Breakthrough promises $1.50 per gallon synthetic gasoline with no carbon emissions By Mike Hanlon 05:26 January 26, 2011 UK-based Cella Energy has developed a synthetic fuel that could lead to US$1.50 per gallon gasoline. Apart from promising a future transportation fuel with a stable price regardless of oil prices, the fuel is hydrogen based and produces no [...]
Posted on February 8th, 2011 by Editor
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Sharp begins mass production of crystalline solar cells in Sakai, Japan Sharp Corporation will start mass production of its new single crystalline solar cell at its solar cell plant in Green Front Sakai, Sakai City, Osaka, Japan. The annual production capacity for the solar cells will be 200 MW. This single crystalline solar cell with [...]
Posted on December 8th, 2010 by Editor
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Energy secretary tours solar disrupter While in the Boston area, Steven Chu gets a tour of the labs of 1366 Technologies, a solar start-up aiming to make solar power lower than the price of coal. Received & published by Henry Sapiecha
Posted on December 6th, 2010 by Editor
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Boeing to mass-produce record-breaking 39.2 percent efficiency solar cell When it comes to solar cells, everyone is chasing the highest conversion efficiency. Although we’ve seen conversion efficiencies of over 40 percent achieved with multi-junction solar cells in lab environments, Boeing subsidiary Spectrolab is bringing this kind of efficiency to mass production with the announcement of [...]
Posted on November 26th, 2010 by Editor
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Making tougher biodegradable plastics from plants Replacing petro-chemical-based plastics with plant-based alternatives is a growing area of research. One popular form of plant-derived plastic is Poly(lactic) acid, or PLA, a type of biodegradable plastic that is currently used to make bottles, bags and is woven into fibers to make clothes in place of polyester. Although [...]
Posted on November 22nd, 2010 by Editor
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Simple Savings in fork lift use When ecoBiz Participant Australian Country Choice transported goods between their warehouse and factory, their forklift had to travel around the entire factory to reach the adjacent warehouse. They decided to build a new door in factory next to their warehouse. This simple measure means the forklift travels a more [...]
Posted on October 12th, 2010 by Editor
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Waste Coffee Grounds Offer New Source Of Biodiesel Fuel. Drink & drive legally…!! Science (Dec. 15, 2008) — Researchers in Nevada are reporting that waste coffee grounds can provide a cheap, abundant, and environmentally friendly source of biodiesel fuel for powering cars and trucks. In the new study, Mano Misra, Susanta Mohapatra, and Narasimharao Kondamudi [...]
Posted on October 10th, 2010 by Editor
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Industrial Production of Biodiesel Feasible Within 15 Years, Researchers Predict Science (Aug. 13, 2010) — Within 10 to 15 years, it will be technically possible to produce sustainable and economically viable biodiesel from micro-algae on a large scale. Technological innovations during this period should extend the scale of production by a factor of three, while [...]
Posted on August 16th, 2010 by Editor
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INVEST IN WIND POWER AS A NATIONAL MANUFACTURER Lifecycle. Wind power generation from the roof top of your building David Hare, who describes himself as an “environmental entrepreneur”, owns 80 per cent of Windation Energy Systems Australia – a would-be maker of rooftop wind turbines. (The turbines’ American designer owns the other 20 per cent). [...]
Posted on July 6th, 2010 by Editor
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Towards Nanowire Solar Cells With a 65-Percent Efficiency Science (June 17, 2010) — Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/) researchers want to develop solar cells with an efficiency of over 65 percent by means of nanotechnology. In Southern Europe and North Africa these new solar cells can generate a substantial portion of the European demand for [...]
Posted on June 21st, 2010 by Editor
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