Using nanometer-scale components, researchers have demonstrated the first optical rectenna, a device that combines the functions of an antenna and a rectifier diode to convert...
Tesla Motors recent launch of Powerwall batteries has the industry asking if going off-grid is realistic. In North America it may be unrealistic in the short term, but Tesla’s...
Electrical energy generated from renewable sources requires efficient advanced electricity storage systems (ESSs), the process of converting electrical energy from a power network...
Vortex Bladeless uses a radically new approach to capturing wind energy. The device captures the energy of vorticity, an aerodynamic effect that has plagued structural engineers...
At the recent Geneva International Motor Show, Goodyear Tire Rubber Company unveiled a tire whose heat could be transformed into electrical energy to power vehicles.
The number of renewable-energy technology patents has steadily increased over the past decade, with the solar energy and wind markets seeing the most growth.
