Governor Deval Patrick proposed a resolution at the New England Governor's Conference that passed unanimously and will advance the process towards a coordinated regional...
Solar thermal power, or concentrated solar power (CSP), can make a sizeable impact on the world’s renewable energy industry – if governments across the globe can maintain...
Burlingame, Calif.-based startup Sentient Energy has been quietly earning a reputation for its low-cost grid sensor technology -- and its deep partnership with big smart...
The University of Michigan Solar Car Team won the 2012 American Solar Challenge (ASC) with its car Quantum, snagging a fourth consecutive ASC title, and also breaking...
ZigBee Smart Energy is the world's leading standard for interoperable products that monitor, control, inform and automate the delivery and use of energy and water. It...
Solar cell research continues to increase their efficiency and produce more free energy per square inch. However, the fact solar cells aren’t transparent means adding...
As the run-up to the London 2012 Olympic Games gathers pace, EDF Energy has unveiled the real-time energy monitoring technology that will be working at many venues and...
On Aug. 19, Oregon Institute of Technology students will join their professor, Dr. Slobodan Petrovic, in Tanzania, where they will install solar energy systems for schools...
< Eos Energy Storage , a privately held developer of electric batteries for the utility and transportation industries , disclosed in a regulatory filing that it has increased...
Cambridge, Mass. – A team at MIT has found a new approach that could reduce the thickness of the silicon used in solar panels by more than 90% while still maintaining...
Hydrogel Hydrogels that can carry a charge could be used for future medical implants, soft batteries or other conductive materials. Future electronic skin and bio-batteries...
Freescale Semiconductor has introduced three reference designs for wireless charging for high-capacity, single- and multi-cell battery packs. Target applications include...
June 13–15, 2012 The World’s Largest Exhibition for the Solar Industry New Munich Trade Fair Centre, Germany Intersolar Europe is again proving itself to be the world...
Solar panels nowadays are flat, but folding them like origami could dramatically boost the amount of power they produce. MIT researchers have created an origami-like...
Any day now, five people will toss one of the world's most sophisticated remote-control planes into the air at the U.S. Army's proving ground in Yuma, Ariz. It's the...
Organic batteries are an exciting area of research at the moment due to the benefits and potential they have to power our gadgets in the future. One of the companies...
The human hand is an amazing machine that can pick up, move and place objects easily, but for a robot, this "gripping" mechanism is a vexing challenge. Opting for simple...
As more and more people across the world adopt cars as their primary mode of transportation, well-lit highways become increasingly important. But how can we sustainably...
Residents of the early 21st century live in quite an exciting time. We have a thriving Internet culture, an unprecedented understanding of the natural world and we can...
