beginning to come on strong. If that trend continues it raises some intriguing future scenarios, namely, fuel cells could eventually squeeze out Li-ion batteries altogether, or both technologies could co-exist to some degree, engaging in a … [continued]
Silicon Nano Beads Could Improve Li-ion Battery Life
Researchers at the University of Maryland NanoCentre have developed yet another silicon-based lithium-ion battery technology which they say could be more reliable than previous silicon designs. Silicon designs have a track record for extremely high energy density, which is 10 times more than that of conventional lithium-ion batteries that use … [continued]
17 ARPA-E Projects Have Pulled In $450 Million In Private Funding
The U.S. Energy Department’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) this week announced that 17 projects it has helped jump-start have “demonstrated major technical successes and shown significant market engagement” in the past 4 years. Putting a dollar figure on that, the 17 projects “have attracted over $450 million in private sector … [continued]
Solar Decathlon-Winning Home Bought by Pepco for Public Display
If you recall, WaterShed (a solar-powered and highly energy-efficient house built by University of Maryland students, faculty and professional partners) won the 2011 Solar Decathlon. Electric company Pepco has now bought the building and is going to put it on public display at one of its facilities in Montgomery County, Maryland.
Tobacco Finds Redemption in New High Efficiency Batteries and Fuel Cells
Tobacco has brought wealth, pleasure, poverty, pain and misery to millions, but now its chaotic role in American life seems on the verge of morphing into something that is far more consistently beneficial. Researchers at the University of Maryland have found that tobacco hosts a virus that could be used … [continued]
