
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

Water
Hybrid cathode for marine electrolysis arrives
A team of researchers has developed an easy and economical strategy to synthesize a new cathode…
22 June 2023

Tech innovations and Startups
Create cobalt-free and low-nickel lithium batteries
A new and complex doping strategy is employed to eliminate cobalt in a commercial cathode while…
17 June 2023

Tech innovations and Startups
Solid state battery, Toyota puts it on the road since 2027
The new SSB of the Japanese company will guarantee a range of 1500 km for a…
13 June 2023

Tech innovations and Startups
Solid state air batteries, a road never traveled
The rechargeable sector collects a new recipe for electrochemical accumulation (sustainabilityenvironment.com) - The world of energy…
13 June 2023

Tech innovations and Startups
First US clean hydrogen strategy published
Three key priorities: identify high-impact uses of clean hydrogen, reduce the cost to $1/kg, build regional…
7 June 2023

Tech innovations and Startups
Solar panels in space, wireless photovoltaic is in orbit and works
The small space photovoltaic plant built by Caltech is operational and has demonstrated for the first…
6 June 2023

Tech innovations and Startups
Long life for rechargeable calcium batteries
A Japanese research group has developed a prototype rechargeable metal calcium battery that can withstand 500…
6 June 2023

Tech innovations and Startups
Compostable wind turbines made of bamboo and mushrooms
The mycelium-bamboo composite will be tested on a 1 kW commercial turbine to assess its strength…
2 June 2023

Tech innovations and Startups
Recharging electric cars, in Cologne the revolution hides in the sidewalk
Charging points integrated in the curbs of the pavements: the German city will from this summer…
31 May 2023

Tech innovations and Startups
Organic photovoltaics: Polymer solar cells record efficiency of 19.3%
Researchers at Hong Kong Polytechnic University have achieved revolutionary conversion efficiency for polymer photovoltaics using 1,3,5-trichlorobenzene…
30 May 2023

Water
Solar hydropanels, the photovoltaic modules that produce drinking water
The photovoltaic hydro-panels developed by SOURCE Global can produce drinking water using only atmospheric humidity. And…
24 May 2023

Tech innovations and Startups
Hydrogen liquefaction: what if solid air enters the equation?
A team of researchers proposes to use solid oxygen as a means to recycle cooling energy