Subscribe to Defense Tech Briefs
  • Home
  • News
  • Features
  • Tech Briefs
  • Videos
  • Products
  • Events
  • Newsletter

Home (All Topics)
Subscribe to this RSS Feed

Intelligent Energy Management
Posted in Energy Storage, Energy Efficiency, News on Monday, March 08 2010
Smart meters – intelligent devices to measure consumption – make it possible to read and control power consumption, even of private households, while away from the property. New software shadows the electricity meter and that ensures energy consumption is adjusted accordingly.
Read More >>
Process Yields High-Energy-Density Plant-Based Transportation Fuel
Posted in Alternative Fuels, Biomass, Energy Efficiency, Carbon Dioxide, News on Friday, March 05 2010
A team of University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers has developed a highly efficient, environmentally friendly process that selectively converts gamma-valerolactone - a biomass derivative - into the chemical equivalent of jet fuel. The process preserves about 95 percent of the energy from the original biomass.
Read More >>
Power Generator With Thermo-Differential Modules
Posted in Energy Storage, Solar Power, Renewable Energy, Thermoelectrics, Tech Briefs on Thursday, March 04 2010
A new thermoelectric power generator from Johnson Space Center consists of an oven box and a solar cooker/solar reflector unit. The solar reflector concentrates sunlight into heat and transfers the heat into the oven box via a heat pipe.
Read More >>
Mechanical Extraction of Power From Ocean Currents and Tides
Posted in Hydropower, Energy Storage, Renewable Energy, Tech Briefs on Wednesday, March 03 2010
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory has proposed a scheme for generating electric power from rivers and from ocean currents, tides, and waves that not entail the high maintenance costs of other schemes that call for submerged electric generators and cables.
Read More >>
Electric Motor Efficiency Regulations: What Motor Manufacturers, OEMs, and Motor Users Need To Know
Posted in Building Technologies, Energy Efficiency, Government Initiatives, Features on Tuesday, March 02 2010
The Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA), which restates the definition of General Purpose Electric Motors, goes into effect on December 19, 2010. For the first time, OEMs are going to be held accountable for the efficiency of motors in their equipment.
Read More >>
Large Cell Ultracapacitors
Posted in Energy Storage, Transportation, Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy, Products on Monday, March 01 2010
Maxwell Technologies Inc. (San Diego, CA) has introduced its new K2 series large cell BOOSTCAP ultracapacitors. About the size of a soda can, the K2 series BOOSTCAP cells operate at 2.7 volts and incorporate design and construction enhancements for high performance, durability, and a long operating lifetime.
Read More >>
"Powder to Power"
Posted in Alternative Fuels, Biomass, Solar Power, Wind Power, Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy, Products on Wednesday, February 24 2010
Today, Bloom Energy Corporation (Sunnyvale, CA) announced the availability of the Bloom Energy Server™, a patented solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) technology that provides clean, affordable, and continuous onsite electricity from renewable or traditional fuel sources.
Read More >>
«StartPrev12345678910NextEnd»

Topics

  • Alternative Fuels
  • Biomass
  • Energy Storage
  • Building Technologies
  • Geothermal Power
  • Government Initiatives
  • Energy Efficiency
  • Renewable Energy
  • Environmental Monitoring
  • Remediation Technologies
  • Solar Power
  • Wind Power
  • Transportation
  • LEDs/Lighting
  • Batteries
  • Climate
  • Hydrogen
  • Pollution
  • Thermoelectrics
  • Hydropower
  • Recycling
  • Carbon Dioxide

White Paper

The Common Behavior of White LEDs and Fluorescent Lamps


Sponsored By:

Featured Video

In this week's video pick, Stanford University researchers demonstrate the technology behind ultra-lightweight, bendable batteries in the form of everyday paper.
Read More >>

Most Popular

Paintable Solar Cells

Process Cleans Wastewater, Generates Electricity, Desalinates Seawater

Using Plastics to Make Solar Cells More Cost-Effective

Tree Totally Powers Custom Circuit

"Chemical Fuel Tank" Gives Hydrogen Storage New Hope

© 2009-2010 Tech Briefs Media Group

  • About
  • Contact
  • Advertising
  • Privacy
  • Defense Tech Briefs
  • Embedded Technology
  • NASA Tech Briefs