Energy Future Energy Storage: Biofuels & Batteries Collide For intermittent renewable energy sources, such as wind and solar power, are to be used as reliable power souces, we must have an efficient energy storage system in place. How can we apply...
Energy Energy Shift: Reinventing the UK Electricity Grid The UK electricity grid is under stress, and at peak times, it's forced to use the oldest, most-pollutant and expensive power stations to meet the demand.Graham Oakes founded Upside Energy after successful...
Energy Reinventing Energy: Renewables vs. Fossil Fuels By 2020, renewable energy sources such as wind and solar will be cheap and easy to manage. Technological advances, environmental concerns and political backing will drive their adoption around the world.Renewable energy...
Energy Are We Entering a Renewable Energy Tipping Point? Energy, the world’s largest industry, is currently undergoing a revolution. A switch towards renewable energy sources from the traditional fossil fuels we have relied upon to advance industrial and economic growth is...
Energy The Inevitable Marriage of Solar Energy & Transport Since creating Stella, a solar-powered family car designed to travel over 1,000 kilometres on a single charge, Solar Team Eindhoven has received world wide notoriety and success, including World Solar Challenges and...
Design & UX This Smart Solar-Powered Car Creates More Energy Than It Consumes Named by Forbes as the world’s most inventive city, Eindhoven has defined itself a a hub of innovation and creativity, hitting the headlines repeatedly in recent years.One such example of Eindhoven...
Energy Spotlight on Connected Core Services in Smart Cities As global Smart Cities flourish, Bigbelly is transforming one of the least efficient core services – public waste collection. It’s not the only innovation expanding connected street furniture like payphones, trash cans, park...
Energy Soofa Is Creating Smart, Sustainable & Social Spaces Smart phones are no longer just a phone - so why should benches just be a seat? More than half of the world’s population lives in an urban environment, and wants to...
