Until now, AMP Electric Vehicles has been focusing on converting standard gasoline-powered SUVs to electric power-trains. For private consumers, the electric vehicle market hasn't really paid off as quickly as hoped. Fleet operators, on the other hand,...
General Motors' most recent addition to the electric vehicle family is an electric version of the already-popular Chevy Spark subcompact. The Chevy Spark EV, recently unveiled at the 2012 Los Angeles Auto Show, has made an improvement in...
The latest development of the giant Sharp Corp is a red laser diode that has a conversion efficiency of 33% for the light sources of displays and operates in a single mode with a waveband of 640 nm.
This striking...
The Solar Impulse team, based in Switzerland, is engineering a new lightweight solar airplane to fly across the U.S. This technological break-through is completely powered by solar energy, it has a 200-foot wingspan and reaches a speed of 60...
On being asked by NASA to forecast what could be the possible future design of airplanes, Boeing had one answer – electric. This commercial aircraft which will incorporate both traditional fuel and electric power to ensure low-emission flights is...
General Electric Global Research has put together a team of researchers who have accomplished a milestone in the reduction of the price of zero emission buses, by using GE’s new Durathon battery together with a hydrogen fuel cell and...
Iceland’s ambassador to Japan, Stefan Larus Stefansson, lectured in Tokyo not too long ago about the enormous potential for geothermal energy in Japan. He pointed out that if the geothermal potential of the country could be fully invested in...
![A Concentrating Solar Power [CSP] Plant](https://i0.wp.com/www.greenoptimistic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Aerea_plataforma_solar.jpg?resize=681%2C451&ssl=1 "Thermal Storage Adds Value to Concentrating Solar Power Plants")
Utility companies, in an effort to provide more carbon-free power, have learned to diversify their power-power generating facilities. Instead of the power grid being supplied by a single source, many different sources come together to provide power for the...
Solar power plants, of course, rely on the sun to produce power. Solar power output depends on the intensity of the sun and varies depending on the hour, the weather, and even the season. The further a solar power...
Olives and olive oil have been touted for centuries as part of a healthy diet, benefits including lowering blood pressure and the risk of heart disease, as well as defense against certain types of cancer. In order for these...
