 Rubber 'snake' could help wave power get a bite of the energy market July 03, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 45 vote(s)
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A device consisting of a giant rubber tube may hold the key to producing affordable electricity from the energy in sea waves. | |
 GM to build world's biggest rooftop solar station in Spain July 08, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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US automaker General Motors said Tuesday it will equip the roof of its factory in Zaragoza in northeastern Spain with solar panels to create the world's largest rooftop source of power from the sun. | |
Abandoned farmlands are key to sustainable bioenergy June 23, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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Biofuels can be a sustainable part of the world's energy future, especially if bioenergy agriculture is developed on currently abandoned or degraded agricultural lands, report scientists from the Carnegie Institution and ... | |
Closing the hydrogen economic loop July 21, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 30 vote(s)
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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. | |
 Toyota to equip Prius with solar panels: report July 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 34 vote(s)
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Japan's Toyota Motor Corp. plans to add solar panels to its popular Prius hybrid early next year to power the vehicle's air conditioning, a newspaper report said on Monday. | |
 Irish scientists probe seaweed power June 23, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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Ireland could become a key player in the production of biofuel from seaweed, scientists told a conference in the west of the country on Monday. | |
 Hydrogen cars commercially unavailable until 2020: Mazda June 30, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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Hydrogen-powered cars will not be commercially available on a large scale before 2020, a senior official from Japanese auto maker Mazda said Monday in Spain at an international oil conference. | |
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