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A radical concept developed by a Swiss firm has upended the popular understanding that capturing wind energy for electricity generation requires tall wind turbines with huge blades erected on land or at sea. TwingTec, a spin-off from the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa), has developed an airborne wind energy (AWE) system that works similar to flying a kite. ...  more

A joint team of European and U.S. researchers has successfully developed a pliable conductive material, which is applicable in microbial fuel cell with the potential of powering wearable devices. ...  more

California is currently in the process of making a full transition to green energies by 2045. However, the aggressive efforts by the state and local governments in moving toward this goal have also raised the urgent issue of finding ways to make up for the loss of power generation resulting from the decommissioning of fossil fuel power stations during the interim period. ...  more

Image by Samuel Faber from Pixabay After several media outlets have reported the possibility of the bifacial tariff exemption being withdrawn for days, the office of the US Trade Representative finally made it official and confirm...  more

Germany has officially announced that it would be enacting the "Climate Change Act" on Sept. 20, which mandates the achievement of the goal to cut greenhouse-gas emissions by 55% from the 1990 level by 2030. The implementation of the plan is expected to cost an estimated 54 billion euros in total. ...  more

Hanergy Glory, a leading Chinese thin-film PV-cell firm, has made a major stride towards the development of its PV-panel electric cars; in a recently completed test, the car was able to run for as much as 20 kilometers/day for 30 straight days without charging. This marks a major improvement over its previous test in 2016, when its PV-panel electric car ran 80 kilometers in one day without charging. ...  more

Image by David Mark from Pixabay There is a global race to get an upper hand in terms of renewable energy. Given the crucial role that energy supply plays in politics, surprisingly, the US does not seem eager to join, which has fueled the changes in the energy landscape. ...  more