Browsing Category
Renewables
Lithium Ion Battery Waste and Discarded Vegetable Oil Equals Biodiesel
Biodiesels, the versatile product of vegetable oil, can be used to power our cars and heat our homes, as well as to…
New Research Illuminates Future of Tandem Solar Cells
A team of researchers from nanotechnology specialist Nextgen Nano may have found a new way of accelerating the…
Breaking the recycling barrier in packaging
When it comes to rust preventative packaging for metal parts, most VCI (vapor corrosion inhibitor) moisture barrier…
Battery Reuse Systems: Good for EVs and Grid-scale Solar
Electric vehicles batteries that need to be retired because they can no longer provide reliable acceleration and…
Super-capacitor Technology Offers “Limitless” Potential
Whether we ever get to the point that we’re using 100% renewable energy or not depends on a variety of factors, one…
Stacked Tandem Structure Could Boost Solar Cell Efficiency by 50%
The silicon solar cells we use today aren’t particularly efficient when it comes to converting solar energy into…
The Next Big Wave in Tidal Turbine Braking Systems
Tidal turbines leverage a practically inexhaustible renewable resource by converting the energy of tidal flows into…
Middle East Renewables Braced for Turbulent Outlook
Recent reports have estimated that global solar demand will slow down for the first time in three decades, with the…
Solar and LED Efficiency Can Be Significantly Increased with Carbon Dot Method
By augmenting the auxiliary layers of the devices responsible for electron transport rather than working with the…
When You Have A Smartphone But No Water
Access to clean water remains a significant problem in Africa, yet smartphones are widespread throughout the…