New Display Technology Uses Gratings to Control Color, Enhances Efficiency 400%
Posted by Ovidiu in Green Gadgets on September 2, 2010
LCDs have been here for quite a while, using the same technology implemented for the first time in the 1970s. It’s high time someone invented a different method of displaying colors in a controlled manner, for the sake of price and energy consumption.
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SkyTrough Solar Concentrator Certified by NREL as Most Efficient In Its Class
Posted by Ovidiu in Solar Power on September 2, 2010
SkyFuel, a U.S.-based company, has just published a press release, stating that the The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has certified their SkyTrough solar concentrator technology to have the highest efficiency in its class.
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Hyundai i-Blue Concept to Become Reality in 2012
Posted by Mike in Hybrid vehicles, Hydrogen Power on September 2, 2010
Hyundai plans to become a leader in the field of electric and hybrid vehicles. So far the company has revealed numerous concepts and production vehicles. Among them is the 2007 Hyundai i-Blue, a zero-emissions concept car powered by hydrogen and by the last generation of fuel cell technology that the automaker has.
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Enerkem Starts Construction of World’s First Garbage To Biofuel Plant
All the garbage collected from the city of Edmonton can be used to produce biofuel. Last week, the city officials announced that Enerkem, a company based in Montreal began the construction of a $80 million plant that will be capable to turn the town’s landfill into biofuel.
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Neo Solar Power Builds New Solar Plant in Taiwan
Posted by Mike in Solar Power on September 2, 2010
The new factory is expected to have a 3.4 GW capacity, almost 1 GW more compared to the capacity produced by all Taiwanese manufacturers.
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Hybrid Wind Turbines Also Working Without Wind, Helped by Biogas
Posted by Mike in Wind Power on September 2, 2010
A new hybrid gas-wind turbine called SmartGen has been designed to work on low winds based on a system that turns the turbine with compressed air from a compressor running on biogas.
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Infiniti M35 Hybrid Sedan To Be Unveiled At Los Angeles Auto Show
Posted by Mike in Hybrid vehicles on September 2, 2010
Infiniti is believed to unveil the much expected M hybrid sedan at the 2010 Los Angeles Auto Show. The M35 Hybrid uses a 3.5-liter motor and can work solely on electric power in certain driving conditions, according to the manufacturer.
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Flexible Rooftop-Mountable Solar Panel Unveiled by Global Solar
Posted by Ovidiu in Solar Power on September 1, 2010
Global Solar, a solar cells manufacturer, has just developed and released a flexible solar panel designed for flat commercial rooftop buildings. The modules, consisting of solar panels 19 feet long and 1.5 feet wide, are actually made with CIGS (copper, indium, gallium, selenium) cells that work as well as their rigid counterparts.
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Denmark’s New Testing Center for Larger Wind Turbines
Posted by Mike in Wind Power on August 31, 2010
As a world leader in wind energy technology, Denmark is working on developing larger turbines. In this respect, the National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy at the Technical University of Denmark plans to create an improved testing center.
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$200 Million Wind Project Under Construction in New York
Posted by Mike in Wind Power on August 31, 2010
The American company Iberdrola Renewables, Inc. is now working on a new wind farm project in Herkimer County, New York. The project is one of the seven new wind farms Iberdrola Renewables currently has under construction around the U.S.
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