Engineering
Two of humanity's most ubiquitous historical materials, cement and carbon black (which resembles very fine charcoal), may form the basis for a novel, low-cost energy storage system, according to a new study. The technology ...
Jul 31, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
An electric car that runs on PV power sounds appealing. But is it really possible to enjoy flexibility with a vehicle charged through a home photovoltaic system? An ETH research team has reached some surprising conclusions.
Jan 4, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
What's not to like about this concept: high-efficiency solar cells gifting electric cars with mileage.
Energy & Green Tech
Venetia Chrysostomide fastened her helmet and rolled her solar-powered car into the sunny streets of Cypriot capital Nicosia for a race to showcase such vehicles' eco-friendly potential, even on a budget.
Jun 24, 2019
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Energy & Green Tech
Here is a business venture, spawned off a garaged project, that is every bit in the feel-good tech story genre and they are for real. Three friends with a vision built a community to start a movement, says their promotional ...
Engineering
When a team of engineers went to work in 2015 looking for a new technique to boost the cost-effectiveness of solar cells, they didn't realize they'd end with a bonus – a way to help improve the collision avoidance systems ...
Oct 5, 2017
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Energy & Green Tech
The future cost of energy storage technologies can now be predicted under different scenarios, thanks to a new tool created by Imperial researchers.
Jul 10, 2017
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Energy & Green Tech
(Tech Xplore)—A company called Lightyear aims to make a big difference in pushing electric cars into greener pastures.
Energy & Green Tech
France has ambitious plans to pave its roads using solar strips. How ambitious? The plan involves a 621-mile stretch of roads with the panels over the next five years, say reports.
Energy & Green Tech
The world has enough rare earth minerals and other critical raw materials to switch from fossil fuels to renewable energy to produce electricity and limit global warming, according to a new study that counters concerns about ...
Jan 27, 2023
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