Category: INNOVATION

Photo: tayla maurici Waves off the U.S. coast could generate 2.64 trillion kilowatt hours of electricity. That’s 64% of all[…]

Thermoplastic resin, a new material used for wind turbine blades can be recycled and make renewable energy more sustainable. Blades[…]

General Electric’s new wind turbine is so large it’s hard to photograph. The turning diameter of its rotor is longer[…]

The Archimedes, a Dutch renewable energy start-up has created an efficient, almost silent small rooftop wind turbine. It comprises three[…]

Finding a good way to store solar energy is essential. Battery storage tends to be expensive and impractical for remote[…]

An easy one-step technique could speed up commercialization of perovskite solar cells made from inexpensive, abundant materials. It promises to[…]

A new portable solar-powered device harnesses the sun’s energy generating steam efficiently at high temperatures and pressures even in hazy[…]

A new material works like a luminescent solar concentrator and can be applied to textile fibers. Thus jackets, T-shirts. etc.[…]

Photo: Dennis Schroeder, NREL Transparent glass panes using special thermochromic materials coated on glass or sandwiched between glass panels can[…]

Scientists have derived design rules for light-absorbing dyes able to help make organic solar cells more efficient, while tailoring their[…]