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BODIPY Dye Could be Suitable Material for Storing Energy in Liquid-Based Batteries

Could a glow-in-the-dark dye be the next advancement in energy storage technology? Researchers from the University at Buffalo think so.

18 Nov 2016

Researchers Develop New Biosupercapacitor that Efficiently Generates and Stores Energy

Efficient production and storage of energy - for example, for implanted medical systems - is a major challenge for today’s society. Now, scientists have developed a new biocatalyst-polymer system that could perform both tasks at once. This system is a hybrid of a fuel cell and capacitor on a biocatalytic basis.

16 Nov 2016

HyperSolar’s Lab-Scale Prototype Successfully Produces Renewable Hydrogen from Iowa River Water

HyperSolar, Inc., the developer of a breakthrough technology to produce renewable hydrogen using sunlight and any source of water, today released a video demonstration of its prototype successfully producing hydrogen using water from the Iowa River, an indication of the technology’s potential in real world settings.

16 Nov 2016

Research on Advanced Energy Storage System

A novel marine pumped storage system has been created by a team of researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energy and Energy System Technology (IWES).

14 Nov 2016

Lehigh University Study Prepares for Shared Economy in Renewable Electric Power

An economic revolution – the so-called sharing economy – has been on the rise in recent years.

11 Nov 2016

Invisible Solar Panel Roof Tiles to Power Your Home

Tesla and SolarCity have recently developed a new solar roof that can be integrated within glass roof tiles.

31 Oct 2016

NTU Singapore to Build Offshore System by Integrating Multiple Renewable Energy Sources

Nanyang Technological University (NTU Singapore) is building an offshore system that will integrate multiple renewable energy sources such as solar, wind, tidal, diesel, and power-to-gas technologies.

27 Oct 2016

Researchers Identify Effective Ways to Increase Renewable Energy Production

Under the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean Power Plan, states soon could be mandated to significantly reduce carbon emissions.

26 Oct 2016

Houseplants Use Special Form of Nanotechnology to Harvest Light for Photosynthesis

For many people, nanotechnology belongs in the realm of science fiction. Researchers at the Universities of Bristol and Essex have solved the mystery of the blue sheen on the leaves of some begonias and have found that their chloroplasts have evolved a nanoscale light-trapping structure to help them survive in the darkness of the forest floor.

25 Oct 2016

UC Riverside Engineers Develop Energy-Efficient Way to Create Silicon-Based Anodes for Lithium-Ion Batteries

Researchers at the University of California, Riverside's Bourns College of Engineering have developed an inexpensive, energy-efficient way to create silicon-based anodes for lithium-ion batteries from the fossilized remains of single-celled algae called diatoms.

24 Oct 2016