Archive for June, 2008
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Monday, June 30th, 2008According to the June 29, 2008 issue of Science Daily, scientists have achieved a new record light conversion efficiency of 8.2% for solvent-free dye-sensitized solar cells. The new type of solar cell will make it “possible to pursue large scale, outdoor practical application of lightweight, inexpensive, flexible dye-sensitized solar films that are stable [...]
Hydrogen fuel pump installed at LA gas station
Saturday, June 28th, 2008California’s first retail hydrogen station opened on Thursday. The Shell station, which is currently charging $4.59 per gallon of regular gas, just installed a new bright blue hydrogen fuel pump to help fuel the 300 or so hydrogen powered cars that are currently or about to be on the road in California.
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Dyson engineers working on electric car designs
Wednesday, June 25th, 2008Sir James Dyson, inventor of those cool looking Dyson bagless vacuum cleaners you’ve probably seen advertised on TV , has his engineers working on developing a lightweight powerful electric motor that could greatly expand the range of electric cars. Dyson sees his cars powered by solar panels on the roof of the cars or on [...]
If you live in the NYC area, check out CitySol June 26-29
Wednesday, June 25th, 2008If you live in the NYC area, you might want to check out the Citysol summer festival, which is taking place June 26-29. More information about the event can be seen at the CitySol website.
Citysol is a free four-day music and arts festival that takes place at Solar One on the East River and [...]
T. Boone Pickens – more power lines needed for wind
Sunday, June 22nd, 2008The Senate Committe on Energy and Natural Resources held hearings on the energy crises the other day, and T. Boone Pickens once again had some interesting things to say.” According to this article in the Washington Times, Mr. Pickens says that America can curb its dependence on foreign oil by adding more power lines. [...]
650 miles per tank – with liquid hydrogen
Saturday, June 21st, 2008Researchers at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have come up with a way to get 650 miles on one tank of hydrogen. Liquid hydrogen, that is. Recently, the team set a new world record after they installed a super insulated hydrogen gas tank in a standard Prius. The tank was able [...]
Nanosolar’s new solar panel printing press
Thursday, June 19th, 2008This week, Nanosolar showed off its new solar cell printing press, which they claim is the first solar cell production tool capable of producing up to one gigawatt of solar cells per year.
Nanosolar CEO Martin Roscheisen said that their new press represents a “major milestone in solar technology.” According to Mr. Roscheisen, their tool [...]
Intel forms solar cell company
Wednesday, June 18th, 2008As reported by MarketWatch, Intel Corp said that they are going to spin off key assets of its business initiatives group to create a new independent company that will make solar cells.
Intel said that its investment unit, Intel Capital, is making a $50 million investment into the new company called SpectraWatt Inc. Intel [...]
Cyclone Power Technologies clean, green waste heat engine
Sunday, June 15th, 2008EngineeringTV has a couple of video interviews and demos with Harry Schoel, whose company Cyclone Power has developed a self-starting engine called a WHE (waste heat engine) that operates in a low pressure, low temperature range. What this means is that the Cyclone Power WHE can run on low temperature waste heat energy – [...]
Could hydraulic hybrid technology challenge batteries?
Friday, June 13th, 2008Scottish engineering firm Artemis Intelligent Power has successfully tested a hydraulic hybrid system that reduces the need for large batteries. Current hybrid technology uses regenerative braking to generate energy as the car slows down – the energy is stored in the hybrid battery system. In Artemis’s system, the energy is stored in [...]
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