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Chevrolet installing solar powered EV charging stations

Chevrolet is harnessing the power of the sun to install solar-powered electric charging stations for its Volts at dealerships in North America.

Energy storage device as small as it can possibly get

The Rice lab of Professor Pulickel Ajayan has packed an entire lithium ion energy storage device into a single nanowire.

Come back fuel cells all is forgiven

Billions of dollars have been spent on fuel cells over the last few decades with few commercial successes as a result. US Energy Secretary Steven Chu is reportedly against them as a major option in electric vehicles: certainly he ensured that the Obama EV billions were not directed that way. However, the two US rulemaking bodies, EPA and NHTSA, are now considering incentives for electric vehicles, including fuel cell vehicles.

New generation materials for organic photovoltaic applications

German specialty chemicals producer Merck is embarking on a partnership with Nano-C, a developer of nano-structured carbon, for use in energy and electronics applications.

Transparent batteries

Thanks to new research by several Stanford scientists, transparent cell phones are one step closer to becoming a reality.

High-density, temperature tolerant battery development

Last week IDTechEx reported on work at Stanford University tackling the issues of low energy and power densities in lithium-ion batteries using sulphur particles. Now another significant problem associated with electric vehicle batteries is being explored by US based company Leyden Energy by exchanging traditional battery chemistries.

Nanowire electronics

Electronic circuitry composed of nanowires can now be fitted to a surface of almost any shape on an object made of virtually any material, using a new approach to fabrication and transfer of nanowire electronics developed by Stanford researchers.

Growing LED lighting demand fuels strong order intake

2011 guidance confirmed despite short-term volatility Revenue & margins influenced by currency and mix effects

Fuel cells rescued by batteries

Fuel cells were originally considered to be replacements for internal combustion engines used in traditional vehicles and replacements for traction batteries used in pure electric vehicles.

Electric Vehicle Range Extenders - Rival Approaches

Led by the Japanese and with Hyundai of Korea, the Europeans and the Americans coming up fast, we are in the decade of the hybrid vehicle, with much more being spent on them than on pure electric vehicles. This is because traction batteries alone cannot affordably provide sufficient range in most of the large applications by land, sea or air.

Decawave tapes out scensor DW1000 chip

DecaWave has completed tape out of MPW2 of its ground-breaking DW1000 chip, the first product of the ScenSor family.

Nanorobots powered by near-infrared light

A nanodevice that sits underneath the skin and converts near-infrared (NIR) light energy into electrical power is a promising wireless electrical power source for biological nanorobots for use within the human body, say scientists in Taiwan.

Rare-earth elements discovered on the Pacific seabed

Earlier this month the British journal //Nature Geoscience// published an article revealing the discovery of rare earth mineral deposits by Japanese scientists on the Pacific Ocean seabed. The scientists estimate this discovery //could provide one-fifth of the current annual world consumption// of rare earth elements often used in green technolgies.

While you're up, print me a solar cell

New MIT-developed materials make it possible to produce photovoltaic cells on paper or fabric, nearly as simply as printing a document.

Nanostructures on plastic aid energy harvesting

The technique, which uses a heated atomic force microscope (AFM) tip to produce patterns, could facilitate high-density, low-cost production of complex ferroelectric structures for energy harvesting arrays, sensors and actuators in nano-electromechanical systems (NEMS) and micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS).

Impressions from Plug In 2011 USA

We attended the Plug In 2011 event in Raleigh North Carolina last week. In contrast to the successful IDTechEx event }}Electric Vehicles Land Sea Air | http://www.idtechex.com/electric-vehicles-europe-11/}} event in Stuttgart Germany, this had the more typical focus of cars. Organised by the Electric Power Research Institute and with many prestigious sponsors, it was a great success with over 600 attending on a given day excluding the public openings.

Dyesol develops solar steel process with Tata Steel, using DSC

Australia-based dye sensitized photovoltaic developer Dyesol has announced the creation of the world's largest dye sensitized steel based module, in partnership with Tata Steel in North Wales.

APR series direct-drive rotary stages

Aerotech's APR series rotary stages employ precision-machined and ground stage parts coupled with high-precision angular contact bearings and an Aerotech direct-drive motor to produce exceptionally low error motions, accuracy errors, and repeatability errors. The addition of high-resolution optical encoders provides excellent pointing capability with low-jitter velocity tracking.

Harvesting energy from flowing water for oil exploration

Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a new method to harvest energy from flowing water. This discovery aims to hasten the creation of self-powered microsensors for more accurate and cost-efficient oil exploration.

Graphene gives up more of its secrets

Graphene, a sheet of carbon only a single atom thick, was an object of theoretical speculation long before it was actually made. Theory predicts extraordinary properties for graphene, but testing the predictions against experimental results is often challenging.