Renewables

Generate and store clean energy with the worlds first portable Wind Turbine. The turbine features a Li-ion battery pack that stores the energy to be used when needed. Trinity uses the same type of battery as electric cars and has an easy two step setup. Trinity generates up to 2,500W and generates in as low as 4mph and weighs as little as 650g.

Germany took another step forward in its Energiewende recently, as the largest wind park in the German Baltic coastline region, Baltic 2, was switched on. Greeted with a strong breeze, the 80 windmills lying north of the popular holiday island of Rügen are set to provide 288MW of energy per year, which should provide for some 340,000 households.

Emerson Process Management is making energy harvesting a reality for its smart wireless transmitters through the use of Perpetuum’s vibration energy harvester and intelligent power module solutions. Energy harvesting converts unused energy, such as vibration from pumps and motors, into electric energy. Perpetuum vibration energy harvesters provide external power to Emerson’s transmitters, decreasing maintenance by extending the life o...

Scientists at the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), South Korea, have developed a simple process to treat waste coffee grounds to allow them to store methane. The simple soak and heating process develops a carbon capture material with the additional environmental benefits of recycling a waste product.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) and the Suhail Bahwan Group (SBG) have invested in Altaeros Energies to support the design and production of its Buoyant Airborne Turbine (BAT) renewable energy and communication platform. MHI and SBG bring deep strategic expertise in developing and executing large technology projects for industrial and government customers around the world.

Researchers at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) and FOM Foundation have presented a very promising prototype of a solar cell that produces fuel rather than electricity in the Nature Communications journal. The Gallium Phosphide (GaP) enables the solar cell to produce hydrogen gas, a clean fuel, from liquid water.

Researchers at Monash University have designed a solar fuel generating device that has established a record in energy efficiency for the production of solar fuels. The device can produce hydrogen fuel at 22% energy efficiency, breaking the previous record of 18%. Lead researcher Professor Leone Spiccia, School of Chemistry, Monash explained that the process of hydrolysis generates hydrogen and oxygen by passing an electric current through wa...

According to Lux Research, Panasonic is currently the runaway leader in the nascent battery market for EVs, but LG Chem has the potential to overtake it in what will be a $30bn market in 2020.

Researchers from the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University have developed a manufacturing technique that could double the electricity output of inexpensive solar cells by using a microscopic rake when applying light-harvesting polymers.  

As the price of installing solar has gotten less expensive, more homeowners are turning to it as a possible option for decreasing their energy bill. Google want to make installing solar panels easy and understandable for anyone. Project Sunroof puts Google's expansive data in mapping and computing resources to use, helping calculate the best solar plan for users.