Energy

Researchers at the Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have demonstrated that carbon nanotubes have the potential to act as a thermoelectric power generator that captures and uses...

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have demonstrated a production method they estimate will reduce the cost of carbon fiber by as much as 50 percent and the energy...

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the launch of its Energy Material Network (EMN) – a $40 million initiative that will focus on tackling one of the major barriers to widespread commercialization...

France’s minister of ecology and energy, Ségolène Royal, recently announced the country’s intention to, over the next five years, pave 1000 km of roads with a composite material that can adapt to thermal...

Students from the Stevens Institute of Technology recently won the 2015 Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Decathlon with its SURE HOUSE – a solar-powered home made with composites repurposed from...

Sustainable product company Janulus has exceeded its fundraising goal for an entire series of portable wind turbines, known as Trinity. The turbines come with either 50, 400, 1,000 or 2,500-watt generators,...