In wake of Tokyo’s struggles with moving away from costly oil, Japan is planning to build 14 new gas and coal-fired power plants by the end of 2014.
Two of the planned coal power plants will be finished by December,...
Unlike the Unites States, diesel engines are very common in Europe, but it may not be that way for long, thanks to ever-stricter air pollution regulations.
While it is true that diesel engines are inherently more fuel-efficient, they don't burn...
Theoretically, single-junction photovoltaic solar cells can only achieve 34% efficiency, a theoretical maximum, since that's pretty much all the spectrum they can absorb and convert to electricity.
Currently, the most-efficient commercially-available solar cells are just % efficient, and some theoretical...
VIA VTRUX, a lineup of full-size plug-in hybrid electric vehicle is, at the moment, the only ones of their kind being mass-produced and, thanks to a $20 million contract, they'll soon be rolling in droves in Southern California.
Pickup trucks...
According to a study conducted by a team of scientists from University of Illinois, the renewable energy policy in the U.S. referred to as Renewable Fuel Standards (RFS), should only be adjusted in respect to the changing views on...
Digital interactive media has become quite a big part of our entertainment. New devices are increasingly taking an active role in interaction, responding to hand movement or gestures. Of course, all these need some sort of power supply, either...
New research from MIT has found the use of ethanol in gasoline does not significantly lower the price of gasoline. Former research had suggested a significant decrease in the price of gasoline due to ethanol, but it was...
Climate change is playing a huge role in the gradual population decline and anticipated extinction of the moose.
Minnesota had two different moose populations twenty years ago, and they were geographically separate. Since the 1990s, one of the populations has...
Major automobile rental companies, in response to demand, have been putting electric vehicles into their fleets, but the interest is fleeting, at best.
Depending on the time available, the next time you go on vacation farther than a few hours...
Owning an electric car these days is considered a more of a luxury rather than an environmentally friendly alternative to a conventional diesel-burning vehicle.
The main reason for this is the cost, and regardless of how many of us care...
