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This is probably news for geeks, but have you ever considered developing your own wave power generator? If what is holding you back is your distance the ocean or the price tag of the systems then worry no more,...
Compared to gasoline and diesel fuel, natural gas is definitely cleaner, and it’s fairly convenient to use in the same engines that fun liquid fuels, but what about lifecycle emissions? Thanks to hydraulic fracturing (fracking) and quick-and-dirty business practices, not...
One of the biggest fears of EV owners is getting stuck in the middle of nowhere with a dead battery.  Volkswagen, the makers of Audi, plan to address this by a new all-electric Audi Q8 sports SUV, with 700...
Yes, Europe and the US are proud of their huge solar power plants, but this does not mean they can claim all the glory. Just last month, South Africa officially announced that the biggest solar power plant on the...
Google announced their latest investment in a giant wind farm to power their new data center in the Netherlands. The wind farm is currently under construction by one of Netherland's lead energy companies, Eneco, and it is set to begin...
The past few years has seen a game of musical chairs as to who claimed the title as the world's tallest building.  Unfortunately, like the Tower of Babel, their time may soon be over. As one builds a taller building,...
The semi-official name of the blue thing on Tony Stark's chest is the Repulsor Tech node.  And it's more of science fact than fiction - nuclear batteries have been around for decades!  Nope, these babies aren't nuclear reactors like...
First of its kind liquid hydrocarbon fuel, developed by a German company for clean technology, holds the potential to transform the world of renewable energy. The synthetic fuel, which resembles petrol, diesel and kerosene is a product of water...
We’re not talking album sales here, though we wouldn’t mind getting a million hits. We’re referring to the rare shiny metal that’s more expensive than gold. If 80’s band Spandau Ballet sang about gold, platinum producers are counting on fuel...
The culmination of decades of research and development, Toyota’s first mass-production hydrogen fuel cell vehicle, the Toyota Mirai, will start deliveries next month in Japan. Far from being a hydrogen fuel cell conversion vehicle, the Toyota Mirai was built from...