Are bioplastics better for the environment than conventional plastics?
by Anja Krieger @anjakrieger This article is republished from Ensia, a solutions-focused nonprofit media outlet reporting on our changing planet. Confusion among terms like [...]
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Carbon Nanotubes Channel Heat into Light for Solar
The ever-more-humble carbon nanotube may be just the device to make solar panels far more efficient – and anything else that loses energy through heat. Rice University [...]
Enabling Geothermal Heat Transfer from Subway Tunnels
A few years ago we described a heat exchange application that uses the warm water in the Paris sewer system to heat buildings above. Now, researchers at EPFL in Switzerland [...]
“Hotspots” Boost Solar Desalination by 50%
Solar desalination methods have been around for awhile, both for powering the process, and to help with evaporation. Rice University’s solar-powered approach for [...]
What Does Tesla Bring to Electric Aircraft?
By Dr. Peter Harrop, Chairman at IDTechEx Editor’s Note: This article is part of a series of guest columns on innovative energy technologies and trends. Expect seven-times [...]
Speeding Discovery of New Solar Cell Materials
A broad class of materials called perovskites is considered one of the most promising avenues for developing new, more efficient solar cells. But the virtually limitless [...]
A Viable Climate Solution? Methane to CO2
A relatively simple process could help turn the tide of climate change while also turning a healthy profit. That’s one of the hopeful visions outlined in a new Stanford-led [...]
Game-Changing Solar Technologies: Q&A with MIT’s Vladimir Bulovic
The following is an excerpt of an interview with Vladimir Bulovic, published in the Spring 2019 issue of Energy Futures, the magazine of the MIT Energy Initiative. For the [...]
Recycling biosolids to make sustainable bricks
How can you recycle the world’s stockpiles of treated sewage sludge and boost sustainability in the construction industry, all at the same time? Turn those biosolids into [...]
Wood-based membrane captures low grade heat for energy
It’s been a longtime goal of engineers to harvest the energy created by the human body. Researchers at the University of Maryland have created a heat-to-electricity [...]
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