Skin powered by the sun? Energy-saving prosthetic limbs get better feeling
Amputees with prosthetic limbs may soon have much a better sense of touch, temperature and texture, thanks to the energy-saving power of the sun, British researchers said on Thursday. While prosthetics are usually powered using batteries, a new prototype from University of Glasgow researchers opens ...
Revolutionary disruption coming to the energy sector
New storage technologies are going to lead to a gargantuan shake-up of the energy industry, sending nuclear to the back seat.
Panasonic eyes storage boost as Japan's solar incentives wane
The government's scaling back of a program encouraging residential solar power has Panasonic Corp. hopeful the market for home energy storage systems is about to receive a boost. In 2019, a program designed to buy back solar power flowing from rooftop panels at above-market rates ...
Bankers bet on big batteries that could revolutionize power grids
The idea that giant batteries may someday revolutionize electrical grids has long enthralled clean-power advocates and environmentalists. Now it's attracting bankers with the money to make it happen. Lenders including Investec PLC, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. and Prudential Financial Inc. are looking to finance ...
Dream of cheap, clean nuclear power is over
Far from the dream technology envisioned in the old science fiction novels, nuclear power has become a huge, risky government-subsidized boondoggle.
Chinese, Germans seek to turn Chernobyl wasteland into solar park
Chinese and Germans are among dozens of investors taking Ukraine up on its offer to turn the grounds of one of the world's worst nuclear disasters into a massive solar park. Thirteen international investors are among the 39 groups seeking Ukrainian permission to install about ...
World energy hits a turning point: solar that's cheaper than wind
There is a transformation happening in global energy markets that is worth noting as 2016 comes to an end: Solar power, for the first time, is becoming the cheapest form of new electricity. There have been isolated projects in the past where this happened: An ...
A year after Congress extended generous tax credits for renewable energy projects, the U.S. wind industry is thriving. Solar power companies, meanwhile, are hunkering down for a rough 2017. The tax credit renewal has boosted the long-term outlooks for both industries. But in the short term, ...
Despite the European Union's caution on promoting renewables, Donald Trump's lack of interest is leaving the door wide open to global leadership.
Google Earth images shed light on where solar rooftops make sense
During his free time on the job as a Google employee, Carl Elkin began tinkering with the company's 3-D mapping program, wondering if it could identify rooftops that receive enough sunlight to make installing solar panels worthwhile. When the U.S.-based engineer showed a handful of ...
Can Tesla recharge Panasonic's batteries?
Japan Inc. should take inspiration from Elon Musk's ambitions to shake up the future of energy and transportation.
The government is thinking about ways to protect major electricity suppliers from the massive costs they face to decommission their nuclear reactors.
