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, ...

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 ]

World’s First Hybrid Solar-Geothermal Power Plant Opens [VIDEO]

Last week, Enel Green Power inaugurated its solar-geothermal plant at Stillwater, Nevada. It is the world’s first plant of this kind. The...

Fully Charged visits the National Grid control room [VIDEO]

The National Grid is a high-voltage electric power transmission network, connecting power stations and 340+ substations ensuring supply and ...

Fully Charged Farming Wind Episode [VIDEO]

In this episode Fully Charged looks at the benefits of wind energy: how green and clean it is and also the huge savings that can be made as ...

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...

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...