Tech innovations and Startups

Energy
LONGi unveils 700 W solar module with 25.9% efficiency
LONGi launches the first 700 W solar module with 25.9% efficiency and 259 W/m² power density, setting a new global benchmark in photovoltaic innovation
Editorial Team•26 June 2025

Energy
Australia builds beam-down solar reactor to…
The efficiency of thermochemical hydrogen production has increased thanks to CSIRO’s new…
Editorial Team•25 June 2025

Energy
From South Korea, the smart window…
The smart window from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology…
Editorial Team•24 June 2025

Tech innovations and Startups
Solid-state lithium batteries, homogeneous cathode arrives
An international research team has introduced an innovative cathode homogenization strategy for all solid-state lithium batteries,…
Editorial Team•7 August 2024

Energy
Photovoltaic: Self-cleaning solar cells thanks to leek
A group of scientists in Finland has developed a transparent, superhydrophobic film inspired by the leaves…
Editorial Team•31 July 2024

Energy
Solar pv tracker, a digital twin trains tracking algorithms
In Germany, the research project "DeepTrack" studies how to optimize the tracking of photovoltaic trailers thanks…
Editorial Team•29 July 2024

Tech innovations and Startups
Salt Thermal batteries for heating and cooling buildings
Researchers at Georgia Tech tested a combination of two easily available salts to store clean energy…
Editorial Team•25 July 2024

Environment
Why are heat pumps sales falling?
EHPA data show for 2023 a 6.5% decline in European heat pump sales, first decline after…
Editorial Team•24 July 2024

Tech innovations and Startups
WCS Floating Wind Walls Get First Ok
The 40 MW Windcatcher unit has obtained the approval of principle from DNV, making an important…
Editorial Team•23 July 2024

Energy
Here’s the elastic lithium-ion battery that stretches 5,000%
A team of researchers from Nanjing University of Posts & Telecommunications has developed a polymer electrolyte…
Editorial Team•22 July 2024

Mobility & Transportation
Towards a sustainable cold chain: photovoltaic cooling
Sunswap collaborated with MAN Truck & Bus for the first test drive of its fully electric…
Editorial Team•22 July 2024

Tech innovations and Startups
A new Solid-State electrolyte for Lithium Metal Batteries
Test porous crystalline polymers as solid electrolytes for metal lithium batteries. These composite materials show high…
Editorial Team•21 July 2024

Real Estate
Decarbonize heating: the 7 technologies that New York will apply
A year of time to develop solutions to decarbonize heating applicable to existing plants without the…
Editorial Team•19 July 2024

Tech innovations and Startups
Photovoltaic: from Sweden the solar cell with integrated thermal storage
The cell is combined with a molecular solar thermal energy storage system that cools the unit…
Editorial Team•17 July 2024

Water
Energy from ocean waves: Mega PTO Wave is not afraid of failures
The Institute of Mechanical Intelligence of the Scuola Sant’Anna in Pisa participates in the European project.…