Renewable energy for 400,000 households
Siemens Energy has secured an order from DONG Energy to supply 111 wind turbines for what will be Denmark’s largest offshore wind power plant....
Metamaterials may boost wireless power transfer
More than one hundred years after the pioneering inventor Nikola Tesla first became fascinated with wireless energy transfer, the spread of mobile electronic devices...
Carbon Nanotube Membranes Could Provide Cheaper Carbon Dioxide Sequestration
Researchers in carbon nanotubes, originally developed at the Laboratory, have been awarded more than $100,000 by the California Energy Commission to apply the technology...
The Solar Reactor To Produce Hydrogen Fuel From Sunlight
Using a common metal most famously found in self-cleaning ovens, Sossina Haile hopes to change our energy future. The metal is cerium oxide—or ceria—and...
Engineered oasis for solar desalination and arid land agriculture
An agricultural facility aimed at the environmentally sustainable production of crops in arid environments was built and tested at the Yair agricultural research station...
Nanocrystal-coated fibers might reduce wasted energy
Researchers are developing a technique that uses nanotechnology to harvest energy from hot pipes or engine components to potentially recover energy wasted in factories,...
How to estimate the energy produced by a photovoltaic system
Consistent appraisals of homes and businesses outfitted with photovoltaic installations (PV) are a real challenge for the nation’s real estate industry, but a new...
Wind Powered Electric Vehicle Cross the Australian Desert
German adventurers and inventors Dirk Gion and Stefan Simmerer have just completed a wondrous three week journey from Perth to Sydney in their sprightly,...
Solar Power Plant Commenced by Scatec Solar in Iron County
Scatec Solar, a Norwegian company plans to set up a solar power plant in Iron County which would be the largest of such projects...
Portugal Gives Itself a Clean Energy Makeover
LISBON — Five years ago, the leaders of this sun-scorched, wind-swept nation made a bet: To reduce Portugal’s dependence on imported fossil fuels, they...