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$3M Government Lab Aims To Amp Up Electric Batteries

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is pouring $3 million into a new research and development facility that is aimed at improving the efficiency of electric car batteries. The facility is located at...

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Rare Earth Metals Future May Hinge On China

On a single day last week shares in a Colorado-based mining company Molycorp rose dramatically by 12 percent on the stock exchange. The sudden investment in Molycorp was surprising because it related...

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Solar Energy’s Future To Be Found In Nano Technologies?

Bringing down cost is of course the holy grail of pretty much all manufacturing, but in solar energy the issue is particularly acute. When it first came on the scene was heralded as a major energy...

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Predicting Waves Could Double Ocean Energy Capture

Surfers spend half their time on the water sitting upright on their boards, scanning the horizon for the next suitable wave. The reason of course is that a wave’s size and power is going to tell you a...

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Microbial Fuel Cell Breakthrough Could Lower Costs

We haven’t too often alluded to microbial fuel cells (MFCs) here at EarthTechling, though most recently we did touch upon them in connection with a story to turn pee into power. They’re a form of...

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Clean Energy A Big Future Focus Of South Korea

South Korea is getting big into wind. It still remains at a nascent stage but the latest from the Asian country is a major offshore wind project in the South and Yellow Seas. The first stage of the...

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China Spends Big Bucks On Solar Energy Investment In Chile

The skies the limit for the Chinese solar these days and now the country is reported to be investing $900 million in a solar energy park in the Andean country of Chile. According to Reuters Chinese...

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Cleantech Needs A Weatherman To Know Which Way The Wind Blows

Earlier this year President Obama blasted the nay-sayers ideologically opposed to renewables, comparing these “professional politicians” to the flat earthers of years gone by. Obama chose to launch his...

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California High Speed Rail On Track In Spite Of Uncertainties

It should have been a moment of celebration; the recent vote by California lawmakers to back the first phase of a high speed rail line in the state. The legislative vote, which was passed thanks to the...

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Electric Cars: How Much Does Size Matter?

With rave reviews for its new sedan and visitors to its small collection of flagship stores numbering in the millions, Tesla Motors is riding high. The California-based automaker released its hotly...

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