Energy Harvesting

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Solar

Book Review: Solar Energy Storage

Electrical energy generated from renewable sources requires efficient advanced electricity storage systems (ESSs), the process of converting electrical energy from a power network...
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Energy

Stanford Engineers Offer Plan to Convert U.S. to 100% Clean, Renewable Energy by 2050

Researchers calculate each state’s power demands and how to meet them solely through available renewable sources.
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Energy

A Wind Turbine Without Blades

Vortex Bladeless uses a radically new approach to capturing wind energy. The device captures the energy of vorticity, an aerodynamic effect that has plagued structural engineers...
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Alternative Energy

Energy Harvesting on the Move

At the recent Geneva International Motor Show, Goodyear Tire Rubber Company unveiled a tire whose heat could be transformed into electrical energy to power vehicles.
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Energy

Revolutionary Solar-friendly Form Of Silicon Shines

A team of Carnegie Institution (Washington, D.C.) scientists led by Timothy Strobel has synthesized an entirely new form of silicon that could address future energy needs.
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Energy Harvesting

Energy Harvesting Poised To Eliminate Pacemaker Battery

Scientists at several universities are actively looking at energy harvesting to produce the electricity needed to power pacemakers in human hearts. If successful, pacemakers would...
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Energy Harvesting

Number of Patents for Renewable-Energy Technology Sees Significant Increase

The number of renewable-energy technology patents has steadily increased over the past decade, with the solar energy and wind markets seeing the most growth.
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Energy Harvesting

Power Seminars to Focus on Energy Efficiency

The eighth season of Fairchild Semiconductor’s global seminars will discuss energy efficiency by way of emerging technologies and key design issues.
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Energy

SolePower: Generate Power When You Walk

Energy harvesting will move a big step forward if “SolePower,” a power-generating shoe insole becomes a commercial reality.
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Energy

Floating Platform Generates Power from Wind and Tide

Power Electronics Technology has presented articles on the use of ocean currents to generate electricity (September 2010) as well as articles in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, and 2011...