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Energy refers to the application of engineering to energy efficiency and services, facility management, ecology, and alternative energy technologies. It includes renewable energy sources such as solar, wind, geothermal power, biofuels, and hydro power.
Stella Vie Solar-Powered Car Hailed As The Future
A futuristic Dutch family car that not only uses the sun as power but supplies energy back to the grid was hailed…
Bitcoin Technology ‘Blockchain’ Could Provide Smarter Smart Grids
On an electricity grid, electrons generated from the sun, wind, or other renewable sources are indistinguishable…
Bio-Engineered Algae Strain Converts Carbon Into Biodiesel
A strain of algae able to convert carbon into a record amount of energy-rich fat, which can then be processed into…
Air-Breathing Battery To Solve Renewable Energy Storage Issues
Wind and solar power are increasingly popular sources for renewable energy. But intermittency issues keep them from…
Elon Musk’s Big Dreams For Puerto Rico And Its Solar Panels
The Tesla Chief Executive, Elon Musk said he would discuss building a high tech solar grid for the island with…
You Could Power Your Own Home With Your Own Waste
We’re looking at future cities, and this prediction that the majority of humans will live in megacities around the…
The 30th Anniversary World Solar Challenge Has Begun
It's a special moment in the history of clean energy: the 30th anniversary World Solar Challenge has begun.
A Digitized Zebra Crossing To Modernize Pedestrian Safety
Architectural firm Umbrellium reckons it's got a solution: a sensor-packed digital crossing that responds to your…
Improving Solar Cells Can Improve Collisions In Autonomous Cars
Solar cells capture photons from sunlight in order to convert them into electricity. The thicker the layer of…
Dark Alpha-Phase Perovskite Created With Direct Laser Writing
KU Leuven researchers from the Roeffaers Lab and the Hofkens Group have now discovered a new, easier way to create…