German Clean-Tech Company Makes Fuel From Water

First of its kind liquid hydrocarbon fuel, developed by a German company for clean technology, holds the potential to transform the world of renewable...

Throwing Water In Volcanoes Could Generate Energy, Scientists Say

In a search for alternative means to generate energy, scientists have gone beyond what many of us can imagine. Often the new techniques happen...

Herbie Now an Electric Dream

Well, it's really not Herbie but his younger sibling, a 1966 Volkswagen (VW) Beetle, that becomes an electric vehicle.  The VW Beetle, the original...

HS Students Assemble their Own EV for Under US$1,600

The price tag of the Tesla Model S, or other EVs for that matter, did not deter these students from Rhode Island from getting...

New Material on the Cutting Edge of Alternative Energy Produced

A compound that is used for lubrication has found a new application, err, actually at least two – as a supercapacitor and hydrogen catalyst....

Former Tesla Part Owner Discreetly Uses Their Tech

So while Daimler Benz cashed out its remaining 4% in the Silicon Valley automaker, pocketing US$780M in the process, they had a trick up...

Solar in Your Grocery Cart? PV Panels Sold in IKEA

IKEA, the DIY-furniture giant, is offering you a way to make your own solar array by selling solar systems through its stores. The English...

A Model S type of Car To be Made by the Model T Maker?

In one of his first reports as Ford Motor Company’s new CEO, Mark Fields seems to have trained his sights on Tesla. He told...

Solar to Brighten Christmas for Typhoon Haiyan Survivors

It's almost been a year since the deadly typhoon Haiyan (locally called Yolanda) hit Tacloban and several other towns and cities in central Philippines. ...

Wind Farm to Invade Middle East Oilfields

A cool breeze in blowing in the Middle East, a region perennially beset by news of war and terrorism and that is closely associated...