 Money -- and patience -- needed for 2nd-generation biofuels June 04, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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Next-generation biofuels that are greener than present crop-based fuels are in the works, but it will take many years, and massive financial support, before they reach the pump, experts say. | |
Experimental 'wind to hydrogen' system up and running January 08, 2007 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 51 vote(s)
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Xcel Energy and the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory today unveiled a unique facility that uses electricity from wind turbines to produce and store pure hydrogen, offering what may become an ... | |
 Prototype hydrogen storage tank maintains extended thermal endurance June 04, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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A cryogenic pressure vessel developed and installed in an experimental hybrid vehicle by a Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory research team can hold liquid hydrogen for six days without venting any of ... | |
 Rice in your gas tank: Boosting biofuel production from rice straw May 26, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 21 vote(s)
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Researchers in China are reporting a discovery that could turn rice straw into an inexpensive new renewable source of biofuel. Their new study, scheduled for the July 16 issue of ACS' bimonthly journal Energy ... | |
 Harnessing sunlight on the cheap May 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 89 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. | |
 Hydrogen-Powered Cell Phone Doubles Battery Lifetime January 14, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 50 vote(s)
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A Canadian company has taken a significant step in the development of hydrogen-powered cell phones. Unlike previous attempts at hydrogen-powered phones, Angstrom Power´s prototype allows the fuel cell to fit ... | |
Hyundai to Start Retail Sales of First Hybrid in July 2009 July 09, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Hyundai Motor Company plans to start retail sales of its first LPG–electric hybrid vehicle in July 2009. To be sold initially in the Korean domestic market under the Avante badge, the Elantra LPI Hybrid Electric Vehicle (HEV) ... | |
 Screen-printed solar cells January 29, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 48 vote(s)
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Members of the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE are traveling to Tokyo with bulky luggage these days. Their destination is Nanotech 2008, the world’s largest trade fair for nanotechnology. ... | |
 Hydrogen breakthrough could open the road to carbon-free cars May 22, 2007 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 82 vote(s)
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A new breakthrough in hydrogen storage technology could remove a key barrier to widespread uptake of non-polluting cars that produce no carbon dioxide emissions. | |
 Smarter energy storage for solar and wind power November 26, 2007 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 47 vote(s)
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Development of the first hybrid battery suitable for storing electricity from renewable energy sources such as solar and wind is now a step closer. | |
 New world record for solar-to-grid conversion efficiency February 13, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 36 vote(s)
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On a perfect New Mexico winter day — with the sky almost 10 percent brighter than usual — Sandia National Laboratories and Stirling Energy Systems (SES) set a new solar-to-grid system conversion efficiency ... | |
 UltraBattery sets new standard for HEVs January 17, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 46 vote(s)
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The odometer of a low emission hybrid electric test vehicle today reached 100,000 miles as the car circled a track in the UK using the power of an advanced CSIRO battery system. | |
 Researchers use fungus to improve corn-to-ethanol process May 27, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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Growing a fungus in some of the leftovers from ethanol production can save energy, recycle more water and improve the livestock feed that’s a co-product of fuel production, according to a team of researchers ... | |
 Pelamis Wave Power: In the Sweet Spot of the Curl for Renewable Energy November 09, 2007 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 34 vote(s)
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The Edinburgh based Pelamis Wave Power Converter has undergone stringest testing over the past ten years before its launch into the commercial market. The project has achieved world-wide attention and created ... | |
New Technology Turns Food Leftovers Into Electricity, Vehicle Fuels October 24, 2006 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 49 vote(s)
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Starting today, tons of table scraps from the Bay Area's finest restaurants will be turned into clean, renewable energy at a new UC Davis research and technology demonstration facility. | |
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