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 • Wave motion energy
Water
Wave motion energy, the first ISWEC connected to the network of Pantelleria

Eni, polito and Wave for Energy connect to the electricity grid of the island the first…

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Tech innovations and Startups
More durable and powerful lithium-ion batteries thanks to conductive adhesive

Scientists at Berkeley Lab have developed a polymer, conductive and adhesive coating that can improve the…

Rinnovabili • energy island
Tech innovations and Startups
Princess Elisabeth takes shape, the first energy island in the world

Signed the EPC contract for a gigantic offshore industrial base with high voltage power supply systems…

Rinnovabili • photovoltaic tower
Tech innovations and Startups
A photovoltaic tower to produce energy-saving space

Photovoltaic tower created by Three Sixty Solar has proven to withstand hurricane winds of category 1

Rinnovabili • thermal battery
Tech innovations and Startups
A new modular thermal battery and low cost

Lehigh University engineers develop a thermal energy storage system that combines latent and sensitive heat transfer…

Rinnovabili • perovskite solar cells
Tech innovations and Startups
More efficient perovskite solar cells with “roads” for ions

A group of scientists from North Carolina State University found that driving perovskite ions through crystalline…

Rinnovabili • lithium battery
Tech innovations and Startups
Here is the lithium-air battery that beats lithium ions

Developed a lithium-O2 battery with solid electrolyte whose chemistry can potentially increase energy density up to…

Rinnovabili • wind turbine
Tech innovations and Startups
The “self-installing” wind turbine is born in the UK

The startup SENSEWind has created a robotic installation system that allows the rotor tower and nacelle…

Rinnovabili • Domestic Zinc batteries
Tech innovations and Startups
Domestic Zinc batteries, ZincMate aims at European homes

Enerpoly and EET received 870,000 euros from EU funds to develop a residential energy storage device…

Rinnovabili • Perovskite photovoltaics
Tech innovations and Startups
Perovskite photovoltaics: 250% increased efficiency thanks to metal substrate

From an international research a new approach to reduce the recombination between electrons and gaps without…

Rinnovabili • printed batteries
Tech innovations and Startups
The first high performance printed batteries

The Sakuu SwiftPrint³ batteries are the first with solid state technology to be manufactured via a…

Rinnovabili • hybrid solar panel
Tech innovations and Startups
Virtu, the hybrid solar panel for buildings that makes its way to…

The solar thermal-photovoltaic collector of the British Naked Energy expands its market through new agreements.