12 Apr 2013

Less than one week to IDTechEx' Energy Harvesting & Storage Europe
Next week Energy Harvesting & Storage and WSN & RTLS Europe will open at the ICC Berlin, Germany on April 17-18 (www.IDTechEx.com/EH). The events are co-located with Printed Electronics Europe, Graphene LIVE! and Supercapacitors Europe - with over 1,400 people already pre-registered.
4 Apr 2013

Q&A on energy harvesting, wireless sensors, wireless sensor networks
IDTechEx recently contacted some of the most prominent potential users of energy harvesting, wireless sensor and wireless sensor networks, trying to gauge the state of the technology, as well as the barriers for adoption that might delay further implementations in different verticals. The questions were simple, although the answers rarely are.
19 Feb 2013

New batteries hold three times as much energy
Researchers at USC have developed a new lithium-ion battery design that uses porous silicon nanoparticles in place of the traditional graphite anodes to provide superior performance.
19 Feb 2013

Cheap, strong lithium-ion battery developed at USC
Researchers at USC have developed a new lithium-ion battery design that uses porous silicon nanoparticles in place of the traditional graphite anodes to provide superior performance.
14 Feb 2013

Optimizing lighting in buildings: Efficiency, sustainability, control
As sensing becomes wireless and energy harvesting technologies start to provide reliable sources of power that allows networking hundreds or even thousands of them lighting becomes even more sustainable and cost-efficient.
13 Feb 2013

Energy harvesting comes to market
Energy harvesting - harvesting abundant energy from the environment to power small devices or assist larger devices - has secured a sure foot-hold in building and industrial markets, powering wireless sensors to improve efficiency, reduce costs and increase automation.
2 Jan 2013

Advanced wind blade
A project that could fundamentally change the way wind blades are designed, manufactured and installed.
25 Dec 2012

Investments in alternative fuels making PA more energy independent
Governor Edward G. Rendell said that Pennsylvania is cutting its appetite for foreign oil by more than a half-million gallons as it invests in 21 alternative fuel projects that will also create 221 jobs and cut carbon dioxide emissions by 14.5 million pounds.
24 Dec 2012

Solar startup
Last year's bankruptcy of Solyndra, a maker of thin-film solar panels that received a $535 million loan guarantee from the U.S. Department of Energy, is casting a huge shadow over the market for solar power.
21 Dec 2012

GE Demonstrates Battery Dominant Fuel Cell Bus
Researchers at GE Global Research have achieved a first step in reducing the cost of clean fuel, zero emission buses, with a vehicle powered by GE's new Durathon battery in tandem with a lithium battery and a hydrogen fuel cell.
7 Dec 2012

GE to purchase 2,000 Ford C-MAX energi plug-in hybrids
GE will purchase 2,000 Ford C-MAX Energi plug-in hybrids for its fleet - Ford's largest-ever plug-in electrified vehicle fleet sale.
23 Nov 2012

GE to power US Navy's latest hybrid amphibious assault flagship
GE's Power Conversion business has signed a contract worth more than $10 million with Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) to provide an auxiliary propulsion system (APS) for the future USS Tripoli (LHA-7), which is the U.S. Navy's latest large-deck amphibious assault ship.
31 Oct 2012

OLED vs LED lighting
The latest devolopments in the OLED Lighting space will be one of the major topics at the forthcoming Printed Electronics USA 2012.
31 Oct 2012

Printed electronics wheels into new territory
The term printed electronics is shorthand for printed and potentially printed electronics and electrics. It is an enabling technology like paper or the wheel and, like them, its applications are now taking unexpected turns.
22 Oct 2012

NYSERDA awards $2M for new batteries and supercapacitors
The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority has awarded $250,000 to each of eight companies and research centers to develop working prototypes for a wide range of energy-storage technologies.