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
A pinch of zinc for large organic solar cells
From South Korea a new method to overcome the scalability problems of organic photovoltaics without losing…
23 August 2022
Tech innovations and Startups
The first organic solar cell “recycled”
A group of scientists used recycled polypropylene recovered from newly developed food packaging to produce a…
22 August 2022
Water
From Japan the mini hydroelectric printable
It is called 3D-Pico Hydro Generator and is the system created by the Japanese Ricoh to…
10 August 2022
Tech innovations and Startups
Wood-based rechargeable batteries, the innovation that comes from the North
Stora Enso and Northvolt have entered into an agreement to develop carbon anodes made from tree…
27 July 2022
Tech innovations and Startups
Photovoltaic batteries, how to integrate generation and storage in a device
A new study analyzes the potential of newly developed photo-enhanced rechargeable metal batteries, analyzing key challenges…
27 July 2022
Tech innovations and Startups
All-perovskite tandem photovoltaics, towards mass production
Researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology have developed a prototype 12.25 m2 module with a…
18 July 2022
Tech innovations and Startups
Almost invisible solar cell arrives from Tohoku University
A group of Japanese researchers has created a solar cell with Schottky junction, which allows the…
14 July 2022
Tech innovations and Startups
Bacterial biobattery produces electricity for weeks
Engineers at Binghamton University have developed a battery containing three layers of different species of bacteria,…
5 July 2022
Tech innovations and Startups
UK: a new perovskite ink for a very thin photovoltaic
From a group of researchers at the University of Surrey, a new approach to the large-scale…
5 July 2022
Tech innovations and Startups
New polymers to print large area organic solar cells
A Korean research group has created special polymer additives that can prevent the degradation of organic…
28 June 2022
Tech innovations and Startups
The first gas turbine-powered by 100% pure hydrogen
Researchers at the University of Stavanger have managed to operate their small cogeneration plant using hydrogen…
14 June 2022
Water
Underwater solar cells to produce “direct” green hydrogen
Created a solar cell photogenerator based on bismuth oxyiodide that, immersed in water, is able to…
13 June 2022
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