The latest contribution towards the development of clean energy was unveiled in Scotland earlier in the month. Weighing 1430 tons and sizing up at nearly 75 feet tall, the AK1000 is described as the largest tidal power turbine. Its developer, the Atlantis Resources Corporation, says that the device’s 60 foot rotors can generate one megawatt [...]
Filed under: Environment, News, Technology on August 25th, 2010 @ 7:00 am
Tagged with: clean energy, energy, Environment, innovation, sustainability, Technology
Like creating a miniature volcano using paper mâché and a careful mixture of white vinegar and baking soda, making a battery out of a potato is a quintessential school science experiment. Centuries after its discovery as an effective conductor of electricity, researchers from the University of Jerusalem in Israel are saying the potato battery can [...]
Filed under: Community, News, Technology on August 11th, 2010 @ 7:00 am
Tagged with: clean energy, Community, energy, Environment, sustainability
While most would agree that using rechargeable batteries is already better for the environment than using single use alkaline batteries, Apple has designed a battery charger that presents an improvement over traditional battery charging stations.
With a power-management system that cuts the power when the batteries are fully-charged, the new battery charger nearly eliminates the [...]
Filed under: Environment, News, Technology on August 9th, 2010 @ 7:00 am
Tagged with: clean energy, efficiency, energy, Environment, Technology
At the Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis (JCAP), leading researchers are being brought together to work on an ambitious project: to develop an integrated solar energy-to-fuel conversion system and move it from the bench-top discovery phase and bring it to the market for commercialization. It will require an amalgamation of experts from multiple disciplines to [...]
Filed under: Environment, News, Technology on August 8th, 2010 @ 7:00 am
Tagged with: clean energy, energy, Environment, funding, government, growth, innovation, opportunity, sustainability, Technology
The key to unlocking the secrets of the universe lies in the existence of one abstract form of matter. The Higgs Boson, more popularly known as the “God particle,” is a hypothetical massive scalar elementary particle thought to be responsible for the formation of the cosmos after the Big Bang. Scientists have been trying to [...]
Filed under: News, Technology on August 7th, 2010 @ 7:00 am
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Step by step, Google is turning itself into an environment-friendly organization.
It was in 2007 when the Internet search giant first started going green. To promote sustainable development and environmental awareness, the company voluntarily took efforts to reduce its carbon emissions. By the end of 2009, Google formed its own energy subsidiary, Google Energy, followed by [...]
Filed under: Business, Environment, News, Press on July 28th, 2010 @ 7:00 am
Tagged with: Business, clean energy, energy, Environment
One of the main problems with electric vehicles (EVs) is that they don’t go as far as gas vehicles do because you usually have to charge them at home. This may be the case today, but the problem will soon be a thing of the past as yet another company, Younicos AG from Berlin, has [...]
Filed under: Business, Environment, News, Technology on July 12th, 2010 @ 7:00 am
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As the old adage has it “The bigger they are, the harder they fall.”
The Ford Explorer was once one of the biggest of them all, rolling off the car lots by the hundreds of thousands per year around the world since March of 1990. But a decade later, with the recent dramatic increases in gas [...]
Filed under: Environment, News on June 30th, 2010 @ 7:00 am
Tagged with: consumer, energy, Environment, industry, strategy
These days, it seems like Israelis can do almost anything using the power of the sun, including what they call ’solar cooling.’ It may sound paradoxical but this oxymoron actually makes a lot of sense. The time when we most need our air conditioners is usually when the sun is out. The relentless heat causes [...]
Filed under: Environment, News, Technology on June 28th, 2010 @ 7:00 am
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The United States Postal Service has recently selected Quantum Fuel Systems to produce an advanced electric postal delivery vehicle that will be designed specifically for the needs of a delivery vehicle. This doesn’t just mean more storage space, but advanced features to maximize the efficiency of the electric drive system for the conditions that a [...]
Filed under: Environment, News, Technology on May 19th, 2010 @ 11:00 am
Tagged with: clean energy, energy, Environment, innovation, News, Technology, US
‘Younger than Moses: Idle Worship’ is an art exhibit featuring 22 artists in New York.
As part of the European Project FP7 research called “Integrated System for Transport Infastructures Surveillance and Monitoring by Electromagnetic Sensing,” a team of researchers had been gathered from the countries of Israel, Italy, France, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland and Romania.