Maryland Going Green as Its Clean Energy Industry Expects Great Things
The clean energy industry is apparently doing rather well – in other words, let’s stop trying to […]
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One Step Closer to Invisible Solar Cells in Our Windows
The company is known for its development of see-through solar cells (which we’ve talked about before), and this week it’s just a little closer to making its almost invisible solar cells […]
Congress Still Hates Biofuel (For the Military)
The U.S. military is – perhaps unsurprisingly – one of the driving forces behind alternative fuel sources; after all, not being dependent on potentially hostile foreign countries for vital fuel is a matter of national security. However, in the short term, said alternative fuels are more expensive than standard fossil fuels, and that creates a few problems. […]
Greener Under the Sun — IKEA Has More Solar-Powered Lamps
Each product works best when able to soak up direct sunlight, making them excellent for outdoor living (you want lamps hanging in your trees, right?) but not so good to put in that darkish corner of your kitchen. […]
Japan’s Hot Springs Could Be a Significant Source of Geothermal Energy
Japan’s very nature of geological instability (it is a volcanic island chain, after all) might give it an edge in geothermal power. It’s sitting right in […]
Rocket EV Electric Bike Sets a New Quarter-Mile Record (201 MPH in 6.94 Seconds)
One of the advantages to driving an electric vehicle is all the torque — you get off the line super fast. Where that has typically started to go ever so slightly downhill for the average EV drag racer is in sustaining a quicker top speed than drivers in a conventional gas-powered vehicle for an entire quarter mile. This is no longer quite the case. […]
University of Tokyo Develops Metal Sail System for Cargo Ships
The modern world is long past the days of depending on sails and wind power to drive ships from coast to coast — or at least it was, until the University of Tokyo developed a remarkable metal sail system. Although hybrid freighters have been around for a while, and … [continued]
Nissan Is Watching You — EV Charge Points Tracked and Shared
A new service, which goes on line this week, uses the driver-gleaned information to update Nissan’s […]
Hybrid Battery Recycling Works! According to Honda
Reduce, reuse, and recycle — the three Rs of waste management have been applicable for decades. Until now, however, they have not been quite so useful for the large-scale nickel-metal hydride (Ni-MH) batteries used in hybrid cars, in part due to the difficulty in recovering nickel and cobalt (rare earth … [continued]
Support the Solar Industry, Boost the Economy
The Coalition for American Solar Manufacturing (CASM) published a survey of itself this week, stating that four of its founding manufacturers purchased upwards of $400 million in goods and services last year in an effort to keep American solar industry […]
