Energy

The confinement beam from the National Ignition Facility (NIF), a fusion research laboratory, is considered the most powerful laser in the world. It is an ultraviolet laser with an output power of 500 terawatts . The machinery and electronic components that activate the NIF laser require more space than a football stadium. But the one-billionth … Read more

Two million euros to produce solar cells with materials such as colloidal quantum dots and halide perovskites have been invested by the Jaume I University of Castellón (UJI) has obtained the first Consolidator Grant from the European Research Council (ERC). The professor of Applied Physics Iván Mora Seró , also a researcher at the University … Read more

Various batteries have already been designed, however, for the first time, one of these batteries has been conceived that is capable of storing the same energy as in a lithium one but at a lower cost . The man responsible for the find is chemical engineer Zhenan Bao and his Stanford collaborators, materials scientists Yi … Read more

A technique that improves the ability of photovoltaic cells to absorb sunlight has been developed by researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and the Karlsruh Institute of Technology (KIT), in Germany. His source of inspiration has been black butterflies. Black butterflies The wings of the black butterfly ( Pachliopta aristolochiae ), which inhabit … Read more

This thin, plastic-like material can be used on buildings, car windows, cell phones, or other devices with a clear surface. It is actually a transparent luminescent solar concentrator that when placed on a window creates solar energy without disrupting the view developed by Michigan State University Engineering researchers that can turn a simple window into … Read more

If the energy that the Sun produces in a single second could be stored, it could satisfy the current energy consumption of the United States for the next nine million years. That is why it is very important to achieve new efficiency records in solar cells. A new combination of silicon with a relatively rare … Read more

This new method was able to absorb more sunlight than natural photosynthesis , which could revolutionize the way we can turn sunlight into fuel. The method for ‘splitting’ water into hydrogen and oxygen by altering the photosynthetic machinery in plants has been developed by researchers at St John’s College, Cambridge and the results have been … Read more

A BTU, or British Thermal Unit, is a unit of measure for energy; 3,400 BTUs is equivalent to approximately 1 kilowatt-hour. According to the most recent energy flow charts published by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), the United States had a total energy consumption of 101.2 quadrillion BTUs (or "quads"). Americans used 3.5 quads … Read more

Storage has long been an obstacle to renewable energy, but this innovative thermal battery being developed is also capable of producing electricity at night . This thermal battery is part of the concentrated solar power (CSP) system developed by United Sun Systems, which requires a battery to store and release energy to enable uninterrupted solar … Read more

The Gravitricity company is going to start manipulating massive weights on a shaft to store and deploy energy as needed. The axles will rise almost 1.6 kilometers high and the weights will range between 500 and 5,000 tons. Huge winches will raise and lower the weights, and the shafts will be pressurized to increase power … Read more

Betting strongly on renewables and maintaining nuclear energy is one of the most environmentally sustainable decisions, however Frankenstein syndrome makes us fear everything related to nuclear, despite the fact that other energy sources are more polluting and lethal . Routine health risks and greenhouse gas emissions from nuclear fission power are small relative to those … Read more

The concept of collecting solar energy in space was popularized by science fiction and science popularization author Isaac Asimov in 1941. But how to transfer electricity generated 36,000 kilometers away to our planet? China wants to make it happen , and for a recent date: the year 2035 . Space central Beyond science fiction, science … Read more

You cannot be an environmentalist and, at the same time, reject nuclear energy. For the moment, without it, we are doomed . It is something that France seems to have assumed. That is why, now, they once again look favorably on this type of energy, despite the fact that other countries, such as Germany , … Read more

Known as the Spherical Tokamak for Power Production (STEP), the UK today embarked on a step towards building the world’s first nuclear fusion power plant, launching a search for a more than 100 hectare site where it can connect to the electrical grid. However, there are still big hurdles to overcome before you can start … Read more