China has been upping the ante on electric vehicle production and utilization, including tax incentives for EV manufacturers and EV battery manufacturing, which likely enabled the Wanxiang acquisition of failed A123 Systems this past year.
Beijing looks to be...
Peruse forums and you're likely to find any number of comments both for and against electric vehicle technology. Really though, these anecdotal responses don't add up to a whole lot more than hot air. The reality is, that...
The three main factors that affect the life of a rechargeable battery, any rechargeable battery, is chemistry, management, and usage. The same goes for the massive batteries that we find in hybrid electric vehicles and electric vehicles .
For...
One hundred and forty nations made a pact to reduce emissions of mercury from mining, utility plants and other industrial processes. New stricter regulations were adopted, together with enforceable limits and proposing alternatives that do not use mercury.
Mercury is...
The extraordinary Gardens by the Bay in Singapore was completed in 2012, featuring carbon neutral conservatories with one of them being the biggest such greenhouse in the world. Implementing active and passive technology in the Cloud Forest and Flower...
It is almost two years since the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear meltdown in 2011, and after all but reducing its dependence on nuclear power (only two out of 54 reactors are still online), Japan has declared its intention to focus...
The president of Saudi Aramco, Khalid A. Al-Falih recently inaugurated a 3.5 MW solar field. The project in Riyadh is for the King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC).
Estimated to be capable of providing 5,800 MW of electricity...
These days, when energy efficiency is the watch-word in purchasing electronics, it is even more evident when bulbs are the objects of such purchases. With the LED’s longevity and energy efficiency in reducing energy bills, it is no wonder...
Architects MVRDV have constructed a building made of glass but resembling a traditional Dutch farmhouse – Glass Farm. The building houses mixed-use retail establishments and offices right in the middle of Schijndel, a town in The Netherlands.
Glass Farm was...
With the growth of wind farms the world over, it becomes necessary to provide some form of electricity backup and also since when the energy produced by the turbines is not used, it often goes to waste, there is...
