Archive for the ‘Solar Research’ Category

Wind or Solar Power Can Now Be Stored as Liquid Air

Tuesday, March 29th, 2011

liquid air energy storage

The people behind the technology are Highview Power Storage engineers, and thanks to their know-how, storing energy from a utility-scale solar energy system or wind farm may be as simple as converting that energy into liquid air. (more…)

‘Frozen Smoke’ Batteries Could Enhance Solar, Wind…and Surgery?

Friday, March 4th, 2011

In what seems straight out of a science fiction movie, scientists from the University of Central Florida have discovered a material that could completely transform batteries as we know them.

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Google Startup ‘Transphorms’ Solar Efficiency

Thursday, February 24th, 2011

google transphorm energy efficiency

The name of the company is Transphorm, and since its inception in 2007 it has been busy transforming the very nature of energy.

No bumps on solar cells, no cars that run on jellied jellyfish. Transphorm, emerging at the head of the class after three years of sitting in the back row, has discovered a technology that could ultimately capture some of the power lost in converting from alternating current (AC) to direct current (DC). (more…)

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