Technology

Energy Storage Battery

Korean Scientists Develop New Stretchable Lithium-Ion Battery

Researchers at the Korea Institute of Science and Technology have developed a high-capacity lithium-ion battery that is flexible enough to be stretched.

Nuclear Technology

Westinghouse Electric Company Installs 3D Printed Part in Commercial Nuclear Reactor

A significant milestone for additive manufacturing has been achieved in the nuclear industry: a first-of-its-kind 3D printed component has successfully been ins…

Solar Technology

A Flexible Perovskite Solar Cell with 11.8% Efficiency

U.S. researchers have created an inorganic mixed halide perovskite solar cell which they claim shows no thermal degradation even at 200 degrees Celsius for thre…

SunPower Bolsters Residential Solar Loan Programme with USD-1bn Partnership

SunPower Corp has entered into a USD-1-billion (EUR 919m) partnership with Technology Credit Union (Tech CU) that gives the Silicon Valley-based solar company a…

Energy Storage Project

Wärtsilä to Deliver 70 MW Energy Storage System in California

​Technology group Wärtsilä is finalising a 70 MW energy storage and energy management system project in the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) en…

Solar Technology

New Material Processing Steps Significantly Improve Operational Stability of Hybrid Perovskite Solar Cells

Silicon has long been the conventional material of choice for solar cells, which convert energy from the sun into electricity. However, because light absorption…

Nuclear Policy

NGOs Demand Place for Nuclear in EU Taxonomy

A group of more than 100 scientists and environmentalists have written to the European Commission calling for a "timely and just assessment" of nuclear energy i…

Energy Storage System

Wärtsilä to Deliver 70MW Energy Storage System in California

Finnish technology group Wärtsilä is set to finalise the delivery order of a 70MW energy storage and energy management system in California.

Solar Technology

BNEF Says Solar and Wind are now Cheapest Sources of New Energy Generation

Solar PV and onshore wind are now the cheapest sources of new-build generation for at least two-thirds of the global population. Those two-thirds live in locati…

Hydrogen Technology

MHI Vestas Sets Course for Hydrogen Propulsion

MHI Vestas and the owner of the Bard offshore wind project have signed agreements with a shipbuilder to provide offshore operation vessels that will eventually …

Energy Technology

Work Begins on World's Largest Solar-Powered Hydrogen Plant

China's Baofeng Energy Group said it started construction on the largest solar-powered hydrogen pilot plant in the world.

Nuclear Technology

Japan's Tepco, Chubu, Hitachi, Toshiba to Collaborate on Nuclear Plants

Tokyo Electric Power, (9501.T) Chubu Electric Power, (9502.T) Hitachi (6501.T) and Toshiba (6502.T) have agreed to consider cooperating on their nuclear plant b…

Energy Storage Battery

KIST Develops High-Performance Ceramic Fuel Cell that Operates

Thin-film catalyst incorporation enables high-performance over butane fuel at 600°C or below. The technology considerably widens the application range of ceram…

Hydrogen Fuel Cell

Why Hydrogen Fuel Cells are the Future of Sustainable Transport

Fuel cell technology has been in development since the late 1800s and hydrogen fuel cells have been around since the early 1930s. However, they have never been …

Wind Energy Technology

Making Wind Power More Predictable

Using existing weather data to build computer models of long-term wind patterns for future wind turbine.