
IET Energy lecture: Electricity storage in a renewable world
Bangalore, April 23, 2015: The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), hosted its annual Energy Lecture 2015 titled, ‘POWER, ENERGY AND TIME – electricity storage in a renewable world’ delivered by Mr. Anthony Price, MA CEng MICE MIET, Director, Swanbarton Limited and the Electricity Storage Network. The lecture focused on …

Sci-fi in the theater of war: Boeing patents plasma force field
Boeing (NYSE: BA), has obtained a patent for a plasma force field. Actually, the patent is for something called a “method and system for shockwave attenuation via electromagnetic arc,” so the term “force field” is perhaps being used a bit loosely. Nevertheless, the force field is intended to envelop and …

Mitsubishi confirms viability of wireless solar power transmission
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) recently carried out a ground demonstration testing of wireless solar power transmission. Unlike the solar tech presently in use, this is a groundbreaking and potentially disruptive technology currently under development. It is expected that space solar power systems (SSPS) will be the power generation systems …