Better Redesigned Windmills Will Get Lower Cost per Megawatt
Windmills have assumed the same basic form for centuries: long vertical axles crowned with rectangle-shaped blades. Now, a start-up is preparing to exceed 10...
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...
Self-cooling effect in graphene at nanoscale
With the first observation of thermoelectric effects at graphene contacts, University of Illinois researchers found that graphene transistors have a nanoscale cooling effect that...
Logitech Solar Keyboard Folio for third-Generation Apple iPad [2022 updated]
Logitech chose this technology to power its new flagship product solar keyboard using dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSC) from EPFL that entered the public market.
Logitech...
CZTS the next level for IBM photovoltaic scientists
According to IBM photovoltaic scientists, copper, zinc, tin and selenium – CZTS, will yield efficient thin-film solar cells made from abundant materials. Photovoltaic scientists...
Carnegie Mellon University Purchases 100 Percent of its Energy From Wind Power
Carnegie Mellon University has announced that it will purchase green power to offset 100 percent of the university's electric consumption for 2012.
The purchase reflects...
All-electric highway that wirelessly charges cars and trucks
A Stanford University research team has designed a high-efficiency charging system that uses magnetic fields to wirelessly transmit large electric currents between metal coils...
How to recharge the hydrogen safely, quickly and affordably
One day, U.S. roads could hold large numbers of cars and trucks powered by hydrogen, but issues around recharging the hydrogen, or filling the...
Underwater solar cells to harvest renewable energy
A team from US Naval Research Laboratory leaded by Philip Jenkins recently demonstrated a method for harvesting solar power underwater at depths of 30...
Magma power for geothermal energy
When a team of scientists drilling near an Icelandic volcano hit magma in 2009, they had to abandon their planned experiments on geothermal energy....