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Solar Roadways Project Wins $50,000 Ecomagination Prize
After participating in the GE Ecomagination Challenge and winning $50,000, Scott Brusaw and his wife Julie Brusaw are much more optimistic in what concerns their Solar Roadways project, which aims to make the road produce electricity through embedded solar panels.
General Electric Unveils New Hybrid Halogen-CFC Light Bulbs
General Electric has created new halogen compact fluorescent light bulbs, GE Reveal and GE Energy Smart Soft, that unlike typical fluorescents (CFLs), contain less mercury (only 1 milligram) and don't take time to warm up, being more efficient.
Global Warming Periods Could Be Affecting One Another, Researcher Demonstrates How
Ross Secord, a researcher from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln theorizes how a past global warming that occurred about 56 million years ago could have been influenced by an even older pulse of warming and how this could apply to modern times.
Toyota's Hybrid Cars Attacked By New Pollution Figures: Scoring Higher Than Average
The Toyota Prius has been one of the most driven cars by Hollywood movie stars and green lovers. Even I would love to drive one, and I'm not much of star myself. The advertisements of low CO2 emissions and low fuel consumption are tempting enough to take you to the showroom and buy one.
The New Mazda2 To Become World's Most Fuel Efficient Car
Mazda2 is scheduled to be launched in Japan in the first half of 2011, being the first car fitted with SKYACTIV, a technology produced only by Mazda based on next-generation gasoline and diesel engines.
Panasonic and Toshiba Enter The Game of LED Lighting With Straight Tube Lamps
While Compact Fluorescent Bulbs have barely been seen in various parts of the world and incandescent lighting still rules in others, two Japanese companies already want to change them for LEDs - straight tube LED lamps, which, they say, are much more economical.
Japan Planning A Really Smart Grid Worth Envying and Following
An article I just read, written by Technology Review, shows how the Japanese want to amaze us, the rest of the world, over and over again. Not only they're stuffed with the latest gadgets not yet found anywhere else, but now they want to set an example for the US and Europe to follow.
ZenithSolar's 3rd Generation Solar CHP Delivers 72% Efficiency
A few days ago, the Israel-based energy company ZenithSolar has officially unveiled its 3rd generation Solar Z20. Being installed in Kibbutz Yavne in central Israel, the solar energy generator is a combined heat and power system, able to deliver 72% efficiency.
Why Old Lithium Ion Batteries Die: Ohio Researchers Find Explanations
Because they're proposed to be used in hybrid and electric cars in the near future, it's an important issue to deal with if we want to have lower maintenance costs and, generally speaking, greener batteries, because of prolonged lifetime. Some Ohio State University researchers did an experiment to see why the batteries lose their original capabilities.
Batteries As Small As Sand Grains In Development at UCLA
Yet another chapter is about to be written in the history of lithium ion batteries. Present in almost any device from earpieces to electric cars, there is a need to use them in micro- or nano-sized devices. A DARPA-funded project aims at creating the smallest lithium ion batteries ever, as small as a grain of sand.
