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Texas alone is the sixth largest generator of wind power in the world, but is their success replicable?

Researchers have found an alternative to solar energy with the addition of thermoelectrics.

Many prominent car manufacturers are showing off new and improved electric models at the prestigious motor show.

Solar cells based on perovskite crystals have made unparalleled advances in performance in the past decade, but most research on these…

A team of German researchers used a hybrid mix of potassium ferricyanide to greatly improve capacitance for superconductors.

When researchers at the University of Munich combined porphyrin with graphene, they found the fusion has unique electronics applications…

U.S. Department of Energy-funded research will allow UCSB engineers to explore and expand the thermoelectric power of polymers

The cost of producing electricity via wind power is expected to fall 24-30 percent by 2030 and 35-41 percent by 2050, according to a…

An aggressive emissions bill commits the state to making deep cuts in emissions by 2030.

For all of the talk about the disruptive nature of wind and solar on the utility sector, there is another clean energy technology that…

A just-completed project off the coast of Rhode Island, though relatively tiny, is at the forefront of a sea-based transition to…

In the pursuit of a new class of photovoltaic materials, researchers at UC Santa Barbara happened upon an entirely different discovery…

In the pursuit of a new class of photovoltaic materials, researchers at UC Santa Barbara happened upon an entirely different discovery…

The next big development in the world of digital communications might come from a local community college or UCSB undergrad thanks…

John Bowers, a professor of electrical and computer engineering and of materials at UC Santa Barbara, has been selected to receive the…

Nobel Laureate and Institute faculty member Shuji Nakamura has been elected to Academia Sinica, Taiwan’s preeminent research…