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All electric manned aircraft now a reality in China

In 2009, Yuneec International of China demonstrated, in China and the USA, its new e430, the world's first commercially produced electric aircraft.

Longer life for plastic solar cells

A team of researchers from the University of Alberta and the National Institute for Nanotechnology has extended the operating life of an unsealed plastic solar cell from mere hours to eight months.

NREL and Solarmer Energy to extend lifetime of plastic solar cells

The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Solarmer Energy, Inc., recently signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) to collaborate on improving the lifetime of plastic solar cells, a promising new solar conversion technology.

SWeNT awarded Lithium Ion vehicle battery grant worth $500,000

Project focused on developing carbon nanotube enhanced cathode materials for electric powered vehicle batteries.

Power generating sole

The Orange Power Wellies, created in collaboration with renewable energy experts GotWind, use a unique 'power generating sole' that converts heat from the wearer's feet into an electrical current.

Electric Vehicles in East Asia

The Western media obsess about electric cars to be made in the West, many of them being both overpriced and underperforming in global terms. This misses the fact that 56% of the value of sales of electric vehicles is and will remain in East Asia and cars only account for about half of the value of the electric vehicle business worldwide.

All electric manned aircraft now a reality in France

The world's first four-engine electric aerobatic plane will be unveiled at the Green Aviation Show in France this year

Funding for direct-drive wave energy conversion devices

Electro Standards Laboratories in collaboration with the University of Rhode Island Department of Ocean Engineering, under the Center of Excellence in Undersea Technology, has been awarded a $200K Rhode Island Collaborative Research Grant from the Rhode Island Science and Technology Council to further the development of renewable energy direct-drive wave energy conversion devices to power autonomous coastal buoys.

Highly efficient solar cells could result from quantum dot research

Conventional solar cell efficiency could be increased from the current limit of 30 percent to more than 60 percent, suggests new research on semiconductor nanocrystals, or quantum dots, led by chemist Xiaoyang Zhu at The University of Texas at Austin.

Director of Engineering

Capital Equipment sought for Optomec, Inc., Albuquerque, NM, USA

Aerotech's AGS1500 series Cartesian gantry system

Compact Linear-Motor Gantry is a cost-effective solution for high-dynamic contouring applications.

Contract to develop solar cells for space applications

Spire Corporation, an American global solar company providing capital equipment and turnkey production lines to manufacture photovoltaic (PV) cells and modules, has announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Spire Semiconductor LLC, has been awarded a contract from the Missile Defence Agency (MDA) to develop high efficiency, multi-junction solar cells for space applications.

Electric Vehicles in Germany- part one

Does the German government subsidise at the right point?

Davor Sutija steps up as CEO of Thinfilm

Dr Davor Sutija has been promoted to CEO of Thin Film Electronics ASA ("Thinfilm"). He takes over from Rolf Åberg, who continues in an executive board position.

Development of super batteries

Engineers at Nottingham University are developing a new generation of super batteries that will collect, store and, when called upon, quickly release electricity generated by renewables.

Printed Electronics in Düsseldorf

IDTechEx announces Europe's largest annual Printed Electronics event which will take place in Düsseldorf, Germany on 5-6 April 2011.

Performance cars in Oman

Oman is going make electric cars, according to a company executive in the oil rich - and sun rich - state.

Tesla plugs into Wall Street

US electric automaker Tesla Motors has gone public.

NanoKTN secures partnership between UK Nanotechnology SMEs

Applied Nanodetectors Ltd and Kelvin Nanotechnology Ltd to work on next generation healthcare applications.

BAE Systems gains Military EV business

In March 2010, BAE Systems has received a contract to develop an onboard vehicle power management system designed to improve U.S. Marine Corps mission effectiveness by significantly increasing electric power available to ground forces.