Tech innovations and Startups

Rinnovabili • Integrated photovoltaics in vehicles cutting reliance on charging
Mobility & Transportation
Integrated photovoltaics in vehicles, up to 4,500 km a year powered by the sun

Integrated photovoltaics in vehicles (VIPV) is emerging as a breakthrough technology, combining solar energy and electric mobility while reducing grid reliance.

Rinnovabili • Lignin as a sustainable substitute for bitumen and resins
Circular Economy
Lignin from wood emerges as a…

Lignin, a natural polymer found in wood, is being transformed into a…

Rinnovabili • Hydrogen storage in polystyrene waste offers safe low-cost solution
Energy
Hydrogen storage in polystyrene waste could…

South Korean researchers have developed a method for hydrogen storage using polystyrene…


Rinnovabili • Floating-Photovoltaics
Tech innovations and Startups
The largest floating photovoltaic in Europe? It is in Portugal

The 5 GW of the EDPR plant will come into operation this summer but the company…

Rinnovabili • clean-energy
Tech innovations and Startups
How to turn soot into clean energy

A group of American engineers has improved the efficiency of solar clean energy kitchens thanks to…

Rinnovabili • microbial proteins
Tech innovations and Startups
The forest-saving steak? It is based on microbial proteins

A study by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research estimates that replacing 20% of red…

Rinnovabili • hydrogen
Tech innovations and Startups
Reference-factory.H2 gives a green hydrogen digital twin

The structure, designed by the Fraunhofer IWU, is a production system of hydrogen technologies based on…

Rinnovabili • airbus
Tech innovations and Startups
Airbus continues testing on bioinspired wings

The wind tunnel trials for the new eXtra Performance Wing have been completed. The project aims…

Rinnovabili • Lithium-ion battery
Tech innovations and Startups
From China the Lithium-ion battery that charges to 60% in 5 minutes

A team of researchers has created a new structurally "tidy" anode that can increase the charging…

Rinnovabili • hydrogen-electric plane
Tech innovations and Startups
The hydrogen-electric plane HY4 marks a new record

Lo scorso 12 aprile il velivolo a propulsione ibrida ha realizzato il primo volo dall’aeroporto di…

Rinnovabili • thermal-battery
Tech innovations and Startups
The domestic thermal battery that will free millions of homes from gas

The water and salt battery made by a group of Dutch researchers begins its first tests…

Rinnovabili • wastewater
Tech innovations and Startups
Purify wastewater to irrigate fields

ENEA, University of Bologna, Hera group and Irretec have developed a technologically advanced prototype capable of…

Rinnovabili • freeze-protection
Tech innovations and Startups
From University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) over 80 bio-friendly compositions with superior…

University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) researchers have formulated an extensive library of more than eighty compositions…

Rinnovabili • e-bike-batteries
Tech innovations and Startups
E-bike batteries become stationary storage units

European Lions2Life project demonstrates re-purposing used e-bike batteries to store electricity generated by renewable energy plants

Rinnovabili • photovoltaic-cell
Tech innovations and Startups
From the USA the thermophotovoltaic cell with an efficiency of 40%

MIT and National Renewable Energy Laboratory engineers designed a TPV system that outperforms traditional steam turbi