energy
GE Global Research Uses 3D Printing to Create Mini Turbine That Can Power 10,000 Homes
‘Bigger isn’t always better’ is a maxim the truth of which is increasingly convincing to people in the modern world. We’ve seen computers go from the size of a room…
3D Printing and Other Technology Will Help Dubai Become the Cleanest City in the World
Here in the United States, climate change is a seriously divisive issue among politicians. Some claim it doesn’t exist, or that it exists but has nothing to do with human…
ORNL & Clayton Homes are 3D Printing a Home & Car That Share Energy with One Another
After two years of covering news related to the 3D printing industry, it’s very seldom that I get overly excited about a particular story or a project. With that said,…
3D Printed Machine to Provide Free Energy ?
Thermodynamics is the branch of physics that is concerned with the relationship between heat and temperature and the ability to harness energy for work. Thermodynamic free energy is the amount of…
Seatricity Now Testing the Oceanus 2 Wave Energy Generation System with 3D Printed Models
Seatricity says they’ll spend a week in July tank-testing a 3D printed model of the Oceanus 2 device in Ireland and the generators will have an estimated life cycle of…
Japanese Breakthrough & 3D Printing Could Make Wireless Transmission of Solar Energy a Reality
Scientists at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) say they were able to transmit 1.8 kilowatts of solar-generated power using microwaves sent to a receiver more than 180 feet from the…
Pan-European Energy Conversion Efforts Enlists 3D Printing and Optics Technology
The more pessimistic assessments of the global capacity to convert infrastructure to sustainable energy sources are, in some ways, the result of very limited thinking, of considering conversion in terms…
Researchers at Northwestern University Develop Material to 3D Print Fuel Cells
For six years, I worked as an editor/analyst in an industry research company — I read about almost every global industry’s production and demand backcasts and forecasts and can still…
AirEnergy3D’s Omni3D Seeks Funding For 3D Printable Wind Turbines
The AirEnergy3D Project is an open source, 3D printed wind turbine that was developed by Omni3D. Each turbine can generate up to 300 watts of electrical power and is, moreover,…
