Audi reveal eROT energy harvesting 'regen' shock absorders

We have reported on a wide range of energy regenerative shock absorbers over the years that most often convert linear motion into electrici...

Translucent Li-ion Battery Charges Itself by Using Sunlight

A Japanese research group prototyped a translucent lithium-ion (Li-ion) rechargeable battery that can charge itself by using sunlight. With ...

Fully Charged | Orkney - Island of the Future [VIDEO]

In this episode of Fully Charged Robert Llewellyn travels to the 100% renewable energy powered island of Orkney in Scotland. [ More ]

Alveo unveil LiFePO4 battery that charges in 30 mins over 40,000 cycles

Norwegian entrepreneur Jostein Eikeland is hoping to jolt the world of energy storage. On Tuesday, Eikeland's latest venture, Alevo, unv...

Electric-car drivers going solar powered

Owners of electric vehicles have already gone petrol-free. Now, a growing number are powering their cars with sunlight. "We think it wa...

Ultracapacitors to be used for braking energy recuperation in Spanish rail system

Maxwell Technologies, Inc has announced that Win Inertia, an engineering firm specializing in power electronics, energy storage and control ...

Petrol stations will die out as drivers plug EVs into Solar Panels at home

Petrol stations could vanish in the near future as drivers start charging their cars at home, a scientist has forecast. Keith Barnham, emer...

Solar House Uses EV to Realize 75% Energy Self-sufficiency

Sekisui Chemical have launched the "Grand Two U V to Heim," a wooden smart house that links an electric vehicle (Nissan Leaf) and ...

BMW Launch i Solar Carport Concept for i3 and i8 [VIDEO]

With the all-electric BMW i3 already on the market and the BMW i8 plug-in hybrid sports car poised for its own launch, the BMW Group portfol...

Harvard Team develop Organic battery that costs only $US 27 / kWh

Harvard researchers have developed a battery that harnesses energy by using the electrochemistry of organic molecules rather than metals. Th...

ZF and Levant Partner to Develop Regenerative Suspension

Regenerative brakes are increasingly becoming a popular option on new cars as a way to save energy, and soon that technology could be joined...

Lightning Motorcycles solar powered electric bike @ Pikes Peak 2013 [VIDEO]

Lightning Motorcycles solar powered electric bike climbed to the top of the 14,115 foot Pikes Peak Hill climb just a fraction of a second ov...

New Record Efficiency for Dye Solar Cells

Announced today in the prestigious scientific journal, Nature, is a paper by a team led by the ‘Father of DSC’ Professor Michael Graetzel de...

Elon Musk: The ‘Hyperloop’ Would Be 10 Times Cheaper Than High-Speed Rail

In an appearance on CNBC , Tesla Motors and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said a “Hyperloop” — a futuristic new kind of solar powered mass transit — ...

IBM Concentrated PV Thermal Solar system achieves 80% energy efficiency [VIDEO]

Scientists have announced a collaboration to develop an affordable photovoltaic system capable of concentrating , on average, the power of 2...

1.5 MW Concentrated PV Solar Demonstration Facility Commences Operation in Mildura

Solar Systems Pty Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Silex Systems Limited (ASX:SLX), has announced that it has commenced operation of Austr...

World's solar PV capacity passes 100-GW milestone

The world's cumulative solar photovoltaic (PV) electricity capacity surpassed 100 GW in 2012, achieving just over 101 GW, according to n...

Multi-Junction Solar Cell to Break 50% Efficiency Barrier

U.S. Naval Research Laboratory scientists in the Electronics Technology and Science Division, in collaboration with the Imperial College Lon...

Researchers Create ‘Nanoflowers’ for Energy Storage, Solar Cells

Researchers from North Carolina State University have created flower-like structures out of germanium sulfide (GeS) – a semiconductor materi...

Vestas to build world’s largest wind turbine at 8MW

Danish wind energy company Vestas is set to expand its V164 turbine to a capacity of 8MW, which would be the largest of its kind on the mark...