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 ...

Ford Focus Electric will offer solar home option

Ford and SunPower team up to provide a high-efficiency rooftop solar system that will provide Focus Electric owners enough renewable energy ...

Nissan and 4R Energy Develop new Solar EV Charging System

Nissan and 4R Energy Corporation today announced that the two companies have developed a charging system for electric vehicles that combines...

Toyota City smart homes to use EVs for standby power

The Toyota City Low-Carbon Society Verification Promotion Council, an organization of 26 entities, including Toyota City and private compani...

Mitsubishi Debut Solar-Powered Vehicle Charging Station

Mitsubishi Electric & Electronics USA, Inc. (Mitsubishi Electric) and Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc. (MMNA) today debuted a solar...

Zero Emission Hypersonic Plane Could Fly London-Sydney in 3.5 Hours [video]

European aerospace giant EADS has unveiled its "Zero Emission Hypersonic Transportation" (Zehst) rocket plane it hopes will be abl...

Hyundai Heavy moving into tidal power business

Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), the world’s biggest shipbuilder, completed the site trial of a prototype 500 kW tidal current power system a...

Kirk Sorensen explains Energy from Thorium @ TEDxYYC [video]

Kirk Sorensen is chief nuclear technologist at Teledyne Brown Engineering in Huntsville, Alabama and is an advocate for nuclear energy based...

Fully Charged Episode 21 Solar PV [video]

Robert Llewellyn follows the installation process of his photovoltaic panels and demonstrates how cutting edge he is by using his solar syst...

BritNed 1 GW HVDC Interconnector between UK and EU [video]

The 1000 MW high voltage connection between the Isle of Grain in Kent and Maasvlakte near Rotterdam will transmit power in both directions, ...