SunPower To Use Ice and Batteries For Storing Solar Energy
Storage technologies are often a roadblock for alternative energy, because of its intermittent nature. Utilities producing power from wind or solar, for example, have to develop ways of storing the energy for the periods when there isn't such a great demand on the grid, and the produced power is higher than the consumed.
BlueOn: Hyundai's First Electric Car Launched in South Korea
Hyundai Motor has presented its first electric vehicle, called BlueOn, at the residence of South Korean President Lee Myung-bak. Based on the automaker's small i10 hatchback, the car is equipped with a 16.4 kWh lithium-polymer battery pack. So far, the company hasn't announced other details about the battery.
Green Pass: The Award-Winning Turnstile That Powers Itself
What can a hundred thousand Chinese people do when entering the subway? Produce power, of course! A team called "VIVA design", from the Guangdong University of Technology in China, have retrofitted those turnstiles at the subway entrances to produce electricity whenever someone passes through.
Biglow Canyon – Oregon's 450 MW Wind Farm has Been Completed
Oregon has made a significant progress in the alternative energy field. Portland General Electric (PGE) has recently announced that the 450-MW Biglow Canyon wind farm in northern Oregon has been officially opened.
LaserMotive Flies Laser-Powered Toy Helicopter For 6 Hours in Colorado
LaserMotive, a company that was awarded $900,000 last year by NASA for powering robots wirelessly through a laser, now comes up with another laser-powered gadget: a helicopter. They kept the solar-powered toy hovering for six hours, until the brush motors, not designed to run that long, burned out.
NYU Professor Points Out Why Alternative Energy Production Doesn't Grow As Expected
There are scientists who are optimistic about the chances we have to heal the planet and reduce its warming, scientists who are definitely rejecting anything related to global warming, saying it doesn't exist, and scientists who are butt-kickers and telling the world what works and what doesn't. Martin Hoffert, from the University of New York, is one of the third kind, in my opinion.
Puerto Rico to Generate Electricity From Their First Algae-Based Biofuel Plant
Puerto Rico may soon have a plant that will generate clean fuel from tropical marine micro-algae. The algae-based biofuel plant will be built in northern Puerto Rico by the Bio-Lipidos company and state-owned utility AEE.
Google's Instant Search: Does The Big G Sip More Energy Than Before?
I'm so into that new Google Instant search thing... All I wonder is, if they had problems with the media and their green image in the past because some people said their datacenters were not as green as they stated, how about now, that for every letter and word you type, the search engine generates a different search?
Intelligent Battery Project Aiming to Standardize How Batteries Charge, Connect and Work, For Better...
Standardization is a necessity in anything from computers, communication protocols and certain systems in the automotive industry that have to be the same with all the others, for the benefit of all car manufacturers and customers.
E-Rider: World's First 2,000-Watt Electric Mountain Bike
Conway is a German bike-maker who has recently developed one of the most striking bikes ever seen. The electric mountain bike called "E-Rider" has...
