Researchers at the Biodesign Institute are using the tiniest organisms on the planet 'bacteria' as a viable option to make electricity. In a new study, lead author Andrew Kato Marcus and colleagues Cesar Torres and Bruce Rittmann have gained critical insights that may lead to commercialization of a promising microbial fuel cell (MFC) technology. picked by AutumnLotus 8 months ago

Scientists in Pennsylvania are reporting development of a fuel cell that uses pollution from coal and metal mines to generate electricity, solving a serious environmental problem while providing a new source of energy. picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago

Scientists have devised a way for to generate electricity from brewery waste water - by using sugar-consuming bacteria. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Are you fed up with the electricity company bills that slip under your door every month? Well, here is something that the power companies dont want you to know, and that is how to generate electricity using two candles! What? You dont believe me? Well check it out for yourselves! It might not be enough to light up a house, but hey.... get a bigger candle and you can make wonders! Tesla, you are st... read full post picked by kensai 2 years ago

A new energy concept called a solar tower could generate enough electricity for 200,000 homes. Looking like a giant smokestack, it would release no noxious fumes — just sun-heated air. picked by deEPCHIll 2 months ago

Two thirds of your car's fuel is burnt up as heat. A German company has announced plans to develop a generator which will use that heat to create electricity. This could cut gasoline usage by 5-7%.
This is a different plan than talked about here picked by 2manyusernames 3 months ago

Each ton of broccoli spears, cantaloupe rinds and fish bones could produce enough energy to provide electricity to power 10 average California homes for one day. picked by hypnotode 2 years ago

John Hutton, Business Secretary has announced plans to build 7000 offshore wind turbine generators in the next 12 years, increasing the amount of energy generated from wind 30 times. picked by pocksucket 9 months ago

Millions of people in Pakistan's largest city have been without electricity, following a power outage. picked by topofall 6 months ago

Denmark, a world leader in wind energy production and consumption, has built the world’s largest offshore wind park in the North Sea as it aims to generate 75 percent of its electricity needs with wind power by 2025. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

The only power plant in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip has shut down because of a lack of fuel, Palestinian officials say, blaming Israeli restrictions. picked by keroberos32 8 months ago

Materials that directly convert radiation into electricity could produce a new era of spacecraft and even Earth-based vehicles powered by high-powered nuclear batteries, say US researchers. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago

The research, parts of which are already being used in Japan to generate electricity from ocean waves, could be used to make walking robots, develop better prosthetics, or even charge your iPod. picked by MandolinOrange 6 months ago

A Queensland academic is helping to develop energy-generating windows that could eventually provide enough electricity to power a standard home.

The glass solar cells contain titanium dioxide and are coated in a dye that increases light absorption. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago

Town leaders said methane, a byproduct of the garbage that is decomposing at the landfill, could generate power to operate the park's lights, driving range, amphitheatre and clubhouse. picked by suebe 1 year ago

Introducing the family car that runs on hydrogen and pumps out only pure water from its exhaust pipe.

Honda's FCX Clarity is the world's first production hydrogen-powered 'fuel cell' car - with its own onboard power station which creates electricity to drive its motor. picked by AutumnLotus 3 months ago

A full scale vortex engine would produce a funnel cloud that would stretch several kilometers into the atmosphere. The artificial tornado would be powered at the base by waste heat (ideally from a power-generating facility). picked by deepchill 1 year ago

A responsive sub-flooring system would be placed under, say, the platform of a subway terminal. The blocks that make up the system would depress slightly under the force of human footsteps. As the blocks slipped against each other, they would generate power in the form of an electric current. picked by DrNothing 1 year ago

A New Zealand woman on an oxygen machine died shortly after a power company cut the electricity supply to her home over an unpaid bill. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Did I forget to mention it will only cost you about $50,000? But think of the money you'll save on your electricity bill... picked by icepigs 2 years ago