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New Model for Increasing Sunlight Trapped by a Solar Cell

A person looking at a cell phone realizes the battery is low, suggesting another long walk into town to pay money and charge the device. By the time the person gets home, it gets dark, and a kerosene lamp is lit, which casts a dim glow across the room.

7 Mar 2019

New Study Predicts Lithium-Ion-Based Batteries to be the Cheapest Way to Store Electricity in Future

A new study has predicted that by 2050, lithium-ion-based batteries will be the most economical way to store electricity, for example, from solar or wind farms.

10 Jan 2019

New Electrocatalytic Mechanism Works Like Mammalian Lung to Convert Water into Fuel

Stanford University researchers have created an electrocatalytic mechanism that functions similar to a mammalian lung to turn water into fuel.

21 Dec 2018

New Solar Flow Battery Could Help Transcend the Limitations of Electrical Grid

In Saudi Arabia and the United States, researchers have harnessed the abilities of a battery and a solar in a single device called "solar flow battery". This device is capable of soaking up sunlight and efficiently storing it as chemical energy for subsequent on-demand use.

28 Sep 2018

New Battery Gobbles Up Carbon Dioxide

A new type of battery developed by researchers at MIT could be made partly from carbon dioxide captured from power plants.

26 Sep 2018

New Type of Battery Could Make Use of Carbon Dioxide Captured from Power Plants

A new type of battery developed by researchers at MIT could be made partly from carbon dioxide captured from power plants. Rather than attempting to convert carbon dioxide to specialized chemicals using metal catalysts, which is currently highly challenging, this battery could continuously convert carbon dioxide into a solid mineral carbonate as it discharges.

24 Sep 2018

Popular Bright-Blue Dye Could Also Power Batteries

A new study has revealed blue dye can be used for the controlled capture, storage and release of energy.

29 Aug 2018

Scotrenewables Tidal Clocks Record Level of Power Generation

Scotrenewables Tidal Power has set another record with its first 2MW floating tidal stream turbine with the unit clocking up over 3GWh of renewable electricity in its first year of testing at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney, Scotland.

22 Aug 2018

Crown Battery Promotes Recycling of Conventional Car Batteries

Typical car batteries are said to be 98% recyclable, making them more recyclable than an aluminum can. Earth Day is just the right time to recycle old car batteries safely and without difficulty across the U.S. Crown Battery suggests contacting a car mechanic or a local recycling center

24 Apr 2018

Students Win Grand Prize at MIT's Energy Innovation Competition

As renewable energy technologies, such as wind and solar power, become increasingly attractive power sources for the grid, industry is looking for better energy-storage systems that can make these sources more cost effective.

18 Apr 2018