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In a statement issued this week, Greenpeace confirmed the exclusion of two major technology giants from its "Cool IT Leaderboard" for failing to demonstrate commitment to help reduce their carbon footprint.
The non-profit said in a press release issued Wednesday, “Apple & Facebook, two of the sector's mos... |
9 February 2012
07:49 GMT |
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China is one of the world's most important PV panel supplier. In addition, the nation is also focusing on its own development, struggling to meet stricter emission standards and boosting the development of renewables.
Under these circumstances, the implementation of a 18 MW solar plant in Dunhuang, Gansu Provi... |
18 January 2012
07:42 GMT |
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Solar projects have started gaining popularity over the last decade. Black silicon, 3D panels and solar paint are only some of the innovations launched to help people and companies ditch fossil fuel usage and become more environmentally friendly.
Despite of their awesome features, most of these revolutionary findin... |
18 January 2012
05:00 GMT |
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The future seems brighter for the US military, due to a recent study, issued by ICF International, indicating that the Department of Defense (DoD) could produce up to 7,000 megawatts (MW) of solar energy on military bases located in the California desert, as much power as seven giant nuclear plants would offer.
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17 January 2012
02:44 GMT |
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Giant companies are doing their best to turn their backs on dirty, coal-dependent power and exploit the advantages of intelligent, eco-friendly energy. Microsoft, Facebook. Apple and Google are no strangers to environmental preservation correlated with a smart business strategy. This time, volcano power is under the ... |
16 January 2012
02:38 GMT |
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Dubai, one of the most tempting destinations for luxurious vacations, will green up its name in the near future, as part of a costly project seeking to open the nation's first solar park, in an attempt to reduce its coal and oil addiction.
The Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum solar park is expected to provide up ... |
10 January 2012
07:57 GMT |
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Nowadays, many people are always on the run, or forced to travel in remote areas where sockets are not available.
In order to offer travelers unlimited access to clean, eco-friendly energy required to power their daily gadgets, Jung Inyoung has launched an innovative suitcase that stocks and exploits kinetic energy ... |
10 January 2012
02:28 GMT |
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Nowadays, the development of miraculous solutions aiming to cut down energy costs and pollution is one of the hottest green trends, Texas-based BB Motor Corp is following the same path, announcing a one-of-a-kind breakthrough: the J.I.M.S engine that requires no fuel and generates no emissions. It would also be ene... |
9 January 2012
07:19 GMT |
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Developers plan to work on their technology harvesting and exploiting wave power, to offer it to households at unbeatable prices, lower than those displayed by natural gas and all the other alternative options.
After completing the work at their first test site, located at Ukraine's Institute for Hydromechanic... |
9 January 2012
05:26 GMT |
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A new concept involving two renewable sources sounds good enough to renew the promise of a coal-free future. The hybrid Marine Solar Cell, developed by Phil Pauley, could harness both solar and wave power at the same time, seeking to be a cost-effective asset in the long term. At least on paper, the innovative unit i... |
7 January 2012
06:46 GMT |
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New green technologies keep boosting the popularity of renewable sources of power. 3D solar panels, black silicon and the great, cost-effective solar paint seeking to replace the standard PVs mark the beginning of a new era in the development of the solar market.
However, there is still enough room for game-changer... |
6 January 2012
04:59 GMT |
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Solar power could become truly competitive with other sources of energy within a few years, due to a new technology seeking to harness and store sunlight even after the sun has gone down.
It is currently tested by two major companies from California: SolarReserve and BrightSource, the Telegraph informs.
The proce... |
3 January 2012
04:19 GMT |
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There is nothing better than a giant project involving renewables that, apart from providing a green source of energy, is restoring the balance of endangered species.
A new video, launched by the Environment Agency, reveals that the largest hydropower scheme in the south east of England meant to supply the Windsor C... |
28 December 2011
09:09 GMT |
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Google wants to redefine its position as a top eco-conscious company and has decided to end this year with a new significant investment in the sector of renewables.
This time, Google plans to back four solar photovoltaic (PV) projects developed by Recurrent Energy near Sacramento, California, according to its offic... |
20 December 2011
07:21 GMT |
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A group of scientists from the University of Minnesota-Duluth’s Natural Resources Research Institute (NRRI) want to prove that abandoned open pit iron ore mines can harness wind power, supporting a process that will boost the profit margins of the wind industry.
Once put into practice, this theory would provid... |
23 November 2011
05:55 GMT |
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Even though common individuals might not be able to forecast a growth in the department of renewables, experts in this field of activity say that global investments will double their present rates, boosting the whole industry and making it function at its entire capacity.
According to a new report released by Bloom... |
17 November 2011
10:15 GMT |
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A report issued by the Fish and Wildlife services announced the fact that 500 birds met their death near the Laurel Mountain wind farm, located in West Virginia. According to the data provided by the study, the creatures were not killed by the sharp blades of the machine, they were rather attracted to the night light... |
10 November 2011
08:33 GMT |
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Biofuels, wind farms, batteries, solar power plants, geothermal facilities and osmotic power plants are just some of the clean energy technologies being pursued today. In a new study, experts in the United States will attempt to determine which of these approaches to clean energy is actually worth pursuing.
The dete... |
2 November 2011
05:52 GMT |
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A new report from The Pew Charitable Trusts documents how the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) is accelerating clean energy innovations in order to reduce risks to America's military, enhance energy security and save money.The report finds that DoD clean energy investments increased 300 percent between 2006 and ... |
5 October 2011
04:40 GMT |
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The Commonwealth of the Bahamas could soon become not only a dream destination for exotic vacations, but also the home of two ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) plants.A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed today towards building the world's first two commercially viable OTEC plants that produce foss... |
22 September 2011
09:51 GMT |
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Google has been very active with its green initiatives in the past few weeks, putting its money where its mouth is, so to speak. It invested in several large scale clean energy projects and has now agreed to buy all of the energy provided by a wind farm in Oklahoma for the next 20 years, a deal similar to one signed ... |
22 April 2011
08:50 GMT |
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Google has invested in yet another green energy project, this time pouring in $100 million in a wind farm site in Oregon. When completed, the Shepherds Flat Wind Farm is expected to be the largest such project in the world. This is Google's second big investment in green energy in the past few weeks."We recently... |
19 April 2011
05:21 GMT |
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A new analysis demonstrates that the United States can move to getting its power from clean and sustainable sources even today, using existing technologies, and costs roughly comparable to those associated with conventional energy. However, the societal and political will for this are lacking.There are, in essence, t... |
26 January 2011
06:04 GMT |
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The first polluting country in the world makes a huge first step towards clean energy. A partnership between CSIRO Australia and China United Coalbed Methane Corporation Limited (CUCBM) will allow China to bury carbon dioxide and extract methane, further used as an energy source.This initiative will allow two thousan... |
22 July 2010
06:11 GMT |
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Google has been making some serious moves in the energy sector, but, though it’s not afraid to take on new markets, these have been made in order to bring down the company’s carbon footprint. This is an important goal for Google and it has been attacking it from different angles. Now the company is announ... |
20 July 2010
10:38 GMT |
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The goal of producing electricity through renewable, clean methods has been with science for many years, but it has taken on new significance over the past couple of decades. The threats of global warming and climate change have placed more emphasis on deriving electricity from the Sun, wind, Earth's heat and so... |
2 June 2010
06:03 GMT |
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The dream of developing a method of obtaining nuclear fusion has been a long-standing one for physicists, ever since the idea was first proposed. Basically, cold fusion is the opposite process of nuclear fission, the method that is currently used in atomic power plants to produce electricity. These facilities split a... |
24 March 2009
05:02 GMT |
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Keeping the flow of plasma – an electrically-charged stream of gas heated at millions of degrees – has been a major obstacle in the path of developing a sustainable nuclear fusion reaction, as turbulences and drops in temperature interfered with the difficult process of merging the similarly-charged nucle... |
4 December 2008
02:43 GMT |
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The new geothermal plant that opened Thursday, November 6th, is the first modular plant of its kind, meaning that its building time only lasted for about 6 months. This is a very short term for such an undertaking, as regular thermal power plants usually take about 5 to 7 years to plan and build. Raser Technologies I... |
10 November 2008
10:56 GMT |
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There are dozens of sites like this throughout England – small hydroelectric plants, some more than 100 years old, that have been abandoned for more than 5 or 6 decades. Authorities now seem to have found a new use for them, namely that they can still produce renewable electricity, even though they've been... |
31 October 2008
04:08 GMT |
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The most ambitious water-harnessing project ever designed, scheduled to become fully operational by 2012, will generate enormous amounts of electrical power, to be distributed in the national power grid. Once closed, it will flood the valley behind it over a distance of more than 185 miles (almost 300 kilometers), wi... |
24 October 2008
07:28 GMT |
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Over the last few years, Ethiopia was hit by several drought waves, which relentlessly crippled the nation's electricity production, seeing how most regions are powered up by hydroelectric power plants. That's why national authorities recently inked a deal with the French company Vergent, which is to begin ... |
22 October 2008
10:23 GMT |
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Instead of the extended wind turbine fields we are accustomed to, the U.S. could see its most important buildings, such as hospitals, schools and public offices powered-up by wind turbines of unusual shapes. They are much reduced in dimension and reportedly more efficient than their large propeller-like counterparts.... |
11 October 2008
03:54 GMT |
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