Technology

Solar Technology

An Invention could Soon Cut Five Percent of the World’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions

In the 1980s, a global race was underway to find a more efficient way of converting energy from the sun into electricity.

Photoelectrochemical Water-Splitting Efficiency Hits 4.5%

Solar-to-fuel conversion offers a promising technology to solve energy problems, yet device performance could be limited by undesired sunlight absorption.

Experts Views About How the Energy Industry Will Grow in 2020

Major shifts — including new technology, rising oil prices and a changing climate — are encouraging investors to look to new energy sources.

Energy storage technology

Energy Storage: A Necessary Part of Decarbonising, Smart Electricity Systems

2019 illustrated electricity systems’ requirement for greater flexibility, which energy storage technologies are ideally suited to provide. Two events in Great…

Solar And Wave-Powered Cleanup System for Collecting Plastics And Other Marine Debris

Calgary-based Technika Engineering is developing technology for collecting plastics and other marine debris from water surfaces powered by solar and wave energy…

Nuclear Technology

Brookhaven to Host Electron-Ion Collider

The US Department of Energy has selected a plan whereby accelerator infrastructure at the Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collider at Brookhaven National Laboratory (pic…

New Technology

Mechanical Engineering Grad Student Innovates Gas Turbine Heat Sensors

Shawn Siroka, a doctoral student in the Penn State Department of Mechanical Engineering, is using his talents to innovate new heat flux sensors in gas turbine e…

Honda Motor to Develop Hydrogen-powered Trucks with Isuzu Motors

Honda Motor will work with Isuzu Motors to develop hydrogen-powered trucks, seeing more potential for fuel cell technology in commercial vehicles rather than pa…

A Clean ,Affordable Battery for Home Using in Rural Africa

EPFL startup hiLyte has developed an eco-friendly battery that will allow people in Sub-Saharan Africa to light their homes and charge their cell phones. The te…

EV Technology

Tesla Is Going to Add A New Feature to Its Cars That Talks to You

The Tesla CEO didn’t enumerate about the teased feature. However, in his other tweet, he mentioned that the feature would be compatible with the Fart mode and …

Using Liquid Metal to Repurpose Waste Heat

Researchers in the Renewable Energy and Virtual Technology lab at UTD developed a prototype generator that uses gallium to recover low temperature waste heat fr…

BMW Intends to Introduce the Second-generation Fuel Cell Technology

BMW intends to introduce the second-generation fuel cell technology developed together with Toyota in the BMW X6 and X7. Head of Development Klaus Fröhlich mad…

Nuclear Technology

Brookhaven Selected to Host New US Ion Collider

The US Department of Energy has selected Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) in Upton, New York, as the site for a new research facility that it says will be a…

PowerGrid Technology

Japan's Power Grids to See Further Tech Upgrades

It is expected to deploy 80 million smart meters by 2024.

Electric Vehicle Charging

Flash-charge Technology: Charging of The Battery Within Seconds

The technology helps avoid the need to pull the e-vehicle out of service for recharging every few hours.