Possible Breakthrough in Solar Hydrogen Production

Solar production of hydrogen has been pretty inefficient.  And really, it seems like hydrogen should be thought more of a battery type solution.  I know of home solar installations where people are also doing hydrogen production so that they can switch to hydrogen in low sunlight situations.  Anyway, Dr. Thomas Nann at the University of [...]

Nissan Leaf Electric Car Leapfrogs

Nissan is really trying to go full bore with its new Leaf electric car.  It will allow you to go up to 100 miles on a single charge.  But will people buy it?

Lilliputian Butane Mobile Power System

Yes, small and mighty.  Lilliputian is trying to change the game on mobile powering.  It’s not a surprise that today’s battery power systems stink.  We just don’t have a great ways to store energy or regenerate.  Lilliputian systems wants to step into that gap by providing a nifty little mobile power recharging system.

Solar Ivy Interesting Alternative Energy Design

It’s staggering how little has been done in solar and wind alternative energy.  I think that shows just how apathetic we are when it comes to such ideas.  However, some folks have recently come up with a pretty neat idea.  It involves making solar cells that look like ivy, as [...]

Ariens Amp Electric Riding Mower

Well, well, I was wondering when someone would come out with this.  It seems Ariens has come out with the Amp electric riding mower.  It’s not exactly cost effective, but it runs quieter.  Yeah, that price tag is around $3200 upfront with $800 battery replacement costs.  You can count on replacing batteries every 3-4 years.  [...]

Potenco PCG2 Human Generator

Natural disasters make life stand still.  That’s when we truly realize that we are very electric dependent.  I’m not saying it’s all a bad thing – it’s not.  Sometimes it helps us realize how we miss the simpler things in life.  But when you need some power in that situation, the Potenco PCG2 fits the [...]

Inlet Concept Provides Power

These days, we are all looking for ways to cut costs.  And energy is one of the big ones.  Now, a lot of folks are really starting to look at solar, wind, and geothermal energy to help lower their energy costs over the long haul.  But some companies are looking for auxilliary ways to boost [...]

The Ohio State University Solar Breakthrough

Solar energy is on the verge of becoming very commercially viable.  The cost per kilowatt keeps coming down.  But two major hurdles remain: capturing more of the light spectrum and capturing the excited electrons.  Researchers at the Ohio State University claim to have solved both.

Gas Prices at a Glance

As the pinch at the pump gets ever so tighter, the frugal among us each find individual and unique ways to see if we can skim  a little off the gasoline bill. While there are plenty of ways this can be done, one of the simplest is finding the cheapest gasoline source. This simple task [...]

Sungri XCPV 5 Cent kWh Solar Cell

Solar power enthusiasts have always said that around 5 cents per kWh is the magic number to compete with electricity costs.  Sungri, a company haling from Hollywood, CA, says that they have a cell that will do it.  And it’s called the Xtreme Concentrated Photovoltaic.