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First Solar: Quest for the $1 Watt

July 23, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 39 vote(s) | User comments: 20

Photovoltaic cells, once so costly they could be used only to power million-dollar satellites, are today turning up even on humble parking meters. Now a brash Tempe, Ariz., company called First Solar plans to take the technology ...


Closing the hydrogen economic loop

July 21, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 31 vote(s) | User comments: 6

The inventor of the nickel metal hydride (NiMH) technology used for building batteries for countless portable electronic gadgets and now hybrid gas-electric cars believes the hydrogen economy is already upon us.


National park in Alaska tests hybrid bus

July 18, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet

(AP) -- For years, visitors wanting to see Denali National Park's grizzly bears, moose, sheep and caribou have had to ride school buses that polluted the air and spoiled the tranquility with their noisy, ...