Sandia National Laboratories scientists have developed tiny glitter-sized photovoltaic cells that could revolutionize the way solar energy is collected and used. The tiny cells could turn a person into a walking solar battery charger if they were fastened to flexible substrates molded around unusual shapes, such as clothing. The solar particles, fabricated of crystalline silicon, […]
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MIT Team Discovers Using Nanotubes Enhances Lithium Battery Performance
Batteries might gain a boost in power capacity as a result of a new finding from researchers at MIT. They found that using carbon nanotubes for one of the battery’s electrodes produced a significant increase — up to tenfold — in the amount of power it could deliver from a given weight of material, compared […]
Voltage Regulators for Computing Tout Efficiency Shaping Tech
CHiL Semiconductor Corporation announced a new configuration in its computing voltage regulator (VR) solutions for CPU, GPU, and DDR applications. Now configured to optimize efficiency from the lowest idle state to the highest operating state of today’s high performance server, graphics and desktop solutions, CHiL asserts its next generation true-digital power algorithms have increased efficiency […]
Regional Photovoltaic Markets Display High Growth in 2010
According to the latest photovoltaic (PV) market analysis from Solarbuzz, an international solar energy market research and consulting company, nine countries are forecast to exceed 250 MW in 2010, up from six countries in 2009. The high growth in these regions can be attributed to strong supportive government policy and consumer demand. These conclusions were […]
Georgia World Congress Center Achieves 64% Diversion Rate During Microsoft Event
The Georgia World Congress Center (GWCC) worked with the Microsoft Corporation in April during their Microsoft Dynamics customer conference, Convergence, to divert as much waste as possible from the landfill. Fifty-seven tons of waste were produced during the four-day event. Through coordinated efforts between Microsoft, the GWCC’s Building Services department and in-house caterer Levy Restaurants, […]
Energy Challenge Three: The Greenbelt Green Neighborhood Challenge
Lore Rosenthal, a principal leader behind the Greenbelt Climate Action Network, attended a meeting in Greenbelt, Maryland, on an energy purchasing cooperative more than a year ago. Also attending the meeting was Lore’s neighbor, Sylvia Lewis, on the board of both the Greenbelt Community Foundation (GCF) and Greenbelt Homes, Inc. (GHI). The energy purchasing co-op […]
Vibration Energy Harvester Powers Portable Devices
Perpetuum’s free-standing vibration energy harvester converts unused mechanical vibration into useable electrical energy to power wireless sensor systems. www.perpetuum.com
How Do You Save Energy in the Summer?
Monday is the official first day of summer! With summer comes hot weather and high cooling bills. But you can take steps to save this summer; Drew told us about a few on Tuesday, and the Stay Cool, Save Money site has more tips. Tell us: How do you save energy in the summer? Each […]
Solar Light Bulb ‘Time-Shifts’ Light
The innovative Nokero bulb offers an affordable, clean and safe lighting solution to 1.6 billion people worldwide – a quarter of the human population – who live without electricity and rely on fossil-fuel lanterns for lighting. The durable, rainproof light bulb is about the size of a standard incandescent bulb and can be charged during […]
The ZigBee alliance and SUNSPEC Alliance collaborate on renewable energy management
The ZigBee Alliance and the SunSpec Alliance today announced an agreement to collaborate on defining standards for renewable energy and microgrid management using the ZigBee Smart Energy version 2.0 standard. The ZigBee Alliance is a global ecosystem of companies creating wireless solutions for use in energy management, commercial and consumer applications, and the SunSpec Alliance […]
