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China Developing Country's First New Energy Fuel Cell Light Rail Locomotive
Powered by the world's most advanced permanent-magnet motor, the light rail locomotive uses hydrogen as the energy source for the fuel cells powering the synchronous motor and frequency converter, units which have been independently developed by the China North Vehicle Yongji Electric Motor Corporation.
Whales Inspiring Unconventional Type Of Underwater Turbines
Underwater turbines are one of the many alternative energy sources, a technology which has seriously challenged scientists since the beginning, due to the low velocity associated with many tidal flows and the difficulty of extracting useful energy from low speed flows using current designs.
CARe 500: The Electric Fiat 500 Having a Prius Price Tag, Available For Sale...
It looks like the Fiat 500 is the source of inspiration for many start-up car manufacturers lately. After the TwinAir enhancement Fiat did to its own famous brand and the plug-in hybrid presented in Vienna, a company called mk-group Holding GmbH, is selling a pure electric car based on the 500, the CARe 500, for an interesting price.
Japanese Researchers Find Ways To Produce Biobutanol More Efficiently
Butanol can be made greener by the research of a Japanese institute, who developed an energy-saving biobutanol with a density of at least 80 percent. They derived their biobutanol from a 1 percent concentrated butanol and used a zeolitic separation membrane.
Hybrid Electric Tugboat Proving Capable to Reduce Emissions
Emissions reduction has been proven to be present even in the shipping industry, the clean energy sector. This time it's about a hybrid electric tug boat, named Carolyn Dorothy, on which the University of California-Riverside has conducted a study whose end results show that the â€Ã…“little lady†does indeed reduce emissions considerably.
Sahara Solar Breeder: The Japanese Solution To The Energy Crisis
A team of Japanese scientists is currently leading a huge project, called "The Sahara Solar Breeder Project", that can provide a solution to the...
Toyota Plans to Launch Several Hybrid Vehicles Until 2012
The giant Japanese automaker Toyota intends to launch 11 hybrid car models by the end of 2012. The 11-hybrid-car group consists of brand new and redesigned models, powered by engines that run on both gasoline and electricity, at a time when rivals focus their efforts on all-electric vehicle development.
US Department of Interior to Announce New Permit Granting System for Wind Power Projects
It takes quite a long time for an offshore wind project to be taken from the status of proposal to approved for construction. In this regard, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said that the office is working to accelerate the process of releasing permits and the responsible siting and development of wind energy projects along the Atlantic coast.
Deep-Fried Thanksgiving Turkey Oil Gets Transformed Into Biodiesel In Louisiana
Fried Thanksgiving turkeys are a lot more polluting than you ever thought. Because people prefer having them deep-fried, they use several gallons of oil that usually gets dumped, ending up in a landfill. A New Orleans nonprofit organization is about to change that. They plan on recycling that oil into high quality biodiesel starting this year.
Chinese Huishan Dairy Factory Implementing Huge 5.6 MW Biogas-Powered Generator
A dairy farm in China is about to implement the world's largest system for converting methane from fermenting cow manure into electricity. The Huishan Diary has imported a GE Jenbacher engine and adapted it for use with biogas, expecting to generate as much as 5.6 megawatts of power.
