Copper Mountain Solar Installation via Sempra Generation In Nevada, 40 miles southeast of Las Vegas, sits the United State's largest solar installation. Sempra Generation's 775,000 solar panels fill 380 acres generating 48 Mega-watts of electric...
Evatran, USA Virginia state company, has unveiled their EV wireless charging stations. What every plug in hybrid needs, a way for the driver to not have to worry about where and how to plug in their cars. The "Plugless Power station" is a floor-mount...
A recent research project wants British soldiers to wear solar photovoltaic cells and a thermoelectric system to harness light or heat for 24/7 power. The goal is to lighten the packs soldiers carry by 50% and reduce the number of return trips ...
The world famous Sears Tower, now Willis Tower, in Chicago is set to turn partially solar. A pilot project set to take place on the 56th floor of the Tower will feature photovoltaic glass from Pythagoras Solar. The insulating windows have a uni...
Applied Sciences is a group that has done a hand full of projects ranging widely, from making a top hat to a game console dance pad. Their latest project is a home build (DIY) wind turbine. The best part, the project is open source. Calle...
Two years after the hurricane Katrina disaster in New Orleans, Louisiana, Brad Pitt toured the area and noticed most of the 4000 homes that were destroyed were not fixed, and the area abandoned. He promised the families he met there that he would "Ma...
1.4 megawatts from 6,3000 KD235, by Kyocra Solar Inc, are now powering the Pendleton USMC base camp. The system is expected to produce 2,400 MWh of electricity, enough power for about 400 average homes. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command ...
Xindi Yu, Professor Paul V. Braun and Huigang Zhang, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign A step toward phones and laptops charging in seconds has been announced by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Professor Paul Braun and h...
An example of a "why didn't I think of it." XL Hybrids in Massachusetts has developed a system that can be applied to almost any vehicle. The system consists of a 20-horsepower electric motor connected to the driveshaft of a RWD motor at the re...
I am conflicted. I want this to the future, and I also do not. Ohio University's Geradine Botte, has demonstrated that "the most abundant waste on earth" can produce hydrogen with less than half the energy need with water. “During the ele...
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Copt (NTT), Toyko Japan, combines photovoltaic and thermal harvesting in the same container with an added benefit of up to 50% increase of current output. Sanyo Semiconductor Co's silicon PV cells are housed in a water-...
www.youtube.com/watch Solar thermal has come to residential customers directly. SolarTron Energy Systems Inc, a division of EG Energy Controls, in an attempt to enter the alternative energy industry with the "SolarBeam Solar Concentrator."...
At the Florida Power & Light Co., 190,000 mirrors are used to concentrate the suns energy to heat synthetic oil to ~750 degrees. The oil is then used to boil water, creating steam to turn turbines. The $400 million dollar plant can generate 75 me...
In a Thomas Edison style testing, Wildcat Discovery Technologies tested more than 3000 materials in an effort to make a better battery. The self proclaimed "Discovery Engine," the team at Wildcat, rapidly synthesized and tested approximately 1300 uni...
From OS, Japan, comes a portable solar panel (GSR110B) using Fugi Electric Systems' flexible thin film solar technology. The system weighs approximately 3kg and is capable of generating 40W at 12V. Lithium-ion batteries store energy not being u...
HyperSolar, has made a breakthrough in magnification of light on their solar panels, resulting in an increase in solar energy output. They plan to take the 1 cm thick solar product and place then right on top of existing, and aging, flat solar ...
A brewery million gallon waste bioreactor Among the waste water being turned into biofuels, Anheuser-Busch's beer facility has a sludge that looks quite potential to researchers. Cornell University's Largus T. Angenent and Jeffery J. Werner took...
What is old, is new again. Japanese company seeks to make high tech sails to harness the earth's energy for propulsion. Unlike sailors of centuries ago, the Eco Marine Power (EMP) company will not only use wind for energy by also solar power. Their s...
I know my main fear of getting an EV is the ability to charge it when I want. I already have anxiety over keeping my cell phone charged. Forking Company in Japan is set to assuage the EV charging fears in Japan by installing station either with or ne...
Walmart solar roof tops Big companies need to participate in green initiatives, it is their ethical responsibility. Walmart, the world largest employer, is enthusiastic about alternative energy. Walmart partnered with The Environmental Def...
wastewater facility Newcastle University in the U.K. is making new with their latest claim. The “United States flushes 12.5 Trillion gallons of energy down the drain.” They are referring to biofuels in sewage. Newcastle’s Elizabeth S. Heidrich s...
Question: How long does it take for the sun to radiate more energy onto the Earth's surface than society consumes in one year (about 4.1 x 1020 joules)? Anyone? Yes, you in the back. “About an hour” Correct. And that is why photo...
A new company called Genie Lens Technologies has just finished extensive testing on its "FUSION" film, made through a partner company SolOptics, at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), a Golden Colorado research campus. Quite a bask...
Each layer of electrode material has to be separated from each other with a metal foil and polymer film layer in a typical lithium-ion battery, only about half of this type of battery ends up storing energy. Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) has...
