An interesting news regarding how pollution actually works and how nature tries to combat it comes from a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration researcher, Harald Stark. He says that during nighttime there's a chemical called the nitrate radical, that breaks down the harmful chemicals emitted during the day by cars and factories.
Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov, one of the richest people in the world, has presented this week the country's first hybrid vehicle that will be available on the market in 2012.
NRG Solar has great plans for the future. They are planning to build a 20MW solar power plant (Roadrunner Solar Electric Facility) in New Mexico.
A new uber-efficient home has been unveiled by the Institute for Lightweight Structures and Conceptual Design (ILEK) at the University of Stuttgart. Not only it doesn't emit any carbon dioxide while it cools or heats itself, but it also generates enough to juice your electric or plug-in hybrid car.
Swiss-based group Green GT has made another great step in the electric cars field. The company has managed to design a new electric race car (an evolution of the Le Mans Prototype), capable of generating 300 kW (408 hp). The new prototype of the 300KW Green GT has been presented before the media at Le Castellet, in France.
The companies behind these eco-friendly buses (Ballard, Wrightbus and ISE) stated that this operation is currently the largest in Europe and the first of its kind in the UK.
Just about the time when I thought buying a TV with an OLED screen is fancy and green, here's another news that intrigued me: Quantum-dot LED screens are actually greener and offer higher image quality than OLEDS, and they are to be produced by several manufacturers from the US, South Korea and Belgium.
The US Army is in discussions meant to set the details of implementing solar powered shades and tents. They could power the various communications equipment, laptops and other electronics soldiers may carry.
A team of researchers from Rice University have taken lithium ion batteries to their next step of evolution. Their aim to develop three-dimensional batteries is now closer to reality by the implementation of a PMMA polymer (aka plexiglas) encasing the arrays of nickel-tin nanowires than make up the anode.
Twin Creeks Technologies Incorporated (TCTI) is an American company that wants to invest in the construction of a high power solar cell plant in Ipoh, Malaysia, at the Kanthan Industrial Area.
