New York Firemen Benefiting From Solar Power
Providing emergency medical services and fire protection on a 7 square miles area involves high costs,so installing a solar powered system will save the fire station nearly $200k.
New Study Indicates Sunlight Could Power All Our Energy Needs
The chief concern with renewable energy has always been the argument that renewable sources would never be able to power all of the energy...
Quantum Dots Could Double the Efficiency of Solar Cells
A team of scientists from the University of Texas at Austin have discovered a way to double the efficiency of solar cells. The process consists in capturing more of the available energy in sunlight (including energy at the high end of the scale), using nanoscale crystals called quantum dots.
States Urge Feds to Implement Stricter Nationwide Carbon Dioxide Limits
Under current United States EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) Clean Air Act regulations, individual States must enact regulations to meet a Federal carbon dioxide standard,...
New Technologies To Improve The World's Next Largest Photovoltaic Plant
The United States is one step closer to building a giant solar power project that will bring 400 new green jobs to Arizona. Dubbed...
The Latest innovations in solar powered hydrogen production
Scientists at the US Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have developed new ways to make or to modify nanorods and nanotubes of...
India enlightened by affordable solar power
Over the past four years, a thriving market for household solar panels has sprung up in India, with the help of a United Nations...
A New Research Center to Develop Methods of Generating Fuel from Sunlight
A new research center in California is about to be established after the U.S. Department of Energy has invested $122 million. Researchers from the new center will try to find ways of generating fuels made by using sunlight. The project will be led by a team of researchers at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Caltech.
Apple Working to Develop Fuel Cell Powered MacBooks
Wouldn't you like to be able to take your laptop anywhere with you without the fear of forgetting the charger at home? Thanks...
Germany Sees Its First Offshore Commercial Wind Farm, Baltic 1
Germany was recently at a crossing point between 2 options: going ahead with nuclear energy or turning to green resources. Fortunately, the nation learned its lesson from the Fukushima disaster and chose to go green instead, forcing authorities to take notice.
