Waste Plastic to Car Fuel…and New Plastic
We all know that plastics recycling can be a tricky business — in most cases it has to be clean and sorted properly, which makes it a burden for both consumers and [...]
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New Form of Carbon Offers Promise for Batteries
And you thought carbon was just carbon. Scientists have now created a new type of carbon that could make the batteries in our phones, tablet computers and laptops safer, more [...]
Is E.coli Key to More Efficient Solar?
E.coli and solar are not usually two terms we mention in the same sentence. E.coli bacteria are responsible for some of the worst food poisoning outbreaks in the world, while [...]
EVs and Child Labor: Time for a More Ethical Battery
[Image source: CBS News] As green energy becomes an increasingly hot topic in our modern world, a few vital questions have emerged that deserve our attention: What are the [...]
Smart Coating Neutralizes VOCs Indoors
The amount of time we spend indoors (90% of our lives) in our homes, offices and schools has recently received a lot of attention, in part because air quality is typically 5 [...]
Squeezing Solar Cells for More Power
Sometimes it takes some out-of-the-box thinking to come up with a what seems like a simpler solution to a problem. Physicists at the University of Warwick have published new [...]
Stopping Styrofoam Insulation: “Nanowood” Blocks More Heat
Styrofoam, a trademarked product of Dow Chemical and a form of polystyrene foam, has been a necessary evil for many years, offering a lightweight insulation for many [...]
Squeezing Solar: Tracker Innovation Boosts Market
The per watt decline in cost of solar cells has led to unprecedented growth in solar energy generation. While the industry is nowhere near to overtaking fossil fuel energy, [...]
Cleantech Clothing Conversion: Chanel to Gel
A few years ago, I read a fascinating and lively description of what happens to used T-shirts in our current global trading environment. Pietra Rivoli’s “Travels [...]
Revised Recipe for Redox Doubles Effectiveness
Here at Cleantech Concepts we’re a proponent of educating the industry about the virtues of redox flow batteries as a grid-scale storage solution. We are seeing [...]
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