energy

Booming Wind and Solar Power Has Slashed Europes CO2 Emissions

Posted in Hardware on 16th Aug, 2015
by Alex Muller

Renewables slashed CO2 emissions by 8.8% each year from 2010 through 2012, the most recent year for which UN numbers are available.

Stanford Researchers Unveil New Ultrafast Charging Aluminum-Ion Battery

Posted in Hardware on 14th Aug, 2015
by Alex Muller

Researchers unveiled a new aluminum-ion battery chemistry with the ability to charge or discharge in less than a minute.

US distributed solar prices fell 10 to 20 percent in 2014, with trends continuing into 2015

Posted in Business on 13th Aug, 2015
by Alex Muller

The installed price of distributed solar photovoltaic power systems in the United States continues to fall precipitously.

New study tracks the death of our Universe

Posted in Science on 11th Aug, 2015
by Alex Muller

A new study has measured 200,000 galaxies in an effort to chart the rate at which our Universe is outputting energy, and effectively dying.

Study claims perovskite solar cells can recoup their energy cost within three months

Posted in Hardware on 7th Aug, 2015
by Alex Muller

Perovskite cells could rise to take the lion's share of the solar landscape in the near future.