 How to slash vehicle fuel use May 06, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 41 vote(s)
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It is possible to slash fuel use by all vehicles on U.S. roads to pre-2000 levels within a few decades, but doing so would require immediate action on several challenging fronts, according to a new analysis ... | |
ORNL, General Electric collaborate on super efficient electric water heater June 05, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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The Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory and General Electric have collaborated to finalize, test and market the first product from a major brand to meet DOE's new Energy Star criteria for electric heat pump ... | |
Major progress in technology needed for 25 percent renewable energy use to be affordable June 24, 2008 | User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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Dramatic progress in renewable energy technology is needed if the United States desires to produce 25 percent of its electricity and motor vehicle fuel from renewable sources by 2025 without significantly increasing consumer ... | |
 New Study Sheds Light on the Growing U.S. Wind Power Market June 03, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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For the third consecutive year the U.S. was home to the fastest-growing wind power market in the world, according to a report released today by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and Lawrence Berkeley National ... | |
Professor demonstrates new hydrogen fuel system February 23, 2007 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 112 vote(s)
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Northern Nevada energy consumers can be excused if they have a sense of "sticker shock" when their power bills come due following the holiday season. Or, that they have a feeling of powerlessness as the price of gasoline ... | |
Team sets solar cell record July 24, 2007 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 93 vote(s)
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Using a novel technology that adds multiple innovations to a very high-performance crystalline silicon solar cell platform, a consortium led by the University of Delaware has achieved a record-breaking combined solar cell ... | |
Panasonic Develops New Fuel Cell Cogeneration System April 15, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 23 vote(s)
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Panasonic today announced it has developed a home-use polymer electrolyte fuel cell (PEFC) cogeneration system. The cogeneration system features the world's highest power-generating efficiency of up to 39% Lower Heating Value ... | |
Experimental 'wind to hydrogen' system up and running January 08, 2007 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 47 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 ... | |
 The future of solar-powered houses is clear April 10, 2008 | User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 15 vote(s)
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The future of solar-powered houses is clear. People could live in glass houses and look at the world through rose-tinted windows while reducing their carbon emissions by 50 percent thanks to QUT Institute ... | |
 Biogas production is all in the mixing April 15, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Engineers at Washington University in St. Louis, using an impressive array of imaging and tracking technologies, have determined the importance of mixing in anaerobic digesters for bioenergy production and ... | |
 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 ... | |
 Screen-printed solar cells January 29, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 46 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 ... | |
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