 IBM Research Unveils Breakthrough In Solar Farm Technology 21 hours ago | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 48 vote(s)
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IBM today announced a research breakthrough in photovoltaics technology that could significantly reduce the cost of harnessing the Sun's power for electricity. | |
Sharp Achieves the World’s Highest Power Density for Direct Methanol Fuel Cells 21 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Sharp Corp. has achieved the world's highest power density, 0.3W/cc, for direct methanol fuel cells (DMFC) for mobile equipment. This new technology enables efficient power generation from a small cell volume. The use of ... | |
 Solar Lily Pads Gently Floating And Gathering Energy on the River Clyde May 13, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 20 vote(s)
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The preeminent Glasgow, Scotland based architecture firm ZM Architecture has big ideas for attracting solar energy in a very aesthetic manner. The proposed Water Lily Solar panels for the Clyde River in Glasgow ... | |
 StatoilHydro stumbles in sprint for Arctic energy riches May 13, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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When Norwegian energy giant StatoilHydro fired up the world's northernmost liquefied natural gas plant here last year it was hailed as an industry pioneer. But turning Arctic gas into gold has proven anything ... | |
 80-mph electric car to go on sale this summer in the US May 08, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 74 vote(s)
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Green Vehicles, a company based in San Jose, California, has recently revealed that it will begin selling two lithium-ion-powered electric vehicles early this summer. The three-wheeled TRIAC is a highway-capable ... | |
Undergraduates develop 'dirt-powered' microbial fuel cells to light Africa May 14, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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A team composed of Harvard students and alumni was among the winners of the World Bank’s Lighting Africa 2008 Development Marketplace competition, held in Accra, Ghana from May 6 to 8, 2008. The innovation, microbial fuel ... | |
 Use of wind energy expected to grow dramatically May 12, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 22 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Two decades from now Americans could get as much electricity from windmills as from nuclear power plants, according to a government report that lays out a possible plan for wind energy growth. | |
 Tesla's electric sports car aiming at Europe market May 12, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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Earth-friendly thrill-seekers in Europe can get into the driver's seat of their own Tesla Roadster, provided they have a trunkful of cash to buy an electric sports car that zips from zero to 100 kph (60 mph) ... | |
 Make Ethanol in Your Own Backyard May 09, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 93 vote(s)
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A Silicon Valley start-up called E-Fuel is showing exactly how ethanol can live up to its name as "the people´s fuel." The company recently announced that it will soon start selling a home ethanol system, ... | |
Volkswagen, Sanyo to develop lithium-ion battery: report May 11, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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Volkswagen AG will join forces with Japan's Sanyo Electric to develop a lithium-ion battery, a key component of hybrid and electric cars, the Nikkei newspaper reported Sunday. | |
Small bioelectricity plants dirtier than large ones, says study May 13, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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Small-scale community based bio-power plants produce higher levels of emissions per unit of electrical output than large facilities, according to new research presented at a major sustainable energy conference today. | |
 Nissan to make lithium-ion batteries with NEC: report May 10, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 19 vote(s)
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Nissan Motor Co and NEC Corp will join forces in the world's first mass production of lithium-ion batteries for hybrid and electric vehicles, a newspaper said Saturday. | |
 Biofuels backlash in US as food costs hit home May 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 23 vote(s)
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A biofuels backlash has erupted in major ethanol producer the United States, as lawmakers and experts debate the merits of converting food to fuel to support America's age-old love affair with the automobile. ... | |
 Harnessing sunlight on the cheap May 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 81 vote(s)
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For a project that could be on the very cutting edge of renewable energy, this one is actually decidedly low tech--and that's the point. | |
 Sugarcane biofuel becomes Brazil's second energy source May 08, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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Biofuel and other derivatives from sugarcane have for the first time overtaken hydroelectric power as an energy source in Brazil, according to an annual official study released Thursday. | |
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