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…
Category: Renewable energy
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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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