Energy Production
How Record Breaking Perovskites Are Here NOW
Believe it or not, the long-promised next generation of solar panels are here. A tandem perovskite solar panel with higher efficiency than silicon ...
Renewable Energy
How This TRULY Omni-Directional Wind Turbine is Genius
Small wind turbines, or SWTs, have struggled to get off the ground. Not only is siting more difficult for SWTs, but their low ...
Energy Storage
How This Mechanical Battery is Making a Comeback
This is the Dinglun Flywheel Energy Storage Power Station. At 30 MW, this is likely the biggest Flywheel Energy Storage System on the ...
Energy Production
How a Hydrogen Breakthrough is Closer Than Ever
Oh hydrogen, that clean, green fuel that would solve so many emissions problems — if only it didn’t come with a few emissions ...
Renewable Energy
Can Solar Rooftops Power the World?
Growing the world’s renewable energy capacity has always been a delicate balancing act, and one of the many plates we have to spin ...
Electrify Everything
Why This Window Heat Pump Is Genius
I know, I know. I talk a lot about heat pumps, but there’s a good reason for it. It’s a fantastic technology that ...
Tech
How This New Heat Pump is Genius
Where I live in New England in the winter it can get as low as -13 F (-25 C). During summer heatwaves, it ...
Renewable Energy
2024 Perovskite Breakthroughs are the Future of Solar
Perovskites are often hailed as the next big thing for solar panels. They’re more efficient than silicon PVs could ever be, and they ...
Renewable Energy
Have we been doing Solar wrong all along?
You’re probably used to solar installations that look like this – solar panels facing up towards the sky, which makes sense. You want ...
Renewable Energy
Why We Need To Rethink Wind Turbines
Wind turbines have a “big” problem. As in, they’re really big: bigger than you might think. One of the latest turbine designs sports ...
