An economical way to capture CO2 from the atmosphere using waste heat, was established by researchers at Rice University. This method is a break-through in CO2 capturing, because most conventional techniques are energy intensive and use up high-pressure steam,...
The University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) has published a map that shows how inefficient one city building is in comparison with another.
The web application provides the municipal utility, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP),...
Out of a field of 21 new vehicles from around the world, the Tesla Model S was finally declared to be the World Green Car of 2013.
In 2004, the World Green Car Award was inaugurated to recognize and reward...
The first Benz electric vehicle at $500,000 is out of reach of most of the buying public, but their second one might be a little more down to earth.
We recently covered the announcement of the Mercedes Benz SLS AMG...
Fuel economy is one of the biggest sellers of vehicles today, but driver habit is probably more of a factor than the vehicle itself.
We've all heard “your mileage may vary,” because it depends on much more than the vehicle...
Unless various departments in a certain area collaborate, it could be very difficult to see where improvements can be made to increae power grid efficiency and reliability.
A recent program run by researchers at the University of California at Los...
The latest technology in the field of solar energy generation is a water soluble panel, which does not require disposal after its operational time is over.
The innovation was designed by scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Purdue University....
Small nuclear reactors could lower carbon dioxide emissions in the US, as they are much cheaper, safer and easier to build and operate than their regular-sized ancestors.
These small reactors have gained quite a support from the government and the corporate...
New research published in the latest issue of Environmental Research Letters, suggests that energy consumption and demands are much higher in cold cities.
Dr. Michael Sivak, a scientist at the University of Michigan, estimated the difference in energy demand based...
Biofuels, synthetic fuels, are made from plants that use photosynthesis to extract carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, but what if we could remove the middlemanplant?
Biofuels are essentially carbon-neutral, because they release the same amount of carbon dioxide that was...
