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Making "Renewable" Viable: Drexel Engineers Develop New Technology for Grid-Level Electrical Energy Storage
One of the foremost challenges for sustainability is efficient use of renewable energy resources, a goal that hinges on the ability to store this energy when…
Global Alliance of Solar Energy Research Institutes
Three leading solar research institutes: the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory, NREL (USA), Fraunhofer Institute for Solar…
3-dimensional Light Emitting Diodes for future lighting technologies
The innovative 3-dimensional assembly of the diodes is expected to provide more than tenfold the quantity of light output in comparison to those planar LEDs…
Smart Grid Technology May Help Sustain Vital Social Services During Blackouts
Leading researchers from Carnegie Mellon University suggest that rethinking the solution to sustaining electric power—namely, starting small—could keep…
Triboelectric Generator Captures Power from Friction
The triboelectric generator could supplement power produced by nanogenerators that use the piezoelectric effect to create current from the flexing of zinc…
Researchers develop new possibilities for solar power
Solar PVTs are normally made with crystal silicon cells which generate electricity, but little heat. Stephen Harrison and Joshua Pearce (Mechanical and…