If disaster ever struck, Joe Fleischmann could keep the lights, refrigerator and big-screen TV running in his Orange County home, even if the power company went dark.
Energy & Green Tech
Aug 16, 2017
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On July 26, 2017, a member of the Expedition 52 crew aboard the International Space Station took this photograph of one of the 16 sunrises they experience every day, as the orbiting laboratory travels around Earth. One of ...
Space Exploration
Aug 1, 2017
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Spacewalking astronauts hooked up fancy new batteries Friday on the International Space Station's sprawling power grid.
Space Exploration
Jan 6, 2017
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As solar cells produce a greater proportion of total electric power, a fundamental limitation remains: the dark of night when solar cells go to sleep. Lithium-ion batteries, the commonplace batteries used in everything ...
Materials Science
Sep 22, 2016
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Photovoltaic systems coupled with lead-acid batteries do not ensure electrical self-sufficiency for a residence at a reasonable cost. This is th conclusion of a study from the Université libre de Bruxelles: simulations reveal ...
Energy & Green Tech
Sep 12, 2016
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It's Tesla Motors' biggest bet yet: a massive, $5 billion factory in the Nevada desert that could nearly double the world's production of lithium-ion batteries.
Energy & Green Tech
Jul 27, 2016
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Perovskite is a material with an almost ideal structure. The majority of high-temperature superconductors are perovskite-based due to their non-ideal structure. The material can also be used to produce flexible solar batteries ...
Condensed Matter
Jun 28, 2016
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Home storage systems for electricity produced by photovoltaics facilities are gaining attractiveness, as their costs are declining. However, standardized, verifiable criteria for the end client to assess their performance ...
Energy & Green Tech
Jun 13, 2016
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Despite their hefty price tag, smartphones have an average consumer lifetime of about three years. The lithium ion batteries that power them, however, can last for about five years—meaning that just about every discarded ...
Energy & Green Tech
Apr 19, 2016
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Whether fair weather or foul, sustainable energy supply must be independent of natural fluctuations of renewable energy sources, such as sunshine. The coupling of "green" energy sources with reliable energy storage systems ...
Energy & Green Tech
Mar 31, 2016
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