by Ed Booth, Chico Enterprise-Record, Calif. Credit: CC0 Public Domain With the increase in solar panels on houses and plug-in cars patrolling the roads, batteries are going to be ever…
Tag: Energy & Green Tech
Why energy efficiency matters so much
Hugely energy inefficient: cars waste about 80 percent of the petrol they burn. If we are to save the planet, we are going to have to use energy far more…
Diamond device shows highest breakdown voltage
Diamond semiconductor device (4 mm x 4 mm in size). Credit: The Grainger College of Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign To reach the world’s goal of carbon neutrality…
Using AI as a guide for the better manufacturing of perovskite solar cells
Assisted by AI methods, researchers are striving to improve the manufacturing processes for highly efficient perovskite solar cells. Credit: Amadeus Bramsiepe, KIT Tandem solar cells based on perovskite semiconductors convert…
What will happen when all those EV batteries reach their end of life?
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The federal government and the provincial governments of Ontario and Quebec have committed tens of billions of dollars to the development of electric vehicle (EV) battery-manufacturing…
Increased efficiency of rotor blade production for wind turbines using specialized release film
by Anne-Grete Becker, Fraunhofer-Institut für Fertigungstechnik und Angewandte Materialforschung IFAM Credit: CC0 Public Domain By developing release agent-free process and material systems in the sub-project “Release film technology for optimized…
Engineering team develops new ultra stainless steel for hydrogen production
The novel stainless steel for hydrogen developed by the team. Credit: The University of Hong Kong A research project led by Professor Mingxin Huang at the Department of Mechanical Engineering…
L.A. asks how to equitably achieve 100% clean energy by 2035
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain In 2021, after the LA100 analysis laid out pathways for the city of Los Angeles to produce 100% renewable electricity, the City Council and Los Angeles…
