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US Navy studies li-ion battery failure with ultra high speed imaging

The US Navy is studying catastrophic failures and explosion of lithium-ion batteries in a bid to create safer enclosures for their utilization and transport. Although...

SunEdison, WSIP form $1 billion warehouse investment vehicle

Renewable energy company SunEdison and West Street Infrastructure Partners III (WSIP) and affiliates, have formed a $1 billion warehouse investment vehicle. Named the WSIP Warehouse,...

Japan restarts nuclear reactor after two-year hiatus

Tokyo, Aug 11 Japan on Tuesday restarted a nuclear reactor in the Sendai plant in Kyushu's Kagoshima prefecture, making it the first utility to...

Research team develops nanorods-based perovskite solar module

Research teams from the Universiti Malaysia Pahang and University of Rome ‘Tor Vergata’, Italy, have jointly developed a nanorod-based perovskite solar module. The team, which...

Danfoss sets up PSR lab to test efficiency of cooling solutions

Danfoss India, a climate and energy efficient solutions provider, has set up a Psychrometric (PSR) lab to test products for energy efficiency standards. The lab...

MNRE invites EoI for energy storage demonstration projects

India’s ministry of new and renewable energy (MNRE) has invited expression of interest (EoI) for energy storage demonstration projects that would be integrated with...

AspectSolar launches domestic power solution

Lithium Iron Phosphate (LiFePO4) battery maker AspectSolar has developed a portable power solution for homes. The 1500Wh/1500-watt pure sine wave generator offers power independence during...

OSU researchers develop battery that partly charges by solar power

Researchers at The Ohio State University (OSU) have unveiled a patent-pending design which combines a solar cell and a battery into a single device. A...