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Energy
Energy independence turns the gears of the visionary’s imagination, and grants us individual control of our modern lives. No meaningful alternative to the Crown’s system can be achieved without exploring decentralized energy production and storage.
Tesla Solar Roof Smooth And Textured To Go On Sale Today
Today is the day when two variants of Tesla's solar roof will launch.
The UK Just Switched on an Ambitious Fusion Reactor - and It Works
First plasma has been achieved.
Simple Survival Earthship Walk Through
Enjoy a short guided tour of a 1U Simple Survival Earthship with all off-grid systems. Construction drawings for this building and other Simple Survival designs are included in our app for $9.99 https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/simpl...
New process for manufacturing PV cells means cheaper solar power
A major roadblock to the mass use of solar energy are photovoltaic (PV) solar cells.
Increasing the energy density of batteries...
Jeff Dahn is recognized as one of the pioneering developers of the Li-ion battery.
Pilot Commercial plants for Spray on Solar cells will start in 2018
A future when solar cells can be sprayed or printed onto the windows of skyscrapers or atop sports utility vehicles -- and at prices potentially far cheaper than today's silicon-based panels could begin in 2018.
LPP Fusion working on inpurities for Tungsten anode and in the summer will have...
Hardric Labs in Massachusetts has reported to LPPFusion that its work on machining the new beryllium cathode is nearing completion and they expect to ship the finished piece in early March, only a few weeks behind their initial schedule.
Angela Belcher: Using nature to grow batteries
Inspired by an abalone shell, Angela Belcher programs viruses to make elegant nanoscale structures that humans can use. Selecting for high-performing genes through directed evolution, she's produced viruses that can construct powerful new batteries,
Three layers of graphene reveals a new kind of magnet
However, in graphene -- one atom thick graphite -- the density of electrons is much smaller and can be changed by making a transistor. As a result of the low density of electrons the wave nature of electrons, as described by quantum mechanics, is eas
Moon as unprospected eighth continent that will produce trillionaires
Moon Express is one of only two teams in the Google Lunar XPRIZE competition with a verified launch contract for its 2017 lunar mission. In October 2015, Moon Express announced that it had signed the worlds' first multi-mission launch contract with
LG Chem Launches Residential Energy Storage Systems In U.S.
If you make the cells themselves, why not make the energy storage system to go around them?
Graphene inherits superconductor qualities when close to superconductors
MIT physicists have found that a flake of graphene, when brought in close proximity with two superconducting materials, can inherit some of those materials' superconducting qualities. As graphene is sandwiched between superconductors, its electroni
TankTwo String Batteries
Franco Gonzales of IDTechEx interviews Bert Holtappels of TankTwo about their battery packs for electric cars at the IDTechEx Show! In Berlin. TankTwo's system is comprised of multiple individual intelligent cells made from same material as traditi
New Materials - More Energy from the Battery of the Future | Tomorrow Today
Hopes are riding on electric motors to power the cars of the future. Their Achilles heel is the batteries. They're too heavy, too short-lived and take too long to re-charge.Now
The future of rechargeable batteries
Researchers at Argonne National Laboratory are developing car and smartphone batteries that can hold 50 percent more energy.
Southern California Edison To Bring Online 50 MW Tesla Powerpack 2 Systems
California will shortly bring more Tesla energy storage systems online in Southern California Edison's (SCE's) service area.
A Look Inside A Tesla Battery Cell Shows Superiority Over Standard 18650 – Video
ARIES RC channel, that is promoting new technology (specifically new battery technology) in unmanned UAVs, released an interesting video on Tesla's lithium-ion battery (of which they sell on ebay).
A copper oxide solar cells on top of regular silicon solar cells ----
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New Materials Could Turn Water into the Fuel of the Future and puts chemical ...
from sunlight on the fast track to commercial viability ...Scientists at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have--in just two years--nearly doubled
Despite Other's Initial Efforts, Tesla's Gigafactory Is Years Ahead
IN THE GLOBAL ARMS RACE FOR BATTERIES, ELON MUSK IS KING AND TESLA GIGAFACTORY IS HIS CASTLE
DIY Powerwall Builders Are Using Recycled Laptop Batteries to Power Their Homes
In May of 2015, Elon Musk unveiled Tesla's Powerwall. The battery allows homeowners to store electricity, either from the grid or solar panels.
Ford to Create New Brand of Electric Cars in China, GM Sells $5,000 Electric Car
China accounts for forty percent of global electric cars sales. Ford wants to crack that market with Fully Electric Vehicles Sold Under a New Brand, made in China of course.
More durable and longer lasting lithium-ion batteries with nanosheet anodes
Singapore researchers have a new generalized method of producing anode materials for lithium-ion batteries. The anodes are made from metal oxide nanosheets, which are ultrathin, two-dimensional materials with excellent electrochemical and mechanical
China completing first small nuclear reactors in 2020-2021 and plan mass production
China General Nuclear Power Group (CGNPC) announced in January 2016 that it would build a floating ACPR50S reactor to enter service in 2020, with a thermal output of 200 megawatts and electrical output of 60 megawatts.
China dominates generation 3+ nuclear reactors
The world's first AP1000 reactor will begin fuel loading in the next two weeks. The power plant will start loading more than 100 fuel assemblies into the honeycomb core of its AP1000 reactor with a pair of robotic arms.
Toyota Says It'll Launch Solid-State Battery EVs In 2022
We feel like we've heard this countless times already, but here we go again.
MXene Combines Supercapacitor Tech With Large Format EV Batteries
Researchers in Drexel University's College of Engineering are developing a new battery electrode design that will enable recharging in minutes…or even seconds.
Metallic Hydrogen claim, criticisms and rebutal
The Metallic Hydrogen Wigner–Huntington transition is only a piece of the story, – the problem of high pressure hydrogen metallization is much more interesting than we thought just a few years ago, with intriguing intermediate phases with unexpec
China will make commercial floating nuclear reactors and reactors for nuclear military ships
A consortium of Chinese organizations is teaming up with state-owned China National Nuclear Power Company to develop and produce small, floating nuclear power plants.
GS Yuasa Promises Range-Doubling EV Battery By 2020
Range-doubling battery technology!
New propulsion system gets CubeSats moving with teaspoons of water
Inexpensive and compact CubeSats are great for certain missions, but their simplicity can limit their applications. For one, most of them don't pack their own propulsion systems, instead hitchhiking into orbit aboard other satellite launches.
Supercapacitors game changing improvement on energy density compared to batteries
Supercapacitors have long been far faster charging than batteries but usually have 40 times less energy density (5 watt hours instead of 200 watt hours) compared to batteries.
Argonne Lab will verify Transatomic Power molten fuel salt
Transatomic Power Corporation has been awarded a second voucher to complete work with the Argonne National Laboratory, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced last month.
Creating nearly perfect meter sized graphene one hundred times faster
Researchers have achieved a leap forward in graphene production, from a technique that synthesizes a few square centimeters of single-crystal graphene in a couple of hours, to...
A Pod Races Through the Hyperloop for the First Time Ever
The future sounds a bit like a witch crying over a dead cat. That spooky wail is the sound hyperloop makes--at least, the version of the high-speed transportation system designed by Hyperloop One, which just took a big stride toward the day it fling
Carbon Nanotubes Turn Electrical Current into Light-emitting Quasi-particles
Strong light-matter coupling in these semiconducting tubes may hold the key to electrically pumped lasers
Bollinger B1 Electric Truck Ready For Work, CHAdeMO Fast Charging –
– Watch Livestream Debut
Off-Road-Ready Tesla Model X Rendered
This macho beast of a Tesla Model X is ready to tackle the toughest terrain.
China producing 60 gigawatts of solar panels this year up 25%
China's solar industry is expected to produce 25 percent more panels in 2017 than last year, supported by domestic sales and demand from the United States and emerging markets, the head of a Chinese industry association said.
A handful of North American advanced nuclear reactor projects have made substantial progress
Third way has a report on 48 north american companies and research institutions working on advanced small nuclear reactors.
Gaye Levy on how to recharge Alkaline batteries.
About a month ago, I learned that it was possible not only to test old alkaline batteries to see if they are still are usable but also that, with the right type of charger, you can bring dead batteries back to life and that you can actually recharge
Los Alamos self regulating reactors from tens of kilowatts for NASA to several megawatts
Los Alamos is working with NASA on nuclear fission systems (Kilopower and MegaPower) as a heat source that transfers heat via a heat pipe to a small Stirling engine-based power convertor to produce electricity from uranium.
Very small modular nuclear fission reactors for military and space applications
The Defense Science Board has a 99 page report which proposes that the US military fund the development of very small nuclear reactors for forward remote operating bases.
OFFGRID Living: How many solar panels and Batteries do you need to run your home?
So you're looking to go off the grid, or maybe just build a backup power system to ensure you can survive a long-term grid down situation? If you're like most people who email us, you probably have a number of questions on how to do it, how much
Lucid Air Prototype Hits 235 MPH On High Speed Oval (w/video)
When 217 miles per hour isn't fast enough you go back to the drawing board if you're Lucid Motors.
Tesla Wins Energy Storage Contract In Australia – 129 MWh / 100 MW
Tesla won the world's largest energy storage order in Australia so the 100 MW-scale, 100 days challenge in now underway.
Carbon nanotube reinforce Composites can reduce space vehicle mass by 30%
NASA's Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) is keenly interested in nanotechnology – an approach that can reduce the mass and improve the performance of aerospace systems.
India nearing completion of 500 MW commercial fast breeder reactor
India plans to commission its first fast breeder reactor (FBR) by the end of this year at Kalpakkam in the southern state of Tamil Nadu.
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