nina Published in the 16:46:10
BOSTON - Starting FloDesign Wind, one of several companies who want to shake up the business of wind turbines, said a prototype of a jet engine-inspired turbine was three times more efficient at converting wind energy benefit than traditional designs.
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nina Published in the 16:43:18
Panasonic has released a new household LED bulbs in Japan, says that lasts 40 times longer than incandescent bulbs.
Screw in the bulb are part EverLed line, and they are scheduled to hit stores in Japan on October 21, with monthly production of 50,000 units. There is no need to change the lighting equipment used for incandescent lamps.
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nina Published in the 16:21:54
How big is too big when it comes to TV screen size? How much energy does the U.S. gobble up watching television?
If you ask the Environmental Protection Agency, the answers would be (a) anything over 50 inches and (b) about 4 percent of all household electricity.
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nina Published in the 21:16:30
First Solar has signed a memorandum of understanding with China, to partner for 2000 MW power plant in the city of Ordos, Inner Mongolia.
If and when this happens, it will be one of the largest solar power plants, perhaps the largest in the world in terms of megawatts. Compared with other ongoing projects, the U.S. Army is to create a 500-megawatt solar thermal farm in the Mojave Desert. First Solar, which is based in Tempe, Arizona, and also has a 550 megawatt project is planned in California. Solar and Canada recently announced 500-megawatt solar farm planned and Inner Mongolia.
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nina Published in the 21:13:29
Research in the field of nuclear energy and hydrogen gave backers say it is a technology that could replace oil imports in the U.S. for biofuels from agricultural by-products.
Scientists at the Idaho National Laboratory, worked in the past year and a half on the process of converting biomass, such straw or crop residues, into liquid fuels with much greater efficiency than the existing technology of cellulosic ethanol.
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nina Published in the 18:14:20
Even now, when billions of dollars are spent worldwide to upgrade electricity networks, systems for the delivery of fresh water is also in dire need of upgrading the 21st century.
IBM is developing a portfolio of IT-technology, water management, the business, it estimates, could reach $ 20 billion over five years. At a conference on water resources in the next week, IBM and Intel will form a working group to examine how information and technology can be used to improve water management, according to IBM.
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nina Published in the 15:21:23
Maldives has signed a partnership with technology companies to develop their Biochar soil, both sides announced this week.
Biochar, the method of carbon capture and storage is usually done by heating the biomass in the oven until it turns into an artificial coal. This Biochar can then be buried according to enrich the soil for agriculture. In some cases, Biochar can be used as fuel.
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nina Published in the 15:19:10
The new company conducts advanced technology for geothermal energy has been forced to suspend its first attempt to drill deep wells in Northern California.
AltaRock Energy on Wednesday said he has encountered problems during the drilling of wells for the demonstration projects, "as a result of geological anomalies particular to the formation of" at the Geysers geothermal field.
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nina Published in the 15:36:38
Geoengineering is not an extreme measure, but the next necessary step for the calibration of the Earth's climate if emissions of carbon dioxide significantly reduced in the near future, the Royal Society, the National Academy of Sciences of the United Kingdom, announced on Tuesday.
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nina Published in the 15:33:35
The day after the federal government contract valued at $ 500 million in renewable energy projects, the American Wind Energy Association points to a study which concludes that the investment will lead to a "green collar" as expected.
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