Category Energy

Maine gets grant to study tidal power

Video: Ocean Renewable Power successfully tested a submerged turbine during one of the roughest winters in decades in Maine A nearly $1 million federal grant to UMaine and Ocean Renewable Power will be used to determine if submerged turbines can…

UAE going cleantech?

The United Arab Emirates is emerging as one of the biggest markets for cleantech, thanks to a massive carbon footprint and skyrocketing energy demand. The carbon footprint of UAE residents is greater than anyplace else, in part due to the…

Self-cleaning photovoltaic cells

A new treatment for silicon photovoltaic solar cells puts little bumps on the surface, causing water to flow off it easier, taking dust and dirt with it. Thus it becomes self-cleaning, which improves light absorption. Plus the bumps themselves also…