 IBM Research Unveils Breakthrough In Solar Farm Technology May 15, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 85 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. | |
 Sony Develops 'Bio Battery' Generating Electricity from Sugar August 23, 2007 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 61 vote(s)
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Sony today announced the development of a bio battery that generates electricity from carbohydrates (sugar) utilizing enzymes as its catalyst, through the application of power generation principles found in ... | |
 Scalable wind turbine might fit on your roof May 26, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 72 vote(s)
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When you think of wind power, you probably picture gigantic wind turbines spinning gracefully in the middle of large open areas. | |
 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 51 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 ... | |
First Solar: Quest for the $1 Watt July 23, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 60 vote(s)
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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 ... | |
 MIT spin-off plans to manufacture cheap, efficient solar cells March 27, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 78 vote(s)
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Researchers from MIT have improved commercial solar cells that will soon be significantly cheaper and more efficient than those available today. Ely Sachs, a professor of mechanical engineering at MIT, predicts ... | |
 Solar energy can meet all the world's energy demands: expert September 05, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 64 vote(s)
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The world must speed up the deployment of solar power as it has the potential to meet all the world's energy needs, the chairman of an industry gathering which wrapped up Friday in Spain said. | |
 100-mpg plug-in hybrids popping up in US September 10, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 64 vote(s)
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Although many people would like to drive more fuel-efficient vehicles, most of us have to wait for the large vehicle manufacturers to mass-produce affordable cars that run on alternative power. In the meantime, ... | |
 New process makes diesel fuel and industrial chemicals from simple sugar June 29, 2006 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 50 vote(s)
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The soaring prices of oil and natural gas have sparked a race to make transportation fuels from plant matter instead of petroleum. Both biodiesel and gasoline containing ethanol are starting to make an impact ... | |
NREL Solar Cell Sets World Efficiency Record at 40.8 Percent August 13, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 102 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have set a world record in solar cell efficiency with a photovoltaic device that converts 40.8 percent of the light ... | |
 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. | |
 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. ... | |
Gasoline produced from biomass could be in fuel tanks by 2010 with new technology August 19, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 73 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Turning everyday waste into gasoline may seem like a distant dream, but thanks to researchers with the Texas Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) and Byogy Renewables Inc., it could become a reality within ... | |
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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