Tech innovations and Startups

Rinnovabili • Plant genetic resources: the foundation of future food security
Agriculture & food
Plant genetic resources are key to the future of global food security

Plant genetic resources are a heritage we must preserve at all costs. They are essential to face the growing threats to global food security: population growth, climate…

Rinnovabili • SHJ solar cells with silver: record low 1.4 mg/W
Energy
Fraunhofer ISE cuts silver use in…

Thanks to copper-based metallization, scientists at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy…

Rinnovabili • Fully organic solar cells: record efficiency boost with new electrode
Energy
Fully organic solar cells: efficiency doubles

Thanks to a transparent polymer electrode and a new lamination method, fully…


Rinnovabili • tandem solar cell
Tech innovations and Startups
The first tandem solar cell in selenium-silicon

A group of scientists from the Technical University of Denmark has embarked on a never-before-tried task:…

Rinnovabili • EV Wireless charging
Tech innovations and Startups
EV Wireless charging: Efficiency record, 96% to 100 kw

The new ORNL technology is based on polyphase electromagnetic coupling coils that generate rotating fields and…

Rinnovabili • Precious metals from WEEE
Tech innovations and Startups
Precious metals from WEEE: the key to recovery from brewer’s yeast

By changing the pH and by changing the yeast it is possible to selectively recover precious…

Rinnovabili • Solar energy in buildings
Tech innovations and Startups
Solar energy in buildings, what does the green homes Directive demand?

The revision of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive establishes a timetable for the integration of…

Rinnovabili • Hurricane-resistant photovoltaics
Tech innovations and Startups
The Caribbean jewel: photovoltaics that resists hurricanes

The plant, built in the State of Antigua and Barbuda, can withstand winds that blow at…

Rinnovabili • Perovskite Solar cells
Tech innovations and Startups
The first Perovskite Solar cells printed roll-to-roll with high-efficiency

Scientists from the Australian agency CSIRO demonstrated the feasibility of perovskite hybrid cell modules produced entirely…

Rinnovabili • polymer solid electrolytes
Tech innovations and Startups
Batteries: produce high quality polymer solid electrolytes with centrifuge

UNIST research team has developed a technique for the mass production of solid electrolytes for rechargeable…

Rinnovabili • solar cells
Tech innovations and Startups
Tandem triple junction solar cells set a new record

Scientists at the National University of Singapore have developed a new perovskite/Si triple junction photovoltaic cell…

Rinnovabili • gravity battery
Tech innovations and Startups
The first large gravity battery EVx connected to the Chinese grid

Energy Vault announced that gravity-based energy storage system in Rudong has been interconnected to China’s state…

Rinnovabili • liquid hydrogen engine
Tech innovations and Startups
Largest liquid hydrogen engine ready to take flight

Successfully tested a megawatt-class fuel cell powertrain, integrated with a proprietary Universal Hydrogen storage module. New…

Rinnovabili • geological hydrogen
Tech innovations and Startups
What is geological hydrogen and why it can revolutionize the energy landscape

Millions of tons of geological hydrogen sleep beneath our feet, a clean energy source that can…

Rinnovabili • economical desalination
Tech innovations and Startups
An exceptional solar absorber for economical desalination

Research led by Ca' Foscari University of Venice has created a new selective solar absorber capable…