These coatings can be used in a range of technologies, such as flexible electronic devices or to convert electricity int…

Inspired by the electron transfer properties of quinones in biological systems, scientists recently reported on investig…

Gang Chen’s thermoelectric devices turn waste heat into electricity for vehicles and other machines.

Thermoelectric materials convert temperature differences into electric voltage. About a decade ago, researchers used nan…

Using high-brilliance X-rays, researchers track the process that fuel cells use to produce electricity, knowledge that will help make large-scale alternative energy power systems more practical and reliable.

Using high-brilliance X-rays, researchers track the process that fuel cells use to produce electricity, knowledge that w…

Hydrogen fuel cells are an alternative, clean source of energy: hydrogen and oxygen are directly converted into electric…

skyTran is a high-speed, energy-efficient, transportation system, designed to transport passengers in a safe, green, and…

Stanford scientists have created a copper-based catalyst that produces large quantities of ethanol from carbon monoxide gas at room temperature.

Stanford University scientists have found a new, highly efficient way to produce liquid ethanol from carbon monoxide gas…

University of Leicester works with High Efficiency Heating UK Ltd to pinpoint optimum locations for hydropower turbines

The University of Leicester will work with a British company, High Efficiency Heating UK Ltd, with interests in renewabl…

Scientists from Stanford, SLAC and Denmark have created a new nickel-gallium catalyst that could some day be used to convert hydrogen and carbon dioxide emissions into methanol, an important industrial chemical and potential fuel.

Scientists from Stanford, SLAC and Denmark have created a new nickel-gallium catalyst that could some day be used to con…

Today's wind industry, even with the necessary batteries and other grid-scale storage, is energetically sustainable, Stanford scientists say.

The worldwide demand for solar and wind power continues to skyrocket. Since 2009, global solar photovoltaic installation…

Hydrogen storage is a key enabling technology for the advancement of hydrogen and fuel cell power technologies in transp…

Researchers at North Carolina State University have shown that a one-atom thick film of molybdenum sulfide (MoS2) may wo…

Energy: too valuable to waste

Power to gas is a key concept when it comes to storing alternative energy. This process converts short-term excess elect…

Stanford University research comes to Antioch to explore a new frontier of renewable energy from wastewater

The Stanford postdoctoral scholar has developed a new process to recover renewable energy from nitrogen in wastewater ca…

Researchers report that wood-biochar supercapacitors can produce as much power as today’s activated-carbon supercapacito…

An interdisciplinary team has created a "microbial battery" driven by naturally occurring bacteria that have evolved to produce electricity as they digest organic material.

Engineers at Stanford have devised a new way to generate electricity from sewage, using naturally

Researchers from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Florida-based Chemergy Inc. plan to demonstrate an innovativ…

University of Minnesota and Verdant Power to lead new effort that advances research, innovation and training

A new collaboration between industry and academia is set to harness the energy of New York City’s East River. The Univer…

Conventional grid-scale batteries are fine for solar farms, but technological improvements are needed for efficient storage of wind power, Stanford scientists say.

Conventional grid-scale batteries are fine for solar farms, but technological improvements are needed for efficient stor…

A fungus and E. coli bacteria have joined forces to turn tough, waste plant material into isobutanol, a biofuel that mat…