Efficiency

Energy Saving

Harnessing Plant Molecules to Harvest Solar Energy

Our current solar panels aren't very efficient; they are only able to convert up to about 20% of the sun's energy into electricity. As a result, to gene…

Energy Technology

This ‘Harry Potter’ Light Sensor Achieves Magically High Efficiency of 200%

Details of the photodiode used in the experimental setting. Credit: TU/e, Bart van OverbeekeUsing green light and a double-layered cell, Ph.D. researcher Riccar…

Energy Technology

Harnessing Plant Molecules to Harvest Solar Energy

Plasmon to Current technology. Fluorophores produce an induced current in the metal, which is proportional to the magnitude of the fluorophore’s extinctio…

Energy Saving

Physicists Solve Durability Issue in Next-Generation Solar Cells

Physicists in the U.S. jumped a major hurdle standing in the way of the commercialization of solar cells created with halide perovskites as a lower-cost, higher…

Energy Saving

Add-on Device Makes Home Furnaces Cleaner, Safer and Longer-Lasting

Natural gas furnaces not only heat your home, they also produce a lot of pollution.Even modern high-efficiency condensing furnaces produce significant amounts o…

Energy Saving

Government Hands Out £12.4M to Green Manufacturing Projects

A project to harness heat pumps to cut energy use from cheesemaking was among the funding winners | Credit: iStockEfforts to cut energy use from cheesemaking, r…

Energy Saving

By Growing Uniform Lithium Crystals, Engineers Progress Toward Fast-Charging Lithium-Metal Batteries

In a new Nature Energy study, engineers report progress toward lithium-metal batteries that charge quickly—as fast as an hour. This fast charging is thanks to …

Energy Saving

Tidal Stream Power Can Significantly Enhance Energy Security

Adopting tidal power alongside other forms of renewable energy can significantly enhance energy security and go some way to enabling communities to fulfill thei…

United States

Biogas produced with waste from apple juice production can minimize use of fossil fuels in industry

Scientists at the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) and the Federal University of the ABC (UFABC) in São Paulo state, Brazil, have successfully prod…

Hydrogen Technology

New Injector Makes Gas Injection System for Internal Combustion Engines More Efficient

Zero-emission hydrogen engines, like all internal combustion engines, require a mixture formation system, i.e. a system for metering the fuel, in this case hydr…

Energy Saving

New Superalloy Could Cut Carbon Emissions From Power Plants

As the world looks for ways to cut greenhouse gas emissions, researchers from Sandia National Laboratories have shown that a new 3D-printed superalloy could hel…

Solar Technology

Solar’s Stunning Journey From Lab Curiosity to Global Juggernaut Wiping Out Fossil Fuels

Image: Jamie Kidston/ANU. ANU solar pioneer, Professor Andrew Blakers has won the 2023 Queen Elizabeth prize in Engineering for ground breaking research in sola…

Energy Storage Battery

New Sodium, Aluminum Battery Aims to Integrate Renewables for Grid Resiliency

A new battery design could help ease integration of renewable energy into the nation's electrical grid at lower cost, using Earth-abundant metals, according to …

Energy Technology

Photovoltaic-Thermal System Based on PCM Cooling

Malaysian researchers have developed a system that can absorb heat from PV modules and transmit it to a nanofluid, in order to transform it into thermal energy …

Energy Saving

Vine-Inspired Robot Can Turn Toward a Heat Source

A group of robot engineers at the University of California Santa Barbara has designed and built a robot that mimics the way roots and vines move toward moisture…