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Bakersfield`s First Solar Thermal Power Plant Launched Last Week
Last week in Bakersfield, California, was launched the first solar thermal plant in nearly two decades. This plant will focus sunlight on tubes that contain water, a different process, compared to other solar photovoltaic systems that convert sunlight into electricity.
How Termites Help Producing Ethanol From Wood
Michael Scharf, an assistant professor of entomology at the University of Florida, Gainesville, and his colleague Aurélien Tartar describe the way that the enzymes produces by termites and the micro-organisms living inside them, or their "symbionts" could help the scientists produce ethanol from straw or wood by providing some basic chemical processes.
A New "Open Rotor" Jet Engine That Could Reduce Fuel Consumption
NASA and GE Aviation are testing a new "open rotor" jet engine with a different design that puts the fan blades on the outside...
Blacklight`s Free Energy Device Finally Verified by Rowan University
As far as I know from 7th grade, hydrogen is the only chemical element that has only one electron spinning around the nucleus. It seems, though things are going to change here, since a medical doctor from New Jersey has discovered a different reality on it. The company Randell Mills founded is called Blacklight Power, and it has been written all over the internet about it a few months ago, when they firstly announced their "free energy" device discovery.
Video: How a Solar Furnace Melts a Piece of Steel
By writing the previous article and doing some research on steel and solar power, I came across a YouTube video showing what a solar furnace (or solar concentrator) can do to a piece of steel. While cooking a hot dog is "a child's play", melting steel is something you must seriously think about.
How to Make Hydrogen from Water and Slag: Watch Tata Steel
Have you ever imagined you could get energy from melted steel? Probably not. The engineers from Tata Steel (a sister of Tata Motors) in India have obtained hydrogen from pouring water on melted steel at 1600°C.
Video: 2011 Chevy Volt Test Drive
Here's a video we've been expecting for so long: a real image of a real car, expected by so many electric vehicle enthusiasts. Enjoy...
Latest Trend: Human Movement Powered Devices
Remember those movies presenting slaves hundreds of years ago spinning a huge wheel to provide the emperor with water and energy? They did not do it for fun, yet nowadays there are two recent mediatized inventions that caught my eye. Curiously enough, they are being developed by two telecom operators: Orange and NTT.
Venturi Volage: The Future French Rival to Tesla's Roadster
The French piece of electric cake is called "Volage Roadster", and is being developed by Venturi, also a French company. Primary performance analysis with today's presumptions about immediate future technology says that Volage will be capable of reaching 160mph and going about 200 miles with the onboard battery.
First Chinese Solar Powered Cars Unveiled
Unlike the Americans or the Europeans, the Chinese know their way into the cleaner future everybody dreams of. They probably began understanding a long time ago and now bringing into practice the cleanest possible way of transportation: a solar powered electric car.
