Ben Ames has spent 30 years as a journalist since starting out as a reporter for daily newspapers in Pennsylvania and Massachusetts. He has focused on business and technology reporting since 1999 for ...

Mainspring Energy has adapted its linear generators so they can run on hydrogen or ammonia fuel, on top of widely available fuels such as natural gas and biogas. “The generator has passed key tests to ...

Toyota is hot on hydrogen fuel cells for its next-generation cars, but it’s not going cold on internal combustion just yet. The company’s R&D division has developed a Free Piston Engine Linear ...

Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) has deployed a "linear generator"—a new mobile power generation technology using natural gas and directed renewable biogas to displace existing diesel ...

Free-piston engine generators and linear machines represent an innovative departure from conventional rotary systems, offering high thermal efficiency and operational flexibility by eliminating the ...

Trees and forests are an incredibly important natural resource — not only for lumber and agricultural products, but also because they maintain a huge amount of biodiversity, stabilize their local ...

MENLO PARK, Calif., Jan. 24, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- EtaGen, a manufacturer of Linear Generators, announced today that the Company has closed an $83 million Series C financing from ten investors with ...

Toyota has showcased a new internal combustion engine design specifically for use in range-extended electric vehicles. Called the Free Piston Engine Linear Generator (FPEG), the main purpose of this ...