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Volvo Tests Petrol-Powered Fuel Cells For Extending EV Range
Volvo has been testing lately their newest innovation in the field of electric cars - an electric car range extender based on a hydrogen fuel cell powered by liquid organic fuels, such as petrol. In collaboration with Powercell Sweden AB, Volvo's range extender could take the EV for up to 250 kilometers more and at the same time only emit minute carbon dioxide quantities.
Miscanthus: The Biofuel Crop Than Can Sequester Carbon… Naturally
An analysis performed by Christer Jansson from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and his colleagues from Oak Ridge National Laboratory revealed that a grass called miscanthus could constitute the perfect solution for capturing carbon dioxide and sequestering it into the soil.
New Peel'n Stick Solar Panels Launched By Lumeta, No Prices Set Though
Lumeta, a California-based subsidiary of DRI Companies, has recently launched the "peel n'stick" solar panel that uses monocrystalline solar cells. The cell also contain a DuPont Tefzel front sheet and fiberglass-reinforced plastic for increased flexibility.
Fulvalene Diruthenium Studied As Alternative To Molten Salts For Renewable Energy Storage
Storing energy is almost as important as producing it, because wind and solar have the property of being intermittent sources - either they produce in excess or lack completely. Molten salts are currently the most used solution for storing energy in the form of heat, but they sometimes tend to be expensive and not so efficient.
5 GigaWatt Solar Power Field To Be Built In South Africa
South Africa has recently unveiled plans for building world's biggest solar energy park, which, according to officials, will be capable of producing about 5GW of clean electricity.
The Blythe Solar Power Project Approved by Federal Regulators For Building 1 GW Plant
The Blythe Solar Power Project, that we talked about in a previous article, has been approved by the U.S. federal regulators. It will occupy 7,000 acres in Riverside County, California, and will generate more than 1 gigawatt of totally renewable energy.
Solar Powered Refrigerator Invented by 23 yo Emily Cummins
Emily Cummins, a 23-year old girl from the UK, has been named an Oslo Business for Peace Honouree for inventing a solar powered refrigerator - basically a device that uses water evaporation to extract heat (just like your skin gets colder when your sweat evaporates off).
UK CO2 Emissions Growing In Spite Of Greener Industry
Research from the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEO) at the University of New York and the University of Durham reveals the fact that despite the efficiency improvements in the global supply chain of the products consumed in the UK, there has been a parallel growth of consumption, and an overall growth in carbon dioxide emissions.
Arctic Ice Melt Triggers Increased Ship Traffic, Accelerating Climate Change, Study Says
For a long time, commercial sea routes have expanded and increased their traffic as the economies of the countries they were linking evolved. They have now reached a spot in which they pose a significant threat to climate change, or at least the routes that cross the Arctic Ocean, one of the world's most climate-sensitive areas.
Tata Using Steel As Substrate For Cheap Solar Cells
An economically-sound solution to solar power comes from Tata Steel's Corus and Swansea University researchers, who developed a technology that uses steel sheets for more efficient dye-sensitized solar cells.
