$200 Million Wind Project Under Construction in New York

$200 Million Wind Project Under Construction in New York

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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1,000 New Jobs To Be Created by SunPower Corp., for Government Solar Powered Systems

1,000 New Jobs To Be Created by SunPower Corp., for Government Solar Powered Systems

The SunPower Corp. has plans to develop new solar installations for the U.S. Navy, Air Force, General Services Administration and National Renewable Energy Laboratory.


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Hyundai FCV Fuel Cell Car To Be Launched 3 Years Earlier Than Toyota’s

Hyundai FCV Fuel Cell Car To Be Launched 3 Years Earlier Than Toyota's

Fuel cell cars have just begun to show up shyly, and the competition is already high in this field. Toyota, who announced a $50,000 price tag on their first hydrogen fuel cell car, is being beaten by Hyundai, who announced their first fuel cell vehicle three years earlier than Toyota


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BYU’s New Electric Streamliner Sets 139 MPH Speed Record

BYU’s New Electric Streamliner Sets 139 MPH Speed Record

After six years of design and building, a team of student engineers at the Brigham Young University have recently unveiled their new electric streamliner (a special racecar designed for straight-ahead speed).


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Solar Roadways Giving More Details About Their Road-Embedded Solar Cells Technology

Solar Roadways Giving More Details About Their Road-Embedded Solar Cells Technology

Scott Brusaw, an electrical engineer in Idaho, also the founder of Solar Roadways, (that we’ve written about earlier this month) has come up with an interesting idea that might just catch up if some key issues will be solved: making roads out of solar cells that would produce electricity and pay for themselves.


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Volther Hybrid Solar Collection System by Solimpeks Harvests Both Electricity and Heat

Volther Hybrid Solar Collection System by Solimpeks Harvests Both Electricity and Heat

Solimpeks Corp., a Turkish company, has designed their so called “Volther hybrid solar collection system” by cooling the PV panels and improving the entire solar system’s efficiency. The Hybrid PV/Ts are best suited for individual homes.


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Concrete Bases to Increase Wind Turbine Efficiency for Better Power Production

Concrete Bases to Increase Wind Turbine Efficiency for Better Power Production

The use of concrete bases can prove significantly profitable, considering wind turbine towers, as this has to do with diminishing, by more than two-thirds, the quantity of concrete used for the footings of a single tower.


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California’s New Solar Thermal Power Plants Will Double Existing U.S. Capacity

California's New Solar Thermal Power Plants Will Double Existing U.S. Capacity

For a while, a various amount of gigawatts related to solar thermal power plants was scheduled for different areas in the Californian desert, but in the end many plants obtain the approvals they usually need for the construction to start.


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Graphite Foam Reduces Temperature of LEDs, Making Them Cheaper and Longer-Lasting

Graphite Foam Reduces Temperature of LEDs, Making Them Cheaper and Longer-Lasting

LED lights, yet not cutting edge idea for lighting, are in vogue nowadays, as they evolve by the year. Now, a group of researchers from Oak Ridge National Laboratory has discovered how to make LEDs last for longer and also lower their price.


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Hydrogen Tank Exploded in Green Fuel Station. Is The Technology Safe Enough for Cars?

Hydrogen Tank Exploded in Green Fuel Station. Is The Technology Safe Enough for Cars?

Hydrogen, the most clean fuel in the universe, has been seen with skepticism by many. Although bad events involving exploded hydrogen tanks are rare, Monroe County’s (NY) hydrogen station on Scottsville Road experienced the explosion of two tanks filled with hydrogen.


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