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Storage & Harvest
It’s all very well harnessing the power of renewable energy, but where to put it? Here is the latest news of solutions for the storage and harvest of energy.
The bigger, the better, for solar power storage
It would be a lot easier to expand our use of solar and wind energy if we had better ways to store the large…
Exciton binding energy is the key for efficient solar cells
The golden ticket for successful solar cell technology is efficiency: the amount of sunlight a solar cell can…
Harvesting unused mechanical energy in the environment
A new concept in energy harvesting could capture energy that is currently mostly wasted due to its characteristic…
It’s getting hot in here, so charge up your smart watch
Company founders Akram Boukai, CEO, and Douglas Tham, Chief Technology Officer of Matrix Industries, based in Menlo…
Methane emissions blow away efforts to slow down climate change
The powerful greenhouse gas, and main cause of climate change, Methane, is growing faster in the atmosphere than…
Turning renewable energy into natural gas
For wider adoption of wind and solar power, one of the biggest challenges is how to store the excess energy they…
Highly efficient solar cells inspired by plants
To make a key discovery that could help make solar cells more efficient, a University of California, Riverside…
Tesla’s SolarCity sets example for the world
To celebrate its $2.6bn acquisition of SolarCity, Tesla has announced a major solar energy project: wiring up the…
Nuclear waste to batteries starts diamond-age of power generation
New technology has been developed that uses nuclear waste to generate electricity in a nuclear-powered battery. A…
From-farm-to-fork: A Thanksgiving turkey tale
The carbon footprint of a typical Thanksgiving feast - roasted turkey stuffed with sausage and apples, green bean…