Posts Tagged: alternative energy
Chinese solar farms make country a global leader in renewables despite world’s deadliest air quality
The Anhui solar farm is the world’s largest floating farm but its 40 MW capacity is much lower than other large photovoltaic power stations across the world. …
Slump in Clean Energy Patents Causes Concern
As of late, the spike of clean energy technology innovation is slowing down in the United States, during a time that the Trump administration is aiming to …
GM and Honda announce joint investment in fuel cell development, marrying two largest patent portfolios in the field
The official announcement released by both GM and Honda notes that both companies enjoy patent portfolios related to fuel cell battery technologies, which are among the world’…
Toxic algal blooms of today could become the biofuels, fertilizers and antibiotics of tomorrow
At the time of an NIH study in 2011, algae-based biofuel production costs using conventional technologies were anywhere from $300 USD to $2,600 USD per barrel, much higher than the …
The new Elon Musk master plan for Tesla reeks of overconfidence
Elon Musk’s updated master plan reeks of overconfidence. He envisions entire fleets of autonomous Tesla vehicles while missing recent sales targets by thousands of units. He …
Signs of turbulence in Musk’s business holdings grow as SolarCity reduces jobs commitment at Buffalo, NY plant
SolarCity was a little more muted on the topic of how many jobs it would create in Buffalo, and yet those promises are still being broken. News …
America’s aging electrical grid could benefit from smart grid tech
With an average price of 12 cents per kilowatt hour (Kwh) as of January 2016, the American electrical grid system still does a good job of getting electrical energy …
Clean energy patent market may offer significant financial gains
With an increase in the number of patents being issued for clean energy technologies, it’s not surprising to see predictions of increased patent litigation in the …
The Top 10 Patents Issued in 2015
2015 was a truly remarkable year for innovation and we saw major trends in self-driving cars, wearable technologies, digital wallets and much more. I hope you will enjoy …
Next generation nuclear reactors being approved for new construction projects in U.S.
The current state-of-the-art in nuclear power plant reactor design and construction is known as Generation III+. These reactors are essentially safer versions of the Generation III reactors …
Sustainable, green aviation and the pursuit of fuel alternatives
Fuels derived from biomass are not the only option being pursued to solve the problem of switching away from petroleum-based fossil fuels, or at least getting more …
Picking winners and losers based on innovation design is unsound, unwise, and just plain stupid
On some basic level everything can be characterized as an idea. It is also all too easy for those who are not technically trained to believe, no …
Aviation industry looks to cut polluting emissions through alternative fuels and batteries
A lot of research and development into alternative fuels for aircraft has focused on biofuels, which has also been an area of focus of automakers. Last January, …
Shell Oil provides surprising developments in renewable energy along with oil and gas tech
Shell maintains a significant investment into research and development within its own corporation. The company’s 2014 fourth quarter earnings report showed that Shell invested $428 million into R&…
Chevron develops energy system innovations from hydrofracking to biomass
Chevron pioneers many innovations in energy systems and related fields and in recent years has focused on ocean bottom sensing tech for deepwater fields, waterflood surveillance data …
