Today, the Solar Foundation released an interactive map that details where in the United States solar jobs are located. No surprise, the leader was California.
In addition to comparing solar jobs in different states (ex. 50 solar jobs in Wyoming...
Finally, it seems the main shortfall of wind power – the lack of power when there is no wind – may have been solved by scientists at MIT. Their engineers have designed a new wind turbine which would be...
A study published in the latest issue of the journal Nature Geoscience emphasises the importance of plants in forming sunshade of clouds, which slow down global warming.
Scientists from seven international institutes, who were involved in this research, pointed out...
There are a number of ways to increase fuel efficiency, turboboosting, as used in the new Ford EcoBoost engine lineup, adds power, but also reduces fuel consumption.
It may seem counterintuitive to make an engine more powerful to reduce fuel...
A new trend in using electric bicycles is now increasingly noticeable in many cities in North America and Western Europe, providing renewable energy solutions to cope with traffic congestion.
Electric bicycles, or e-bikes, are now acknowledged as a desired solution to ecological...
Elon Musk may be a billionaire, but he didn't get that way by unscrupulous business practices or by rolling out a low-quality mass-produced product.
Let's talk widgets a moment. Just make a great widget, and people will buy it. They...
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Most US Navy Ships are already electric, using portable nuclear power plants to generate electrical power for everything on board from propulsion to weapons systems, but next-generation weapons systems will need more backup power than ever before.
The power behind...
As automakers strive to decrease emissions, thousands of hybrid vehicles are making their way into people's garages.
Hybrid vehicles aren't the only choice in low-emissions, low-fuel-consumption vehicles. Drivers can also choose plug-in hybrid vehicles or pure electric vehicles. Apparently these...
Volvo has been working since 2011 to implement this technology in street-legal cars, and it has now been confirmed that the KERS system they will use in future alternative hybrid cars (these have come to have alternatives, too) will...
The blooming number of westernized manufacturers that move their production to developing countries, raises the important and yet somehow neglected question about the fairness of 'fair trade'.
Although companies base their actions on the simple economic theory that increasing employment...
