Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain After Hurricane Maria razed the electrical grid in Puerto Rico nearly six years ago, there was a lot of talk about making the energy system more…
Tag: Energy & Green Tech
Hollow carbon co-doped anatase titanium dioxide spheres hold promise for high-performance metal ion batteries
(a, b) Scanning electron microscopy, (c, d) transmission electron microscopy, (e, f) high resolution transmission electron microscopy and (g-i) energy-dispersive system mapping images of HS-TiO2. Credit: Li Zhaoqian By changing…
Maine plans to use offshore wind for half its energy needs by 2040
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Maine will procure at least 3,000 megawatts of electricity from offshore wind turbines by 2040 under a bill signed Thursday by Democratic Gov. Janet Mills, enough…
As e-bikes proliferate, so do deadly fires blamed on exploding lithium-ion batteries
A biker stops to look at a pile of e-bikes in the aftermath of a fire in Chinatown, which authorities say started at an e-bike shop and spread to upper-floor…
Researchers develop breakthrough prototype of stretchable fabric-based lithium-ion battery
UH researchers stretching, testing and monitoring the stretchable fabric-based lithium-ion battery’s performance. The gray striated section is the battery prototype. Credit: University of Houston Most people already know and appreciate…
New tech brings resilience to small-town hydropower
Fall River Electric Cooperative Hydropower Plant on the Teton River near Felt, Idaho. Credit: Idaho National Laboratory Idaho National Laboratory (INL) has celebrated the ribbon-cutting of its new Microgrid in…
One year old, US climate law is already turbocharging clean energy technology
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain On a recent day under the July sun, three men heaved solar panels onto the roof of a roomy, two-story house near the banks of the…
Robotically manufactured timber as a model for resource-efficient construction
Exterior view of the livMatS Biomimetic Shell @ FIT. © ICD/ITKE/IntCDC University of Stuttgart, . Credit: Conné van d’Grachten As the world’s population continues to grow, the construction industry faces…
Iran’s ancient ‘wind catchers’ beat the heat naturally
UNESCO listed Yazd as a World Heritage Site, describing the city as a ‘living testimony to intelligent use of limited available resources in the desert for survival’ Tall, chimney-like towers rise…
New catalyst could dramatically cut methane pollution from millions of engines
Today’s catalysts for removing unburnt methane from natural gas engine exhaust are either inefficient at low, start-up temperatures or break down at higher operating temperatures. A new single-atom catalyst developed…
