Jan
24
The Four Motor Electric Car Experiment
January 24, 2013 | 1 Comment
Junmin Wang, assistant professor of mechanical engineering and Director of the Vehicle Systems and Control Laboratory at Ohio State leads a team of bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral students as well as a few local high school students to make a whole traction and motion control system energy-efficient and fault-tolerant, so if one wheel, motor or […]
Jan
23
Nano Silicon Powder Produces Hydrogen Without Energy
January 23, 2013 | 5 Comments
Experiments by researchers at the University at Buffalo (UB) found using nano-sized particles of silicon to react with water produces hydrogen almost instantaneously. In a series of experiments, the scientists created spherical silicon particles about 10 nanometers in diameter. When combined with water, these particles reacted to form silicic acid (a nontoxic byproduct) and hydrogen […]
Jan
22
A Look At Marginal Lands For Biofuel Production
January 22, 2013 | 1 Comment
A team of researchers led by Michigan State University (MSU) is showing how marginal lands represent a huge untapped resource to grow mixed species cellulosic biomass, plants grown specifically for fuel production, which could annually produce up to 5.5 billion gallons of ethanol in the Midwest alone. The research paper has been published in Nature, […]
Jan
21
New World Record for Thin Film Solar Cell Efficiency
January 21, 2013 | Leave a Comment
Scientists at Empa, the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, have developed thin film solar cells on flexible polymer foils with a new record efficiency of 20.4% for converting sunlight into electricity. The new Swiss cells are based on the semiconducting material copper indium gallium (di)selenide (CIGS) that’s already known for its potential […]
Jan
18
Heads Up! New Grants Coming For Saving Energy
January 18, 2013 | 2 Comments
Getting those high efficiency products should be getting more affordable. According to researchers at Berkeley Lab projections published yesterday, efficiency programs funded by electric and natural gas utility customers will double by 2025 to about $9.5 billion per year. Rates are sure to be going up, so catching the improvement grants is going to be […]
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