Rinnovabili • Giant batteries in cities, how electric vehicles support the grid
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.

Rinnovabili • Indoor photovoltaic reaches 40% efficiency with GaInP
Energy
Indoor solar cells hit 40% efficiency…

Fraunhofer ISE develops a high-efficiency indoor photovoltaic cell using GaInP semiconductors, pushing…

Rinnovabili • Organic photovoltaic facade, the first real-world building installation
Energy
Organic photovoltaic facade debuts on building…

NEXT Energy Technologies installs the world’s first integrated organic photovoltaic facade in…


Rinnovabili • solar hydrogen house
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…

Rinnovabili • supercapacitors
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…

Rinnovabili • double sided solar cells
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…

Rinnovabili • Fluorenone flow battery
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…

Rinnovabili • Rust batteries
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…

Rinnovabili • Capacitors
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…

Rinnovabili • Storing hydrogen
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…

Rinnovabili • Producing hydrogen on the roof
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…

Rinnovabili • thermal batteries
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…

Rinnovabili • lithium battery
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…

Rinnovabili • Perovskite photovoltaic cells
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%…

Rinnovabili • Reuse wind turbines
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…