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For the past three decades, there have been no new nuclear power plants built in the United States. The Three Mile Island incident, in 1979, persuaded the public opinion to turn against this form of energy, on account of it being too dangerous. The last order for such a plant that was actually carried out came in 197... |
21 October 2009
03:27 GMT |
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In the race towards creating more eco-friendly materials and devices, there are several chemicals that do the job as well as established ones, but with less of a carbon footprint. Such is the case with rare earth metals, which are minerals from which a variety of compounds necessary for constructing hybrid cars and w... |
31 August 2009
15:51 GMT |
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Two researchers recently proposed in the journal Renewable Energy that mine shafts about to be abandoned could be used to extract alternative thermal energy from the ground, helping meet local towns' power demands even after the coal yield became insufficient to keep the mine open. The internal heat of the Earth... |
27 July 2009
10:49 GMT |
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Experts from the US Department of Energy's (DOE) Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) have recently released a new set of statistics, showing that the ratio of alternative energy to fossil fuels noticeably increased in 2008, as opposed to 2007. Wind farms, solar stations, geothermal plants and biofuels ... |
21 July 2009
08:44 GMT |
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Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa announced recently that the city would move towards gradually reducing, and eventually eliminating, the use of coal in its power plants by 2020, in a bid to combat air pollution, global warming, and climate change. This move is only the latest in a row coming from California, th... |
4 July 2009
05:26 GMT |
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Biofuel, obtained from the filtered residual oils of numerous types of plants, including algae, maize, sugar cane, and so on, has long been touted as the way to go in the fight against global warming. Its proponents say that it offers an inexpensive way of replacing fossil fuels, and of reducing emissions associated ... |
17 June 2009
04:20 GMT |
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One of the biggest challenges opposing the wide-scale introduction of hydrogen cars on public roads is the fact that hydrogen fuel sources are still fairly large and cumbersome, and they cannot be easily carried around. For long voyages in fuel cell-powered vehicles, having a spare is a must, but the large dimensions... |
12 May 2009
05:30 GMT |
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The US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science has engaged in one of the largest scientific research initiatives of the last years, as it has begun to fund the construction of over 46 Energy Frontier Research Centers, to be errected all around America. One such institute will be built at Princeton University, wh... |
6 May 2009
14:11 GMT |
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UK-based enterprise Checkmate Seaenergy Ltd. is currently working on a new device meant to augment the electricity-producing abilities of wave-powered plants on shorelines, officials from the company have announced recently. The new instrument they've developed is an anaconda-shaped device, which is able to pick... |
6 May 2009
08:45 GMT |
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California took a giant leap forward on Thursday, when it became the first state in the world to impose regulations on gasoline and other fuels, with the purpose of reducing the environmental impact that they had. The move will force the market to look for cleaner alternatives, and has the potential to encourage inno... |
24 April 2009
09:30 GMT |
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The Russian government-held company Gazprom, the world's largest producer of natural gas, and the giant Shell Corporations have only recently signed an agreement that would basically allow the European monopoly to start selling its products on the US market, the largest of the kind in the world. The products wil... |
13 April 2009
06:59 GMT |
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Producing solar panels based on silicon technologies is still a very expensive way of addressing issues such as climate change and global warming, and the manufacturing process still presents fairly high costs. This means that the majority of the people will not be able to afford to buy and install solar panels on th... |
9 April 2009
04:48 GMT |
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The Tesla Motor Company seems to have hit the jackpot with its new Model S, following the success it had with the Roadster model in the past. According to the firm, more than 520 preorders have already been received for the all-electric automobile, even though the first ones are not scheduled to leave the assembly li... |
3 April 2009
08:47 GMT |
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One of the main goals in the field of hydrogen car research is the creation of a good fueling system. That is to say, a system that would allow travelers to fill their vehicles' fuel cells in less than 5 minutes, and then drive some 300 miles with a single charge. Making this happen is not as easy as it may seem... |
3 April 2009
06:04 GMT |
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A first-of-its-kind governmental survey in the US shows that over the last 40 years bird populations have declined dramatically, on account of a variety of causes, including global warming, increasing urban sprawl, and the appearance of new predator species in closed ecosystems. But regardless of the cause, in each a... |
20 March 2009
20:01 GMT |
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Coming up with an economically-sustainable alternative source of fuel is no easy task, and most existing methods of synthesizing such compounds either take up too much space, or are grown instead of crops that could have the potential of feeding a lot of people. Now, researchers in South Korea have managed to devise ... |
22 January 2009
03:17 GMT |
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The conclusion was presented to the world on Monday, by the European Renewable Energy Council (EREC) and the Greenpeace Organization, which proposed 2090 as the last target for complete renunciation of fossil fuels, including oil, natural gases and coal. The study estimates some $18 trillion savings in future fossil ... |
27 October 2008
08:13 GMT |
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Over the past few years, America has consolidated its role as a leader in the design, development and production of renewable energy, through its wind farms, solar plants and geothermal harvesters. The old economy, based on burning fossil fuels, such as oil, gases and coal, is being overrun by a new, cleaner one, whi... |
22 October 2008
11:29 GMT |
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The discovery was made by researchers at Oxford University analyzing a specific enzyme produced by fungi growing on rotten wood. The Laccase enzyme has an effect similar to that of platinum on electrodes composing a battery. Chemists say that their first prototype is able to supply more than 2,500 hours of life to an... |
11 October 2008
06:05 GMT |
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William Yuan, a Beaverton, Oregon 12-year boy, invented a new kind of solar cell that can absorb both visible and ultraviolet light. I bet this kind of news makes you feel pretty weird about your own accomplishments so far. It sure made me. And, to scare you even further, I took a look at little Will'... |
18 September 2008
10:30 GMT |
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North Carolina State University recently received a grant from NSF (the National Science Foundation) for the National Research Center for Future Renewable Energy Delivery Management Systems they want to develop, dubbed "Internet for energy." The $18.5 million (about 13.5 million Euros) invested by NSF will prov... |
12 September 2008
06:42 GMT |
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A group of ten MIT students and staff members have taken part today in an experiment meant to power a computer using non-conventional energy sources. The experiment took place in the lobby of MIT's Stata Clara computing campus and demonstrated that computers can be powered using stationary bicycles. Five bikes h... |
21 December 2007
09:05 GMT |
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