Technology minister Alois Stöger: “Research and development is an important strategic factor in expanding renewable energies and achieving global climate…
Everything was simpler in the past. Power plants were distributed throughout countries and their output was adjusted according to energy demand. Power plants…
Siemens will support the city of Vienna in optimizing its main sewage plant in terms of energy. For this purpose, Siemens is supplying the control, measuring,…
Electric vehicles are increasingly no longer charged with electricity by cords but by means of inductive charging systems. Charging takes place via a magnetic…
But this widely used design has a flaw: The shiny metal on top of the cell actually reflects sunlight away from the semiconductor where electricity is…
On November 23, 2015, Empa officially opened the research and technology transfer platform “move” in the presence of renowned energy and mobility experts. Over…
The new BINE Projektinfo brochure “Hybrid building machinery” (11/2015) presents a material handler with a diesel-electric drive. In order to supply the…
What is true for double-blade razors is also true for solar cells: two work steps are more thorough than one. Stacking two solar cells one on top of the other,…
Fuel cells rely on costly platinum catalysts to enable the reactions that convert chemical energy into electricity. Alloying platinum with noble metals such as…
The BINE-Projektinfo brochure “Processing solar cells with lasers” (08/2015) presents a new manufacturing process for silicon solar cells in which a laser…
Material is manufactured without binders and can be formed into any shape
Researchers model electricity grid with 100 per cent renewable energy
There is an urgent need to search for low-priced batteries to store electricity. Intermittency of green electricity is affecting the power grids, calling for…
Test Centre for Support Structures tests masts and foundations
The advance is based on a new innovation with thermochemical storage, in which chemical transformation is used in repeated cycles to hold heat, use it to drive…
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