Converting Deserts Into Forests Would Stop Global Warming
Researcher Leonard Ornstein has come up with a simple plan to stop global warming. He proposes that turning Sahara and the Australian outback into vast, shady forests, could draw down about 8 billion tons of carbon a year, nearly as much as people emit from burning forests and fossil fuels today.
Rainwater Harvesting System Capable of Capturing over 20,000 Gallons of Water
Jerry Block, a retired anesthesiologist, located in Monte Sereno, California, has developed in his backyard a rainwater harvesting system, capable of holding and collecting up to 20,000 gallons of rainwater each year.
Mitsubishi Electric to Develop High-Output Solar Cells
The company Mitsubishi Electric has developed ten new models of high-output solar cells: five for the European market and the rest for North America and Asia. The new solar panels have the outputs ranging of 210W, 220W, 225W, 230W and 235W.
Soil-Based Stinky Bacteria To Be Used in Cleaning Radioactive Waste
A chemistry professor from the University of Missouri may have found a way to clean radioactive metal contamination. The bacteria-based solution is able to work in this challenging business where most of technologies were too expensive or sometimes did not work.
New Cheap Plastic Stick-On Solar Cells Could Power Future Electric Cars
Scientists at the University of Queensland have designed stick-on solar cells made from low-cost plastics, being cheaper than the silicon panels fixed to rooftops.
Alaska Installing Solar Water Heating System for Educational Purposes
To reduce energy consumption, Denali Education Center has come up with an idea to install a hot water system, and they managed to make it one of the largest in the state.
South Korea's First Trash-Powered Hydrogen Plant Running by 2010
South Korea is taking their first steps towards hydrogen production. Government has signed a memorandum of agreement with oil refiner SK Energy and SK Engineering & Construction to build the world's first trash-powered hydrogen station. Both companies are subsidiaries of South Korean conglomerate SK Group. The plant will be able to extract hydrogen from methane emitted by landfills.
Aquabank – Underground Energy Storage and Production
Riverbank Power has developed a project that is of high interest. Water gathered in a bungalow on a river shore will fall in a 600m deep gallery where turbines are mounted. The water pressure will rotate the huge turbines which will create electrical power.
Space-based Solar Farm to be Developed by Mitsubishi Electric Corp
According to a report on Bloomberg, Japan plans to build a space-based solar farm, capable of generating 1GW of green power. The project will be developed by Mitsubishi Electric Corp., a manufacturer of solar panels which will join an AUD $25 billion Japanese project to construct a gigantic solar farm in space within three decades.
Hy-Alfa: First Three-Wheeler Powered by a Hydrogen-Fueled ICE
The company Mahindra & Mahindra, based in India, have developed world first hydrogen-powered three-wheeler called Hy-Alfa.
