Everybody wants more energy research – so why isn’t it coming fast enough?

"Some of the world's biggest energy companies" have gone into a huddle wiuth the Department of Trade and Industry in the UK to support the creation of a new institute "to accelerate the development of secure, reliable and cost-effective low-carbon energy technologies towards commercial deployment".

The latest announcement from BASF Venture Capital America Inc. brings back memories of the dash for energy R&D 30 years ago.

Battery capacity has been blamed for holding back innovation in many fields, from renewable energy to mobiles. Now nanotech is providing the answer.