Examines green electricity and how it is made in a sustainable and renewable fashion.
For years, Australia has been a nation in the grips of a rethink of how it produces and manages its energy sector. One of the most common talking points has been how Australia can become more green in its energy development programs. With so much access to solar energy, for example, why is more not […]
Continue ReadingIn case you haven`t heard until now, researchers tried to develop the so-called artificial leaves, a research project that might soon become reality, but which for some time now had trouble with actually placing it in a natural environment. Artificial leaves imitate photosynthesis, a natural process in which plants transform water and carbon dioxide from […]
Continue ReadingA team of graduate students in MIT’s Department of Chemical Engineering has developed the thermal resonator prototype, a device that captures energy from swings of ambient air temperature. A report in the journal Nature Communications showed evidence that thermoelectric devices can generate power when one side has a temperature that is different from that of […]
Continue ReadingShape memory alloys are metals that can shift from one predetermined shape to another depending on the temperature it is subjected to. It was discovered 60 years ago and has since been used in different fields, including biomedicine and aeronautical engineering. But it has continuously refused to harvest energy from hot water – […]
Continue ReadingIf the Internet were a country it would rank fifth in the world for energy usage according to a recent report from Greenpeace. For those of you keeping track at home, that means that data centers around the world use more energy annually than India or Germany. The report, released in April this year, examined […]
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