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California to Have World’s Largest Wind Farm

Mike — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 08:06:44 +0000

Terra-Gen Power LLC, a company specialized in renewable energy, has recently inaugurated the place where will be built the world’s largest wind power site. It will be located in central California and the project will generate about 1,550 megawatts of wind power. With the support of investment group ArcLight Capital, Terra-Gen hopes this wind farm, [...]

MIT’s New Multilayered Optical Fibers that Carry Electricity and Light

Mike — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 13:27:41 +0000

A group of MIT scientists headed by Professor of materials science and engineering Yoel Fink, have developed a new multifunctional material that carries both electricity and light. The fibers could be used to create biomedical devices, smart textiles that monitor the body or structural sensors that are able to detect even the smallest stresses on [...]

Quick Battery Charger Needs Just Three Minutes for a 50% Charge

Mike — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 07:31:50 +0000

Companies around the world are trying to find solutions to make electric vehicles attractive but so far there hasn’t been a charging speed war among those. It seems that the competition already starts because one of the biggest companies in Japan called JFE Engineering now claims it has developed a quick charger that apparently needs [...]

Triple-Layered Solar Panel Increase the Total Efficiency to More Than 35%

Mike — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 09:12:44 +0000

According to scientists, traditional solar panels are able catch just about 15% of the sun’s rays. But now, a company that focuses on the production and development of high efficiency thin film photovoltaics, called RoseStreet Labs Energy Inc. (RSLE), founded a new way to increase that efficiency using mirrors and even the shaping them like [...]

HHO Generator Converts Water into Fuel

Mike — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 17:36:45 +0000

Glenn Old, an Australian inventor, has recently developed a new interesting device that is able to convert water into fuel. He has been working with a group of American engineers to design the device that can reduce greenhouse gas emissions and save fuel. Called the HHO generator, the device generates enough hydrogen reduce carbon emissions [...]

Sustainable Cellphone for Developing and Underdeveloped Nations

Mike — Sat, 01 May 2010 18:56:03 +0000

Mobile network providers are trying their level best to connect even the most remote locations on the planet with the rest of the world. However, in places like rural Africa nine out of ten people don’t have access to electricity, which means that they’ve to get their cellphones charged in villages that either have access [...]

Flexible Fabric Equipped with Photovoltaic Cells

Mike — Sat, 01 May 2010 18:47:10 +0000

FTL Solar has created a lightweight tensile fabric with integrated thin film solar panels that is capable of shading your deck while powering your home. Originally designed as easily deployable canopies for military applications, FTL’s solar products are now available now for solar parking lot shades, rooftop building installations, and small and large solar tent [...]

New PV Cell Designed to Capture Infrared, Visible and Ultraviolet Light

Mike — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 05:04:11 +0000

Scientists at the Kyoto Institute of Technologybhave developed a new solar cell, capable of producing energy from ultraviolet, infrared and visible light. The research team lead by associate professor Saki Sonoda, hopes that this new cell will lead to the development of highly efficient photovoltaic cells that can be single-junction rather than the more conventional [...]

Luxgen Launches a New All-Electric MPV

Mike — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 20:44:53 +0000

Luxgen, a Taiwanese company, has unveiled at the Dubai International Auto Show a new all-electric MPV that according to the company, it will the world’s first all-electric 7-passenger MPV. The car utilizes the same technology found in HTC smart phones to combine electric power, luxury and advanced technology all in the same package. Dubbed the [...]

Hydrofill- First Portable Desktop Hydrogen Generator

Mike — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 13:25:40 +0000

Horizon Fuel Cell Technologies, a Singaporean company will launch this week at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, the world’s first portable desktop hydrogen generator. Called the HYDROFILL, the device plugs into a power supply, a small wind turbine or a solar panel and automatically extracts hydrogen from its water tank. After that, the [...]