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When considering the possibility of purchasing an electric car, most consumers worry about running out of energy and not having where to recharge it. This is the reason why Shai Agassi and his company, Better Place, have decided to build four electric car charging stations in northern Israel. Better Place came up w... |
22 May 2012
03:05 GMT |
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Renewable energy is a noble cause, but nowadays the investment cost for such technologies is very high. Altaeros Energies, a company from Massachusetts, has created a marvelous device that will likely drive the cost of investing in wind energy, and also the price of such electricity way down. The prototype is a wind... |
23 April 2012
14:11 GMT |
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In a new report, entitled “Energy Horizons: United State Air Force Energy S&T Vision 2011-2026,” the USAF lists all of its technological needs for the next 15 years. Also included in the document is the organization's vision for the future of energy sciences, both for terrestrial and deep space appli... |
22 February 2012
10:57 GMT |
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At times when landfills in the US are overcrowded, authorities do everything in their power to curb the enormous amount of waste generated on an annual basis. In this general movement, Fort Hood plans to take its sustainable goals to a whole other level, by committing to send zero grams of waste to landfills by 202... |
16 January 2012
04:01 GMT |
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Residents and companies from the Hawaiian Islands pay huge electricity bills although the region has everything it needs to increase the usage of renewable power. Cost-effective geothermal energy could be the answer in this case, helping people pay less for what they use. At this point in time, incentives are much ... |
5 January 2012
10:15 GMT |
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A recent study has indicated that 90% of the British people pay huge energy bills because they overcharge their devices. In order to fight the vampire power consumption and help us save some energy, Bracketron has designed a series of green gadgets called GreenZero line.
The devices simply detect when our appliances... |
4 January 2012
04:12 GMT |
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Coffee always gives us a great boost in the morning, but it seems that experts have succeeded in expanding its list of benefits. Researchers from University of North Dakota have thought about using what's left in our coffee mugs to come up with a viable, unlimited source of green energy.
It seems that everythi... |
4 January 2012
02:51 GMT |
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Scientists from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have come up with a black silicon technology, seeking to make solar power more competitive with other types of energy over the next decade.
New Jersey-based Natcore will benefit from their findings, exploring the new path to launch a new generation of ... |
30 December 2011
04:47 GMT |
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It's been quite a long time since humans have invented the wheel, but improvements are still much needed in transportation. The Energy Return Wheel is an innovative concept, aiming to replace the common pneumatic tires.
The ingenious system is expected to save a lot of money, coming along with improved handlin... |
29 December 2011
10:11 GMT |
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Apple is an eco-conscious brand aiming to tackle the unpleasant low-battery situations in an eco-friendly manner, while fighting fossil fuel dependency and boosting new green technologies.
Rumor has it that the company is experimenting a new strategy, meant to replace the traditional plug-in batteries with fuel cel... |
28 December 2011
03:46 GMT |
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Chile's government is keen on reducing energy consumption through a new ingenious method. It wants ties, the mark of every well-dressed businessman to remain in the closet during summer, to limit the usage of air conditioners.
The example is set by Chile's Economy Minister Pablo Longueira. "As economy min... |
27 December 2011
09:41 GMT |
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It's no secret that big cities require a significant amount of energy. Scientists may have found a new green way to satisfy the ever-growing demand while relying on the power produced by human bodies.
Surprisingly, every physical activity that solicits our muscles provides a more or less significant source of p... |
23 December 2011
07:02 GMT |
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The American government has recently decided to approve two giant projects involving renewables, developed on public land, in an attempt to green up the US and reduce its oil and coal dependency.
The first project relies on the benefits of clean solar power and will be implemented in Arizona, while the second one, t... |
22 December 2011
04:42 GMT |
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Mexico city has decided it is time to close one of the world's largest open dumps located on its territory. The main reason is not the appalling smell, or the health risks residents are exposed to, but the necessity to turn waste into a viable, cost-effective source of energy.
All in all, it seems that authori... |
21 December 2011
07:54 GMT |
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Japanese researchers are one step closer to an extraordinary discovery that could make common books end up in museums while playing with the popularity of tablets and other high-tech gadgets. Their finding has also more than a few environmental benefits. Kohei Tsuji and Akira Wakita from Keio University in Japan th... |
21 December 2011
03:06 GMT |
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Apparently, Facebook has officially decided to “unfriend” coal and turn all its attention to the much more popular renewable sector.
After 20 months of attempts, 700,000 activists have finally managed to convince the major Internet company that greener is definitely better.
Facebook announced it would... |
15 December 2011
09:25 GMT |
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Chevrolet has launched a program aiming to support landfills exploiting garbage and turning it into valuable energy. Its Carbon Initiative backs the Rockingham County (Virginia) Landfill operations that capture methane and destroy it, or use it to provide affordable power. Garbage decomposes in landfills, emitting ... |
15 December 2011
07:51 GMT |
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Since the current challenges noticeable on the global photovoltaic market make this technology less popular and profitable, China is looking forward to exploit the unlimited potential of solar thermal energy, appearing to be the next best thing involving renewables.
The plan doesn't look good just on paper, si... |
14 December 2011
03:00 GMT |
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Photovoltaic solar panels are definitely not a new concept. Experts think they are close to raising the competitiveness of organic solar cells, making them appropriate alternatives to the already popular crystalline silicon.Heliatek thinks it is on the right path, since its sample cells displayed a 6.0 percent conver... |
10 December 2011
07:20 GMT |
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A researcher from Case Western Reserve University thinks he has found a new key element aiming to revolutionize wind power industry. He has come up with a lighter, stronger turbine blade prototype.
Even though wind turbines provide an effective, safe method of producing clean energy, they have a few disadvantages ... |
10 December 2011
06:22 GMT |
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IKEA knows that a large segment of its clients await for eco-conscious improvements. It seems that these changes will come faster than expected, since the Swedish furniture retailer IKEA has recently announced it is going to count on solar power to provide clean energy for 33 of its 44 facilities in the US. Many more... |
8 December 2011
11:24 GMT |
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Our wasteful society encourages us to waste more than we actually consume. Wetherspoon's pubs are trying to tackle this issue, by launching an innovative trial meant to turn leftovers into valuable energy.
The chain will make sure 28 of its popular pubs will contribute, by diverting from landfills approximatel... |
8 December 2011
04:59 GMT |
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In a world highly concerned about its ecological footprint, green solar-powered landfills seem like the next best thing. Eco-conscious companies are doing their best to revolutionize the role and functionality of the places where millions of tons of waste end up every year.
Their contribution will definitely change... |
7 December 2011
02:25 GMT |
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There are only a few things that the Microbial Home designer by Phillips can't accomplish, in terms of energy-efficiency and resource preservation. The most intriguing concept displayed by the company is the innovative bacteria-based lightning system.
Powering our entire household without having to pay for a si... |
6 December 2011
09:04 GMT |
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Global warming represents a serious issue taken into consideration by Marvell, an eco-friendly company aiming to embrace a series of green technologies that can deliver appropriate solutions to daily challenges.
Their Footprint Zero campaign is meant to increase the people's level of awareness regarding the cu... |
6 December 2011
07:50 GMT |
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Australia is eager to fully embrace clean green solar power and money shouldn't represent a bump in the road, even if this ambitious project requires a lot more than pocket change. In order to exploit the entire potential of renewables, Canberra would have to come up with $100 billion.
This amount is necessary ... |
6 December 2011
05:55 GMT |
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Officials from General Electric might get their hands on a multibillion pound project developed in the UK. The major company intends to build plutonium reactors at Sellafield, meant to provide enough power to 750,000 average homes.
To do so, the power plant would exploit the benefits of plutonium, a residual compou... |
1 December 2011
10:36 GMT |
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The National Christmas Tree lighting ceremony has become a symbol for the American citizens during this time of the year. For almost nine decades, the event has increased its popularity and gained more and more followers.
President Barack Obama himself was expected to lighten the 19-foot-tall balsam fir. This is th... |
1 December 2011
09:59 GMT |
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At times when the UK government cannot safeguard home owners from the growing gas and energy prices, greening up households through a national project appears to be a tempting option. However, the uncertainty which surrounds the total costs and benefits of the Green Deal might work against the entire strategy.
The ... |
24 November 2011
09:43 GMT |
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Renewables appear to be one of the most popular options this year, taking into account that 15 giant companies have recently announced they are scaling up efforts to respond to 25% of the entire energy demand relying on clean, green wind power.
Motorola, Deutch Bank and Lego are the first top enterprises that will ... |
21 November 2011
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Nowadays, when the limited natural resources are under tremendous pressure as they have to nourish 7 billion inhabitants, the major apparel companies try to remain competitive while looking for sustainable innovation. After being inspired by Amazon's indigenous inhabitants, 01M OneMoment launched an original lin... |
10 November 2011
10:46 GMT |
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The advantages of cloud computing have been discussed repeatedly and, indeed, they still are, the latest reports on the matter stating that, based on a recent study, large IT companies can achieve massive carbon emission and energy cost reductions this decade.
Shared data networks, commonly known as cloud storage e... |
7 November 2011
08:02 GMT |
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When experts conduct studies of extrasolar planet, they tend to assess their potential for supporting life based on some of the traits they can distinguish. But there is often an overlooked factor, some experts say, and that is the influence of dark matter. In the image attached to this article, the distribution of d... |
16 June 2011
05:26 GMT |
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Conventional wisdom has it that remanufacturing an item from leftovers is cheaper and less energy-intensive than producing the same object from scratch. Researchers in the United States show in a new study that, while this is mostly true, there are some exceptions to the rule. The team, based at the Massachusetts Ins... |
16 May 2011
07:20 GMT |
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A new analysis is challenging widely held beliefs that China's energy demands will continue to increase sharply for the foreseeable future. Most experts believe that, at the end of the century, the country will still need more power plants, but the new analysis suggests that this is not the case. Investigators a... |
28 April 2011
03:24 GMT |
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Scientists are currently working on a new method of producing new fuel out of energy that would otherwise be wasted. This time, they are going after the energy generated when cars break, which goes unused today. Experts believe they can convert it to compressed air, for later use. The compressed air could then be use... |
7 February 2011
09:52 GMT |
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Modern computers consume a lot of energy, but they also waste a huge portion of it as heat. But devices based on reversible logic could reduce that waste to zero, say investigators. All that is needed is the brains and money to develop such a machine.As the world's resources are diminishing, energy demand and th... |
25 January 2011
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Working on a laptop means portability first of all. The line is drawn when it comes to AC because any battery has limited working capabilities. If you want to see how much juice is left and get notifications for low levels, Battery4Life is for you.
Whether at home, at the office or on the road, if you have your po... |
15 January 2011
11:11 GMT |
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Once Christmas is gone and the tinsel and balls have been removed from the fir, most Christmas trees end up in the trash. But soon, thanks to a brilliant idea of a researcher from the University of Leeds, UK, Xmas trees could be useful even after they lose their glow.Jenny Jones thought of a special roasting process ... |
27 December 2010
10:20 GMT |
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There is one living thing on this planet that is able to gather nearly half a million calories in one mouthful of food, and that is the blue whale, the Earth's largest animal.This way of feeding explains their enormous dimensions, but a team of researchers led by Jeremy Goldbogen, who is now at the Scripps Insti... |
10 December 2010
08:58 GMT |
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Using data sent back by the NASA Cassini spacecraft, researchers determined that the energy output of Saturn has been constantly diminishing between 2005 and 2009. Astronomers compare the event to witnessing a cosmic light bulb being turned off with a dimmer switch.But the datasets the probe sent back also showed oth... |
11 November 2010
05:07 GMT |
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Physical activity as well as the energy generated by an individual could be linked to traits of their personality, suggests a new research carried out by the University of New South Wales.Dr Peter Biro, a senior lecturer in the UNSW Evolution and Ecology Research Center and an Australian Research Council Future Fello... |
14 October 2010
02:57 GMT |
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Researchers from Imperial College London and the University of Colorado, carried out a study that suggests that when the Sun's activity declines, the Earth actually become warmer and not cooler, as you would normally expect.The activity of the Sun increases and decrease during an 11-year cycle, and when the sola... |
7 October 2010
10:10 GMT |
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A team of investigators may have just discovered a class of power-storing materials that may easily exceed the benchmarks set by the DOE in terms of hydrogen storage. The US Department of Energy is intent in funding research into hydrogen storage, because this technology is what will make the cars of the future possi... |
1 October 2010
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The air is loaded with electricity, so if scientists manage to collect it, it should be the newest alternative energy source.Just like solar cells capture sunlight, a device that captures electricity from the air should be able to transform it so that it can light a house or recharge an electric car, and scientists a... |
26 August 2010
04:14 GMT |
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The consumption of caloric liquids has different effects on the short-term total energy intake in men and women, a new scientific study from the Oxford Brookes University shows.This is the first study of its kind to compare the compensation effect of liquid calories on the short-term energy spending by gender, and it... |
25 August 2010
10:57 GMT |
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The Construction Unit at Tecnalia along with the University of Cantabria have been working on the development of a new product for the construction sector, that will boost the efficiency or photovoltaic solar systems.The project is called the Sunglass project and it is supposed to increase the use of the renewable en... |
25 August 2010
09:24 GMT |
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The global tendency today is to get to a completely clean energy, for the industry and for people's homes and transportation, by developing wind and solar power.As research evolves, it develops even more advanced wind and solar energy production and in the near future this green energy will take over fossil fuel... |
25 August 2010
03:09 GMT |
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Today, over 400 international experts gathered at the University of Southampton, for Photon 10, the biggest optics and photonics conference in Europe, where the latest developments in “green photonics” will be shared.The president of the United States' Optoelectronics Development Association (OIDA), ... |
23 August 2010
05:27 GMT |
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One of the three “erupting” lakes in the world, Lake Kivu, is part of Rwanda's plan of new energy sources.Even though the lake appears to be calm and harmless, it is more of a ticking time bomb due to the dissolved volcanic gases trapped in its waters.If the methane and carbon dioxide within these re... |
20 August 2010
03:28 GMT |
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