Technology

Smart Grid

Study: Modern Electric Grid Needs Smarter Modeling for Improved Resilience

Power systems and communication networks are increasingly interdependent, which can affect the response and recovery times when problems occur.

New Technology

Layered Solar Cell Technology Boosts Efficiency, Affordability

The future's getting brighter for solar power. Researchers from CU Boulder have created a low-cost solar cell with one of the highest power-conversion efficienc…

Wärtsilä to operate 378MW gas power plant in El Salvador

Finnish technology group Wärtsilä has agreed to operate and maintain Energía del Pacífico’s 378MW power plant in El Salvador.

Energy Storage Battery

New Discovery Set to Revolutionise Ceramic Fuel Cell Technology

Researchers from the University of Aberdeen in Scotland have discovered a new family of chemical compounds that they claim could “revolutionise fuel cell techn…

Slovakian Govt backs EUR-1bn EV Battery Gigafactory by InoBat

InoBat Auto, the Bratislava-based battery maker with plans for a 10-GWh plant, has secured funding from the Slovakian government for a research and development …

Solar Power Plant

Polymer Films Prevent Lead Escaping from Perovskite Solar Cells

Researchers at the US National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Northern Illinois University (NIU) have developed a technique to sequester the lead used i…

Energy Storage Material

Breakthrough Discovery of Chemical Group Could Revolutionise Fuel Cell Technology

The discovery by University of Aberdeen researchers has been compared to finding a “needle in a haystack”.

Oil and Gas Technology

China National Petroleum Corporation Completes First Medical Mask Production Line

22 days of hard work, day and night scientific research, non-stop construction...On February 29, the first batch of six production lines for surgical masks was …

Energy Storage Battery

Potassium Metal Battery Emerges as a Rival to Lithium-Ion Technology

From cell phones, to solar power, to electric cars, humanity is increasingly dependent on batteries. As demand for safe, efficient, and powerful energy storage …

Nuclear Technology

High-Energy-Electron Scattering Probes the Strong Nuclear Interaction at Close Range

Modelling the fundamental strong force between protons and neutrons — collectively called nucleons — is tricky. But in a paper in Nature, Schmidt and collabor…

New Technology

AltaRock Energy is Developing Geothermal Technology by Melting its Way Through Rock

​A rich source of this heat exists below the ground and this technology could make extraction easier.

Energy storage technology

Sumitomo and Highview in Pact to Roll out Cryogenic Energy Storage Globally

Combustion and steam generation technology company Sumitomo Heavy Industries and energy storage firm Highview Power are collaborating to expand cryogenic energy…

Wind Energy Technology

Quadrupling Turbines, US Can Meet 2030 Wind-Energy Goals

The United States could generate 20% of its electricity in a breezy way within 10 years according to new Cornell research.

Energy Storage Project

Pivot Power Places 100MW Energy Storage Order with Wärtsilä

EDF Renewables company Pivot Power has placed an order with European technology group Wärtsilä to deliver 100MW of energy storage in the UK.

Solar Power Panel

Why India Can't Afford to Lose the New Solar Race

It is really time for India to invest quickly into new research areas like the use of solar power in industry and making of an efficient battery. A respected gl…