In the future, civilization will be forced to research and develop alternative energy sources. Our current rate of fossil fuel usage will lead to an energy crisis this century. In order to survive the energy crisis many companies in the energy industry are inventing new ways to extract energy from renewable sources. While the rate of development is slow, mainstream awareness and government pressures are growing. This page contains articles about the future of energy technologies.
THE SPHERICAL SUN POWER GENERATOR
German Architect Andre Broessel believes he has a solution that can “squeeze more juice out of the sun”, even during the night hours and in low-light regions. His company Rawlemon
APPLE ELECTRIC CAR: CONCEPT PHOTOS
Recent rumours that suggest Apple may be working on an electric car have inspired the website carwow to produce some concept images of what the vehicle may look like. Speculation
TULIP SHAPED SOLAR PLANTS TO BE INSTALLED IN ETHIOPIA
AORA Solar has announced that it will begin construction of its solar-biogas power plants in Ethiopia. Construction of the first pilot plant will start by mid-2015. Ethiopia’s Minister of Water,
JAPAN CLOSER TO HARVESTING SOLAR ENERGY FROM SPACE
Since 2008, the Japanese Space Agency (JAXA) has been working hard to develop technologies to transmit electricity wirelessly. The goal of the Space Solar Power Systems (SSPS), is to be
GOODYEAR RELEASES ELECTRICITY-GENERATING TIRE CONCEPT
We’ve been getting a lot of positive news about electric cars recently. This week at the Geneva International Auto Show, Goodyear unveiled a new concept tire called the BH03. While
MEET THE STRATI: A 3D PRINTED ELECTRIC CAR
3D Printing is all the rage these days, so it’s no surprise someone has printed a complete and functional electric automobile, appropriately named the Strati (Italian for “layers”). 18 months
GOOGLE BIODOME: NEW HEADQUARTERS TO BLEND WITH ENVIRONMENT
Today Google announced their exciting proposal to redevelop four sites in Mountain View, California. Designed by Bjarke Ingels at BIG and Thomas Heatherwick at Heatherwick Studio, the new headquarters will
3D PRINTED SOLAR ENERGY TREES
How would nature do it? Researchers at the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland may be discovering the answer, thanks to advancing solar and 3D printing technologies. They have developed
INFINYTE I4: A PURELY ELECTRIC CATAMARAN CRUISER
While solar-power electric hybrid vehicles are a proven success story on the roads, the time is ripe for the appearance of solar-electric watercraft. Already a pontoon boat – Loon
FLYING WIND FARMS: FUTURE POWER HARVESTERS
How would you like swarms of kite-like airborne turbines spinning at high altitudes sending power down via nano-tube cable tethers to generate power for your community? This could very
HYDROGEN GENERATION & STORAGE MADE EASY WITH NANO-TECHNOLOGY
Fuels like gasoline, based on hydrocarbon, create pollution and carbon footprint. Hydrogen has been claimed to be a good alternative to replace fossil fuel since the 1970s. But hydrogen’s
COMMON ALGAE FOR BIOFUEL BUTANOL PRODUCTION
There have been various methods tried for reducing fossil fuel dependency and containing carbon footprints for a healthier and more eco-friendly future. Corn-produced ethanol has been used for mixing
WILL ROBOTS CLEAN UP FUTURE OIL SPILLS?
Cleaning oil spills can be costly business. If eco-friendly robots can take over and clean all the mess it will be good for marine life and humans too. MIT
MIRA EV TRAVELS 1000KM ON SINGLE CHARGE
Mira EV has created a world record with completing 1000 km run on a single battery charge non-stop, powered by Sanyo’s lithium-ion battery systems. This experiment took place
FUTURE AIR TRAVEL WILL HAVE LESS NOISE, LESS EXHAUST
EU’s ‘Clean Sky’ – the 1-6 billion euro research project – with 86 participating partners from 16 nations – has goals like developing unique application-specific technologies and evaluation and
CELL PHONE CHARGERS TO GO GREEN
Today cell-phones have become an integral part of our life and are the most used mode of communication. More prevalent the use of cell-phone, more imperative is the need
NANOSOLAR: SOLAR POWER AT A LOWER COST
In a market-friendly scenario, Nanosolar claims to be able to produce electricity at 5-6 cents/kilowatt hour almost as cheap as power from coal and at about one-third the cost
NASA’S PUFFIN: THE PERSONAL ELECTRIC AIR VEHICLE
Mark Moore, an aerospace engineer, is the person who dreamed about the Puffin. Puffin is a single seated electric powered airplane. Moore conceptualized the idea of electric aircraft for
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