Berkeley Lab Scientist – Produces More Electricity Than He Consumes
Energy management engineer Steve Greenberg bikes three miles uphill to work every day, rain or shine. He refuses to use a desktop computer, insisting...
The Solar Energy Conversion Efficiency Rate Improved By Nanomaterials
Frontiers of research are rapidly exceeded. Even in field of solar energy harvest and conversion efficiency, new research ideas come from everywhere.
The scientists from...
New record set for recycling indoor light to electricity
G24 Innovations has achieved ground-breaking efficiency rates for the indoor performance of its Dye-Sensitized Cells.
At an average of 26% conversion efficiency, a new cell...
A greener way to grow carbon nanotubes
Study suggests new way for manufacturers to minimize environmental impact of carbon nanotube production
Given their size, strength and electrical properties, carbon nanotubes — tiny,...
Austria’s most efficient thermal power plant
The heat-and power cogeneration plant had already commenced operation in May 2012.
With an electrical rating of 838 MW and an efficiency of 59.2 percent...
Edison SmartDC – More energy efficient devices with DC power
Researchers from the University in collaboration with engineers from RWE npower are calling a truce to a century-old ‘War of the Currents’ having proven...
Nearly Hard as Steel: Aluminum with Fullerenes
Russian researchers with Siemens Corporate Technology (CT) are using special carbon nanoparticles to optimize materials. They are adding fullerenes —soccer ball-shaped molecules comprising 60...
Scientists reveal graphene mystery
Nanoscale simulations and theoretical research performed at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory are bringing scientists closer to realizing graphene's potential in...
New self-assembling photovoltaic technology that repairs itself
Molecules can turn sunlight into electricity and can be broken down and quickly reassembled.
Plants are good at doing what scientists and engineers have been...
Kinetic LED chandellier more than energy efficient
Through a Treehugger's article on kinetic LED chandelliers we found something interesting about the subject.
A British interdisciplinary studio called Troika offers „a tantalizing glimpse”...