Volkswagen will unveil a vehicle that, according to the company, consumes only 1 liter of gasoline at every 100 km (235 mpg). The two-seater car is an upgraded version of the VW L1 concept and will be presented at the Qatar Motor Show this week.
Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) has got a new business plan related to emerging markets, electric power and globalization. Eight new hybrid, plug-in hybrid and full electric vehicles will be launched by 2015. The purpose of their launch is both to reduce the dependence on conventional combustion engines and to reduce the environmental impact of the hybrid's fleet.
According to the English version of Dubai News, UAE's new solar energy desalination process "helps reduce cost of water treatment, especially in desert areas where dust and high temperatures impair the efficiency of solar panels used in the existing desalination system."
Wind farms are currently a big hope of the alternative energy industry, but today, just like in the early days of existence, most of them face the issue of being underperforming. Charles Meneveau, a John Hopkins fluid mechanics and turbulence expert, and his colleague Johan Meyers, from Belgium, have devised a wind turbine arrangement that could enhance their efficiency.
Just like a savior knight, energy recovery comes to help the industries that pollute most and that waste large quantities of heat. A 14% efficiency has been reported for a newly-invented thermoelectric nanomaterial by the researchers of Northwestern University in Illinois. So far, efficiency values in this field didn't exceed 10%.
After presenting Vasile Karpen and his wonderful but yet not understood invention of the battery that's been running for 60 years, now it's time for another brilliant Romanian green-hearted genius: Justin Capra, the original inventor of the jet pack.
Normally, the parts of the visible spectrum are lost because they pass through. Thanks to this new material, both the infrared and visible light are reflected back better, thus helping solar panels to produce more energy and making LED lights brighter.
A Marine Company went to the war from Helmand Province in Afghanistan endowed with solar panels and believes its generators' fuel consumption could be reduced by nearly 90 per cent. This can make the rest of the military think that one can battle carbon footprints and rebels at the same time.
It has been rumored for about two years that Rolls-Royce was planning a secret electric car model. It seems that the model is an electric, zero emissions limousine. Rolls-Royce's CEO, Torsten Mueller-Oetvoes said before Christmas that an alternatively- fueled or an electric experimental Rolls Royce would be something amazing.
Atlantis Resources Co, a London-based marine energy developer, had the idea of building a tidal power plant with an initial capacity of 50 MW. Gujarat, an Indian state, has already made some plans for the installation of the first commercial tidal power plant in India. The project will be organized in partnership with Guajar Corporation Limited.
