Europe dreaming of a electric power supergrid once more
The latest approach for the ultimate super grid connects the Mediterranean solar energy up to the offshore wind power across Europe.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Toyota will add solar roof to the next generation Prius
Toyota Motor Corp plans to install solar panels on its next-generation Prius hybrid cars, becoming the first major automaker to use solar power for a vehicle, the Nikkei business daily reported on Monday.
The paper said Toyota would equip solar panels on the roof of the high-end version of the Prius when it redesigns the gasoline-electric [...]
Eco Responsibility: Work from Home, Save the Environment
Recently Sun Microsystems started a campaign to present evidence that telecommuting is not just a simple convenience for workers, but with the current world situation is a very real solution to the environmental crisis. The morning routine goes beyond struggling to find something to wear, fight traffic or gauntlet of public transportation. The Sun Microsystems [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 5 so far )Electronics Energy Efficiency important for Electric Power conservation
Today electronics giant Texas Instruments (TI) announced that it has acquired the energy-saving power supply company Commergy Technologies. When everyday more electronics devices are introduced in the daily lives of thousands of people, what does devices consume in energy becomes non-trivial as an impact on the environment.
Commergy Technologies is an Ireland-based company that its main [...]
BP plans to invest $560m in Biofuels, sugar ethanol
BP as agreed to invest in biofuels in venture in Brazil. The venture is to produce ethanol from sugar cane in Brazil, they say this proposal would not affect food supplies. From the $560m, BP will take a 50% stake in a venture with $60m, and will further invest the remaining $500m in two other [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )Homemade 100% cheap ethanol for running gasoline engines
Recently I came to learn from this new home ethanol systems soon to be put into sale. It is call the Efuel100 MicroFueler the world’s first portable ethanol micro-refinery system. The unique component of the system, it replaces the traditional ethanol reflux column system with a solid state distillation technology, making it possible for homeowners [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 4 so far )Solar Cells printed on a Inkjet ?
Solar Cells printed on a Inkjet ?
Solar Energy from new manufacturing techniques promises to lower the high cost of producing and adopting this clean renewable energy. With the high prices for oil these days, there has been a rampant adoption and increase in demand for solar panels in recent years. The increase in solar panels [...]
Hope for Electrical Power Cars in your near future
Today I will expose again the novel rechargeable batteries developed by A123 Systems. With their new technology they claim to have created a battery breakthrough with a technology that increases performance, packages with larger storage capacity and reducing the recharge times. These advances would hopefully open the door for some real progress in the adoption [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Google investing $10 million in a new solar thermal power plant, eSolar Inc.
1 Utility Scale Solar power plant, from the eSolar.com website, a new startup on solar thermal scalable electric power plants
eSolar Inc., was founded in 2007, has already closed $130 million in funding from several investors for scalable solar thermal power plants. The latest investor to join in the venture is Google.org, investing a $10 million [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Spain solar industry grew by 150% last year (2007)
The Spain solar industry for the year 2007 has increase rampantly 10 times greater than the recorded from 2005. That is 250m euro to 2.5 billion in investments increase in the solar industry in two years. It is without doubt that Spain renewable energy efforts are admirable and should be mirrored by the entire world. [...]
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