Solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) have great potential for stationary and mobile applications. Stationary use ranges from residential applications to power plants. Mobile applications include power for ships at sea and in space, as well as for autos. In addition to electricity, when SOFCs are operated in reverse mode as solid oxide electrolyzer cells, pure [...]

Empa and the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) have, together with Bucher Schoerling, Proton Motor, BRUSA Elektronik AG und Messer Schweiz, developed a hydrogen powered municipal street cleaning vehicle which was presented to the public on 14th May 2009 in Basel. The vehicle is named the “Bucher CityCat H2″ and is the first municipal utility vehicle [...]

Ground-breaking Technology For Electric Cars. A new type of air-fuelled battery could give up to ten times the energy storage of designs currently available. This step-change in capacity could pave the way for a new generation of electric cars, mobile phones and laptops. The research work, funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council [...]

First Commercial-Scale Urban Wind Power System for Rooftop Use. Customers With Small Footprints, Moderate Wind Can Expect Short Payback. Green Energy Technologies LLC, a privately held company founded in 2006, announces the launch of WindCube(R), a 60kW rooftop wind turbine designed for on-site power generation by commercial and industrial power users in urban and suburban [...]

Kingston University has revealed its 102mph electric bike, destined for the all-electric TTXGP race on the Isle of Man this year. Designed by six final-year engineering students, the bike is expected to average 70mph around the 38 mile course. Power comes from a 72V lithium ion phosphate battery through a motor originally designed by UK [...]

An effort to raise the 10% limit on ethanol in gasoline has misfired with Wisconsin engine makers Briggs & Stratton Corp., Mercury Marine, and the maker of Evinrude outboard engines. Testing has not yet shown whether higher levels of the fuel additive are acceptable and safe, the National Marine Manufacturers Association, a Chicago-based trade group, [...]

Australia is planning to build the world’s largest solar power station, with three times the generating capacity of the California plant that has been the biggest to date. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said the photovoltaic plant would cost A$1.4 billion (US$1 billion) and will have an output of 1,000MW – equivalent to that of one [...]

In what it assesses as a significant step positioning the country as a leading marine energy developer, Korea yesterday celebrated completion of its first tidal power plant. A ceremony for the Jindo Uldolmok Tidal Power Plant was held in Uldolmok, an area off Jindo, an island in South Jeolla Province, according to the Ministry of [...]

A concentration solar power module that produces heat, cold and electricity and that can be integrated to facades or building roofs constitutes the new patent obtained by the University of Lleida. This system has been developed by Daniel Chemisana, member of the research group in Agrometeorology and Energy for Environment, leaded by UdL lecturers Manel [...]

As soaring oil prices and greenhouse gas emissions fuel the search for cheaper and cleaner sources of energy, a Japanese aerospace manufacturer may have found the right stuff for a solution. It’s a windmill you can call your very own. Yokohama-based aerospace manufacturer, Nippi Corporation, has developed a revolutionary 20 kW wind turbine power generation [...]

A research team from Northeastern University and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has discovered, serendipitously, that a residue of a process used to build arrays of titania nanotubes-a residue that wasn’t even noticed before this-plays an important role in improving the performance of the nanotubes in solar cells that produce hydrogen gas [...]