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The German town of Juelich has a brand new artificial sun, and it is the most powerful one ever created. The German Aerospace Center has created a grid of 149 xenon short-arc spotlights, and the goal is to simulate...
Wright Electric is developing an electric aircraft that they hope will be operational within a decade. It isn't going to be a replacement for all jets. They plan on flying short distance routes to begin, and their design offers...
The Chinese government is dealing with rising sea levels across its coastline, and it has pointed a finger at climate change as the culprit. China's State Oceanic Administration cites climate change as well as El Nino and La Nina as...
In the wake of the most recent G20 meeting, the Trump administration is receiving increasing pressure for a change in its stance towards the environment. The G20 communique dropped language that referred to taking steps to combat climate change, and...
A group of scientists from the University of Cambridge found a way to produce fuel through solar power. The system bases its foundation on using sunlight to react biomass to turn into Hydrogen. A team of scientists at the University...
As of yet, President Trump hasn't de-funded the DoE and shut down badly needed sustainable energy programs. His appointee Rick Perry is making the rounds, and appears to be interested in creating connections with level headed backers of green...
Last week, San Diego Gas and Electric (SDG&E) and Sumitomo Electric (SEI) announced that it started a pilot project for a 2-MW vanadium redox flow (VRF) battery storage. The project will last four years, and if the new technology can be...
The Prosper-Haniel hard coal mine in North-Rhine Westaphalia is a show piece of the right way forward. It is a hard coal mine that dates back to 1863, and thankfully in 2018 it will never produce coal again. Instead of...
In Norway's capital Oslo, a new "Charging Enabled Parking Structure" has opened with support from the municipality, charging system provider, and the property owner. In a city where the EV market is massive, there was a high demand for the...
General Motors broke its ties with its European Operations; however, Opel's CEO will stay in its job, and he is hopeful for the future of the company. Opel's CEO Karl-Thomas Neumann stated that Opel will continue to design its own...