When it comes to renewable energy, solar panels, wind turbines, and hydropower keep coming up as number 1, but what about number 2? Literally. I’m talking about … well, poop. There’s a rich, carbon-neutral resource that we could tap into: Turning human waste...
Hello and welcome to our Interesting Engineering Originals. Today we are going to see how solar panels are manufactured in a factory. The manufacturing process has three main parts: cutting wafers, making solar cells, and lamination. Comment below your thoughts on why...
It might be surprising to know that in electric trains, the power collected from the overheadlines ends up in the grounding cable of the track after flowing through the wheels. Three phase power conversion, regenerative braking and zig-zag overheadlines – all...
We’ve seen wind turbines popping up everywhere in the last few years for grid scale renewable energy installations. Solar panels for home has been a disruptive technology, but what if we could scale down wind turbines and install them on our home? In theory it sounds...
We tested double-A disposable batteries to find out whether major brand names like Energizer and Duracell deliver on their marketing promises to be long lasting. Our test reveals some surprising results about batteries from dollar stores. Watch our investigation to...
Cost and range anxiety are key factors when buying an electric vehicle, but spending hours waiting to fast charge your electric vehicle is another major roadblock. It’s one of the most common questions I hear from non-EV owners, “how long does it take to charge?” What...
In this video we’ll explore the world’s fastest improving new solar technology, and provide an exclusive peek inside the lab of a team working on this breakthrough material. Imagine an inexpensive solution of perovskite crystals that can make a photovoltaic cell so...
Tesla and Elon Musk have been on a mission to make their Solar Roof tiles the go-to solution if you’re considering a new roof plus solar panels. Why buy and install two separate products when you can make one that does both? I don’t know about you, but my neighborhood...
