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Renault&Nissan to Make Electric Cars and Infrastructure for Portugal
Several weeks ago we presented an article about Denmark having too much energy available by exploiting their wind farms. At that time we knew that Denmark wants to make an electric vehicle recharge infrastructure for use in their future electric cars.
MIT Window Coating Collects Solar Energy
MIT researchers have found a way to give your ordinary windows other uses than allow you to look through it. They invented a special coating that can be applied to the window, which in turn transmits the light its edges, to some solar cells. In this way you'll still be able to see clearly through the window and collect solar energy.
Home Made Hydrogen for Your Car
A British company, ITM, has invented a device that does electrolysis and splits water into hydrogen. They even modified a Ford Focus to run on the hydrogen they make(basically no big deal, just a few adjustments to the top dead center of the pistons and a little chip tricking on the exhaust).
London's Eco Nightclub to Open Today
You eat. You dance. You generate power. All the shaking-for-nothing floors of London's nightclubs are one step behind the city's most eco-friendly nightclub. San Francisco has got one, and so does Rotterdam. Basically, the whole idea behind this concept is to generate electricity from the shaking dance floor, electricity which would largely power the dancers' music and lights. It's like "pedal for electricity", but more fun.
Israel – the World Leader in Solar Powered Water Heating
Did you know that Israel has 90% of the population heating their water from the sun? This has happened because of the 1950 energy crisis, fact that led them into buying solar water heaters. In 1983, about 60% of the Israelis had solar water heating.
Pot in Pot Refrigerator: Keeps Things Cool with no Electricity
Do you know this man? I didn't either. It not news anymore, but I was surprised when I read what Mohammed Bah Abba accomplished to do. He invented a food preserving system (aka "refrigerator") for the people in Nigeria. Until his invention they had to sell their crops immediately and have their children hawking all day for food instead of going to school.
Vertical Axis Wind Turbine DIY Guide
Today I found another DIY project for generating alternative energy, by using the wind. It is a Vertical Axis Wind Turbine (VAWT), and it works by the same principle those huge wind turbines do, but they are much more easy and less expensive to build.
Homemade Solar Panel with Cells Bought from eBay
Today I stumbled upon a web site made by a guy (he's an astronomer) who did his own very cheap solar panel. He has a remote property in Arizona and there isn't any power source, so he had to improvise it by himself.
Wave Powered Boat: Free Energy from the Oceans
The wave powered boat is called "Suntory Mermaid II". It has a speed of 5 knots, which is three times slower than traditional diesel powered boats. With some improvement in the wave-propulsion technology and combining it with wind sailing we can hope that it will become competitive with fossil fuels-powered boats.
Shell Oil Company to Open 1 GigaWatt Solar Power Plant
Showa Shell Sekiyu, a Royal Dutch Shell subsidiary, the one of Japan largest oil company will invest 100 billion yen($938 mil) in a giant solar panel powered plant, AFP says.
