
Energy
Electric cars and hot water systems could turn cities into giant batteries
A new study shows how electric vehicles and hot water systems could help turn urban areas into massive storage hubs, easing pressure on the power grid.
Paolo Travisi•13 August 2025

Energy
Indoor solar cells hit 40% efficiency…
Fraunhofer ISE develops a high-efficiency indoor photovoltaic cell using GaInP semiconductors, pushing…
Stefania Del Bianco•8 August 2025

Energy
Organic photovoltaic facade debuts on building…
NEXT Energy Technologies installs the world’s first integrated organic photovoltaic facade in…
Editorial Team•31 July 2025

Tech innovations and Startups
The first solar hydrogen house is born in Japan
The real estate company Sekisui House-W has launched a project for the production of domestic clean…
26 July 2023

Tech innovations and Startups
Here comes the supercapacitors with a record storage capacity
An international study has reached the highest level of specific capacity ever reported in the materials…
24 July 2023

Tech innovations and Startups
Perovskite double sided solar cells, the secret of efficiency is thickness
NREL researchers, aided by optical and electrical simulations, designed a next-generation double-sided cell in which the…
18 July 2023

Tech innovations and Startups
Fluorenone flow battery, with a pinch of sugar is record
Thanks to a food additive a group of PNNl scientists managed to significantly increase the capacity…
11 July 2023

Tech innovations and Startups
Rust batteries, ok to Form Energy iron-air demo
Energy company Xcel Energy has obtained approval from the Minnesota regulatory authorities for the construction of…
10 July 2023

Tech innovations and Startups
Capacitors with nanosheet dielectrics to increase storage capacity
In Japan, a research group has developed a nanostructured device with record performance in energy storage…
8 July 2023

Tech innovations and Startups
Storing hydrogen in solid discs that are easy to carry
A multidisciplinary French team has developed a method to store hydrogen safely and practically through magnesium…
5 July 2023

Tech innovations and Startups
Producing hydrogen on the roof with KIT photoreactor panels
Researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and their Canadian partners have developed a low-cost but…
4 July 2023

Tech innovations and Startups
Will be born in Thailand the greatest factory of thermal batteries
Siam Cement Group of Thailand and Rondo Energy of California have announced their intention to bring…
28 June 2023

Tech innovations and Startups
Dead at 100 years John Goodenough, inventor of lithium battery
Goodenough was among the dads of the lithium battery, radically transforming the world in which we…
27 June 2023

Tech innovations and Startups
Perovskite photovoltaic cells, new world record for efficiency
A team of scientists from the National University of Singapore achieved a conversion capacity of 24.35%…
24 June 2023

Tech innovations and Startups
Reuse wind turbines in photovoltaic systems, the idea of Turn2Sun
The Swiss startup has patented a unique system that allows to reuse the old blades as…