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Electric Sports Car Finishes Amazing Journey From Alaska to Argentina
An incredible journey for an electric sports car has recently ended. The vehicle transited two continents starting from the Arctic Circle and went all the way to the most southern point of South America.
Ice Melt Due To Global Warming Could Trigger Colder Winters In Northern Regions, Study...
Previewing floods, droughts, heat waves and rising sea levels, a U.N. panel of climate scientists from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research warned that the global warming and the melting of sea ice could actually bring harsher winters over Europe and northern Asia.
Carbon Emissions From US Cars Dropping For The Sixth Consecutive Year, The EPA Says
Technology and the will to actually reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the US have led to the lowering of carbon dioxide that exits the tailpipes by 14 percent per mile over the last six years, while fuel economy has been improved by 16 percent.
US Energy Secretary Announces Green Technology Partnership With China
It was about time the US and China collaborated on anything but pollution... the reduction of pollution. The scientific partnership announcement has been made by the US Energy Secretary Steven Chu on Wednesday, launching one of the largest collaborations of this kind in the world.
MN103L: The Newest 32-Bit Microcomputer From Panasonic That Has Green Features
Panasonic has just announced a new type of 32-bit microcomputers specially built for saving power and for flexible designs. Their main achievement of Panasonic is a built-in flash memory, which is the biggest player in the power saving feature.
Overwhelmed by Demand, SunPower Increases Solar Cells Production
Despite a continued increase of solar panels production at the Malaysia-based factory that will augment the megawatt production by 65% in 2011, Tom Werner, CEO of SunPower, revealed in a financial-related conference call that demand for the company's products exceeded supply both in the second half of this year but also going into 2011.
Toyota's Hydrogen Powered FCHV-adv Exhibited in London
Toyota has exhibited its newest starlet running on hydrogen fuel, the FCHV-adv (Fuel Cell Hybrid Vehicle-advanced) at the RAC Brighton to London Future Car Challenge. This was another chance for Toyota to show just how well its current hybrids can perform in real-world conditions.
New Semiconductor Nanopillars Can Harvest 99% Of Incident Light, Best Suited In Highly Efficient...
A team of researchers from the Berkeley Lab (LBNL) and the University of California (UC) at Berkeley have recently announced their achievements in the field of nanopillar-based solar cells, with the impressing results of trapping 99 percent of the incoming light.
The Largest Solar Power Plant in Massachusetts Is About to Go Online
The largest solar power station in New England is finished and ready to deliver power by the end of November. The plant is established on a piece of industrial contaminated property in Springfield, Massachusetts and promises to produce sufficient power to light up 300 homes.
A New Solar-Powered A/C System for Vehicles Developed by PolyU Researchers
Researchers from the Polytechnic University (PolyU) in Honk Kong in collaboration with industry partners, have recently developed a new solar energy-powered A/C system for vehicles and already completed a series of on-road tests.
