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Supercapacitors Enable Harsh-environment Energy Storage

New, high-energy batteries that can withstand harsh environments developed using nanotube-based supercapacitors at Rice University.

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Advanced Electrodes for Better Li-Ion Batteries

Korean researchers have developed a new anode that holds three times more charge than conventional graphite anodes. This could lead to…

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DOE Backs Thin Flexible Solar Panels

Loans from the Department of Energy are leading to advances in flexible solar cell technology, as well as creating new jobs.

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Solar Power Coming to 90+ California Schools

SunPower has partnered with the California School Boards Association to bring solar power to more than ninety schools across the state…

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IBM's New Chips Compute More Like We Do

Researches at IBM have developed two chip prototypes that intertwine computational power with memory, similar to the how the human brain…

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Energy-Harvesting Displays

Two separate research groups have developed light-harvesting filters that can be added to LCD displays to recharge batteries in portable…

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Solar Roadways to Build Solar-Powered Parking Lot

Roads that use solar power to melt snow, spell warnings for motorists, or connect to weight sensitive panels that illuminate a crosswalk…

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Venture Capitalists Back Away from Clean Energy

Venture capitalists are shifting their clean technology investment strategy to focus less on high-risk technologies and more on ideas…

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Energy Storage for Solar Power

Energy startup BrightSource has developed an energy storage system that involves heating up molten salt, and pumping it through a heat…

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Solarbuzz Report Sees US PV Market Doubling in 2011

A new report shows lower module prices and greater incentives will help the US PV market grow over the next five years.

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Commercial Operation Begins at NRG Solar, Eurus Energy America’s 45MW Plant

Eurus Energy America's 45MW solar generating facility could generate enough electricity to cater for the energy requirements of 36,000…

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New Process Could Make Canadian Oil Cheaper, Cleaner

Alberta-based consortium N-solv has developed a new method of extracting oil from deep within the ground.

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Nanoscale Pillars Could Have a Big Role in Future Batteries

Researchers at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory experimenting with tin and graphene have discovered a new way of structuring…

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NREL Confirms New CdTe Cell Efficiency Record From First Solar

First Solar has set the new conversion efficiency record for cadmium telluride solar cells with it's new test models constructed using…

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Pure Nanotubes by the Kilo

Researchers at Rice University have improved on a method for making pure nanotubes called amplification that could allow them to turn a…

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Corn Ethanol Is Dead, Long Live Corn Ethanol

As a sign of corn ethanol's growing maturity, ending direct U.S. support for ethanol production is under serious consideration.

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