How can we use cutting-edge developments in the graphene materials sector to 1) reduce energy usage, 2) increase energy efficiency, 3) build smarter energy systems, 4) eliminate combustion from our energy infrastructure?

More specifically, how can we leverage graphene as a multi-purpose structural and conductive material to build a…[Read more]

The Sandia National Laboratories have achieved a landmark breakthrough in solar-voltaic power-generation technology . The snowflake-like “solar glitter” uses 100 times less material to produce the same amount of electricity as today’s standard 6-inch square solar cells. This achievement of ultra-miniaturization now has the potential to move…[Read more]

To start a serious process of transition to a clean, green energy economy, based on expandable renewable resources with little to no negative impact on natural systems or the broader environment, we need to make available those resources that will allow us to reduce demand for oil. That reduced demand will parallel the shift in [...]

It’s not just the intense vibration, noise pollution and toxic contaminants associated with trucking that we need to address, but the broader environmental fallout from depending so heavily on a petroleum-based combustion-centric mode of transport. Heavy overland transport vehicles demand a massive amount of power to move them from place to place;…[Read more]

The quest for the most fuel-efficient vehicles has entered a new phase, with major government private-sector investment in research and development for industrial-scale commercial production of a new class of gas-electric hybrid vehicles and EVs (all-electric cars). Swiss-based Solar Impulse is building the world’s first 100% solar-powered…[Read more]

Organic solar concentrator systems make it possible for windows stained with transparent dyes to become the most efficient form of clean energy yet developed. They can be used for retrofitting or in new builds. Applications for the technology are easy to imagine, but the engineering to fit readily usable windows of all shapes and sizes with [...]

The US is considering a climate and energy bill, H.R. 2454, the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 (ACES) , amid much controversy over competing methods of calculating costs and benefits. Climate skeptics that rule out global climate change as a real long-term cost are concerned that energy-industry economics will be “distorted” by…[Read more]