A ‘battery university‘ professional development programme being held this summer at San Jose State University, California, is intended to train a work force for the next generation of battery makers. The curriculum is being developed…
Researchers at the University of East Anglia (UEA) have demonstrated proteins on the surface of bacteria can produce an electric current by simply touching a mineral surface. This means that it is possible to bind…
Hybrid ribbons of vanadium and graphene thousands of times thinner than a sheet of paper could be the basis for a superior cathode for lithium-ion batteries, say researchers at Rice University. Hydrothermal processing of vanadium…
Reporting live from the Energy Storage Summit, Dusseldorf Is lithium-ion (Li-ion) set to become the battery of choice for PV storage? In an Energy Storage Summit talk today, Dr Matthias Vetter of the Fraunhofer Institute…
Scientists at MIT are a step closer to manufacturing a system that uses sunlight and water to produce hydrogen that can then be burned immediately or stored for use in a fuel cell, essentially imitating…
A catalyst that extracts hydrogen from methanol could help solve the storage and transportation issues associated with hydrogen energy-based systems, reports Nature this week. A team led by Matthias Beller of the University of Rostock…
Entitled ‘From Idea to Impact – Collaborating to Meet Global Energy Challenges’, the Eighth MIT Energy Conference is scheduled to take place on March 1 and 2. Panel topics include ‘Utility of the Future’, ‘From…
It’s been designed to make the smart grid smarter, say its backers. Scheduled to launch on June 30, 2013, the Southern California Edison (SCE) project will include electric-distribution infrastructure, substations, residential homes, cyber-security networks, battery…