HEADLINES ARCHIVE
Video: Battery initiative to boost UK rail service
A joint venture will produce battery packs to advance rail electrification and also offer domestic production of batteries for the automotive and construction sectors.
Watch: Students design an electric motorbike
The superbike includes a 17 kWh oil-cooled battery and a powertrain capable of delivering 150 kW and 400 Nm of torque at an estimated top speed of 160 mph.
Silicon Line launches HDMI 2.1 active optical cable modules sampling program
The sampling program is expected to provide an opportunity for cable manufacturers and partners to accelerate their time to market.
Liquid fuel cell design outperforms hydrogen-powered technology
A high-power direct borohydride fuel cell was demonstrated to operate at double the voltage of conventional hydrogen fuel cells.
SPI, ESI and North America Smart Energy Week heads outdoors to Las Vegas this October
The renewable energy industry event will provide an experience that is safe for all stakeholders and will include virtual options for attendees who cannot safely participate in person.
Million-mile battery could end the internal combustion engine
Chinese car battery-making company claims new battery has a one million mile lifespan, threatening the future of gas guzzling automobiles.
Power sweat: Electricity from gym equipment
Some fitness clubs are generating electricity from their equipment, a green and novel way to supply power.
Manufacturing a new nuclear accident-tolerant fuel
A 3D laser-induced chemical vapor deposition technique was developed for the production of uranium nitride fuel.
Permanent magnet materials for electric motors
The demand for permanent magnets in electric motors is growing, and designers need to understand the benefits and tradeoffs of the high energy magnet materials available today.
Video: DOE reveals Waves to Water prize winners
The competition promotes the use of wave energy-powered desalination to provide potable drinking water for remote coastal and island communities.
Empowering power for the digital age
The power supplies for today’s automation systems must be significantly more intelligent, robust and secure than any power component in widespread use today.
Companies in Japan jointly create electrified fabric
Two Japanese tech firms have jointly developed fabric that is electrified via the movements of the wearer and is capable of destroying bacteria and viruses.
Cables for solar service earn international certification
The DC 1,500 V photovoltaic cable meets the functional and safety standards of the International Electrotechnical Commission and EN European Norm.
Harvesting electricity from the shadows
A simple device has been designed that makes use of shadows for power generation and photosensing applications.
High throughput solar cell tester is 3D-printed
The machine provides the capacity to evaluate 16 sample perovskite-based solar cells simultaneously and in parallel.
Solid state battery stability improves with 'battery butter'
A spreadable interlayer paste-like material ensures fast lithium-ion transport and stability toward metallic lithium.
Soaring through space on solar sails
NASA and the European Space Agency researchers are developing a key in-space propulsion technology that could replace conventional chemical fuels with an inexhaustible natural resource: Energy from the sun.
How the shift to electric vehicles is changing manufacturing as a whole
While the days when sales of electric vehicles (EVs) will outnumber those of internal combustion-engine (ICE) vehicles are a decade or two in the future, the consequences for the automotive supply chain need to be understood and acknowledged now.
Video: New title holder for largest wind turbine
The world’s largest offshore wind energy turbine is under development by Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA.
Modular energy storage solution designed to replace diesel generators
The modular Voltpack Mobile System includes an AC interface hub connecting up to five 245 kWh lithium-ion battery Voltpacks.