DIY This Thermoelectric Phone Charger

diy thermoelectric charger instructables

Check out this step by step guide to creating a gadget that will turn waste heat into juice for your favorite gadget! Read more →

by

Waste Energy Harvested With Printed Thermoelectrics

power plant towers

Printable thermoelectric generators could make it cheap and easy to harvest energy from waste heat. Read more →

by

MIT Chip A Triple-Threat Power Harvester

MIT chip harvests power three sources

A system developed at MIT could combine power harvested from light, heat and vibrations to run mini-monitoring devices. Read more →

by

Waste Not: Turning Industrial Heat To Power

image via Shutterstock

Through the use of nanotechnology, researchers say they will be able to potentially recover energy wasted as heat in factories, power plants and cars. Read more →

by

PowerPot Cooks Up Energy—Just Add Heat, Water

powerpot-usb-5v-generator

In addition to making life easier for hikers and off-grid livers, the PowerPot charger could be a life-saving tool for those in developing countries. Read more →

by

Heat-Recovery Company Captures $14 Million

GMZ Energy, investment

GMZ Energy has secured $14 million in funding that will go toward launching a new material that it says will make solar water collectors more energy efficient. Read more →

by

Solar Design From MIT Does Double Duty

parabolic solar trough

MIT researchers are progressing on a hybrid solar-thermoelectric system though could produce heat and electricity simultaneously. Read more →

by

Microwaves Enlisted In Waste-Heat Effort

microwave technology, thermoelectric, Oregon State

Oregon researchers discover that simple microwave energy can be a cheap and easy way to make compounds that could be used to take advantage of waste heat. Read more →

by

Fans Might Boost Wood-Stove Efficiency

Caframo Ecofan, wood burning stove fan

A Canadian company cites research showing its wood-stove fans, running by the thermoelectric effect, can reduce heating fuel costs by 14 percent. Read more →

by

Turning Tailpipe Emissions Into Power

Thermoelectric generator research, Purdue University

Purdue researchers are developing a prototype thermoelectric generator, a device that will turn a car's exhaust into usable power for the vehicle. Read more →

by