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Category: Renewable energy

Posted on May 18, 2019May 18, 2019

IIT Bombay fabricates wearable supercapacitor

IIT Bombay researchers have fabricated wearable supercapcitor which when stitched on any fabric can deliver power ranging from microwatt to milliwatt. The energy stored in the device can power GPS…

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Posted on March 2, 2019March 2, 2019

IIT Kharagpur fabricates multipurpose piezoelectric nanogenerator

Piezoelectric nanogenerator capable of harvesting electrical energy from diverse sources — mechanical, acoustic and wind — has been developed by IIT Kharagpur researchers. At 62%, it has high energy conversion…

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Posted on October 5, 2018

DST gives a boost to solar cooking, invites designs

DST has instituted Grand Challenge Awards for designing solar cooking solutions at both household and community level and is inviting applications from researchers in academic and research institutions/organisations and industry. The finalists…

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Posted on June 28, 2017July 4, 2017

Air pollutants reduce India’s solar power generation by 17%

In India, particulate matter deposited on solar panels and present in the ambient air is responsible for about 17% reduction in solar power generation. This translates to about 2 GW reduction in…

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Posted on February 5, 2017February 5, 2017

IIT Bombay team finds Chennai and Mumbai have high wind energy potential

Of the six cities studied by Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay researchers, Chennai and Mumbai seem to have the highest potential to harvest wind energy during the active phase…

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Posted on October 18, 2016October 18, 2016

Voila! NPL scientists produce electricity from water without using electrolyte, light

In a major breakthrough, scientists at Delhi’s National Physical Laboratory (NPL) have developed a novel way of producing electricity from water at room temperature without supplying any external energy or…

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Posted on October 16, 2016October 16, 2016

Electric bicycles from Chennai to hit the road soon

The Chennai-based Basil Energetics is ready to launch an electric bicycle, iZip, in Hyderabad by the end of this month. Fitted with a long-lasting and light-weight portable lithium iron phosphate…

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Posted on October 15, 2016December 13, 2016

IISc’s self-powered UV photodetector can power electronic devices

In a novel approach, researchers from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, have developed a cost-effective, high-performance, self-powered UV photodetector that can use the harvested optical energy for direct…

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