sustainable energy
voxeljet’s Stock Revival: $14.9M GE Research Deal Propels Shares
Large-scale 3D printer maker voxeljet (Nasdaq: VJET) has been navigating troubled waters lately, marked by a looming cash burn earlier this year and a decision to review potential strategic changes….
Joe Kennedy Joins 6K: First Politician to Sit on a 3D Printing Company’s Board
Former Massachusetts congressman Joe Kennedy III joins 6K’s board of directors after 15 years in politics. The leading metal powder producer suggested that the newly appointed politician would add a…
Startup Looks to 3D Printing to Make Taller, More Effective Wind Turbines
The average height of wind turbines in the United States is about 80 meters. The taller a wind turbine is, the more valuable and productive it is, as taller turbines…
New 3D Printed Rotor Blade May Help Us More Effectively Harness the Wind
Whenever I drive past the Great Lakes Science Center on my way into Cleveland, I pass the giant wind turbine installed outside the museum. I’ve seen it so many times that…
Latest Developments in Solar Powered 3D Printing Released by Michigan Tech
One of the things that has made 3D printing so helpful is its portability. The impact the technology has made in developing countries is largely due to the fact that…
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…
3D Printed Solar Palms Provide Sustainable Technology Hubs in Dubai
When discussing potential ways to slow climate change, two of the ideas that are almost always presented are use of alternative energy sources and the preservation of trees. In the…
RMRD Tech. & MatterHackers Partner to Provide 50 3D Printed Wind Turbines to Nicaragua
To combat the rising heat of summer–and escalating power bills–I decided to splurge on a new fan for my desk area this past weekend. Although it had been on my…
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…
PhD Student Designs 3D Printable Wind Turbines to Bring Cheap Power to Remote Locations
When most people imagine wind turbines, they think of huge wind farms dominating the landscape with pristine, sleek, white towers, or perhaps instead think about old-fashioned windmills in an idyllic…
Siemens Announces a Competition for Innovative Engineering and Creativity in 3D Design and Printing
High-tech powerhouse Siemens has just announced the Siemens 3D Challenge, a contest to inspire sustainability-conscious technical creativity and innovation in 3D printing and design in Australia and New Zealand with the…