Toshiba Accelerates Development of SCiB™ Rechargeable Battery for Electric Vehicles
Toshiba Corporation today announced that it is working with Mitsubishi Motors Corporation to bring the SCiB™ battery to electric vehicles (EV). The SCiB™ is...
Electromagnetic Induction Powering the Modern World
Electromagnetic Induction and and its power
Electromagnetic induction, a phenomenon that underlies many of our modern technologies, is like magic hidden in plain sight. It's...
Float: a Solar Powered Catamaran for Green Parties on Water
Why should only the rich boys get to party over weekends on their giant yachts to give us frustrations?
Well, that seems to be a...
The Rooftop Solar Challenge – How can we make it easier and more affordable...
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, is part of a national effort to find out.
UT ’s Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public is...
Windmill Electricity Explained
Windmills were used in the past for pumping water through primitive irrigation systems or used to grind grain in all traditional farms around the world....
Toshiba’s New Grid Charging Systems for EVs
Toshiba Corporation is proposing the development of an electric vehicle charging system—the Toshiba Charge Grid —that features the deployment of its Li-ion battery storage...
Living off the grid a necessity for a better life
Living off the grid could be an option?
I think it's time to take seriously the option of living off the grid, and to use...
A solar sandwich to power future buildings
All in one: A new electricity generating building component is being developed at EPFL
Most modern buildings are composed of several layers of materials, each...
Quantum dots to increase the efficiency of solar cells up to 45 percent
By tweaking the smallest of parts, a trio of University at Buffalo engineers is hoping to dramatically increase the amount of sunlight that solar...
Hybrid solar-thermoelectric systems – A new approach to solar power
Systems to harness the sun’s energy typically generate either electricity or heat in the form of steam or hot water.
But a new analysis by...