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Dock Here for Clean Renewable Solar Energy!

Alternative Energy Tech - Tue, 06/22/2010 - 02:09
This can very well happen in the near future with billboards advertising – bold and strong, beckoning electric vehicles for recharging. Already in Berlin-Adlershof, this is happening. The largest independently functioning solar charging station is offering high-quality, computerized and completely safe kind of solar charging to electrical cars. Electric-power cars’ handicap – finding a [...]
Posted in: Electric Cars, Solar Power, Transportation


Categories: Energy

Synthetic Fuel from CO2 and Solar Energy?

Alternative Energy Tech - Mon, 06/21/2010 - 02:09
Really amazing are the innovative ways solar power is put into use. Now a team of scientists working in Sandia National Laboratories is focusing on exploring basic steps to make synthetic liquid fuel with the help of solar panels. The goal is that this will help considerably reduce carbon dioxide emissions. Conversion goals: The team [...]
Posted in: Biofuels, Environment, Solar Power


Categories: Energy

Airborne Wind Turbines?

Alternative Energy Tech - Wed, 06/16/2010 - 03:23
Yes, the day is not far off when reaching for sky is the new motto for generating cost-effective renewable energy. Initially it was considered to be technically non-viable to tap high-altitude winds. But today, technically-advanced materials and innovative computer know-how are giving new life to this scheme with innovative autonomous aerial structures using wind [...]
Posted in: Inventions, Wind Power, Wind Turbines


Categories: Energy

Mira EV Travels 1000km on Single Charge

Alternative Energy Tech - Tue, 06/15/2010 - 02:04
Mira EV has created a world record with completing 1000 km run on a single battery charge non-stop, powered by Sanyo’s lithium-ion battery systems. This experiment took place on the world’s longest race course in Japan, in Shimotsuma. Organized by Japan Electric Vehicle Club, this long marathon driving was accomplished by a [...]
Posted in: Electric Cars, Future Energy, Transportation


Categories: Energy

The Muse: An Eco-Friendly Hotel In NYC

Green Business - Sun, 06/13/2010 - 22:00
The hospitality industry has made major strides in becoming more eco-friendly. It is no longer a rare occurance to find an established, high-end hotel trying to become more environmentally friendly. But some hotels go further than just changing light bulbs, and this is the focus of this post. Some...

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Categories: Energy

Solar Panels – Are They a Threat to Biodiversity?

Alternative Energy Tech - Wed, 06/09/2010 - 02:01
Solar panels are gaining more recognition as key ingredients to produce eco-friendly and renewable source of energy. With growing need for more energy, there will be in future, a plethora of solar panels all over the world. Now this has become a source of eco-conservative concern, according to Mr. Bruce Robertson, Research Associate, [...]
Posted in: Environment, Industry, Solar Power


Categories: Energy

The Trends of Green Business for 2010 and Beyond

Green Business - Tue, 06/08/2010 - 11:31
Today’s business is all about being green. From Walmart to Apple, everyone is talking about how green their approach, packaging, or methods are. But green business is really in its infancy, and the future of being green will no doubt distill down to some very real and definable goals and...

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Categories: Energy

Sanyo’s HIT Solar Cells are a Hit in Italy

Alternative Energy Tech - Tue, 06/08/2010 - 02:17
Japan’s Sanyo Electric Company is creating a record by powering the largest solar pant in Italy with its HIT solar cells. The Project funded by a consortium led by Deutsche Bank is expected to be completed by September 2010. Sanyo is successfully on its way to make the dream of a clean-energy society [...]
Posted in: Industry, PhotoVoltaics, Solar Power


Categories: Energy

Sun Shines on Solar Energy Future

Alternative Energy Tech - Mon, 06/07/2010 - 02:00
The chances of producing solar power as a more commercially viable source of alternative energy seem brighter now with the positive research results pioneered by University of Illinois professors. The Department of Energy and National Science Foundation-funded team led by Professors John Rogers, and Xiuling Li, has been exploring ways to find more optimal [...]
Posted in: Future Energy, PhotoVoltaics, Solar Power


Categories: Energy

Increase Renewable Energy Sources – Generate More Jobs

Alternative Energy Tech - Wed, 06/02/2010 - 14:06
This has been the slogan that GE, one of the leading power suppliers and energy delivery technology pioneers, propagated all through the ‘Capture the Wind‘ tour across US. GE Energy, comprised of GE Power& Water, GE Energy services and GE Oil & Gas is on an all out effort to promote wind industry’s growth [...]
Posted in: Economy, Industry, Politics


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A Business That Gardens The Environmentally Friendly Way

Green Business - Tue, 06/01/2010 - 21:09
Lawn care was always synonamous with pesticide use, but as times changed so did the use of chemicals on our lawns and gardens. The use of organic and environmentally friendly lawn care products has skyrocked over the past decade to the point where a person walking past a lawn sprayed with...

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Categories: Energy

Giant Inflatable Airship Powered by Algae

Alternative Energy Tech - Tue, 06/01/2010 - 17:42
This summer, piloted by Captain Allan Judd, Bullet 580 will usher in the return of inflatable giant airships. The 235 ft long and 65ft diameter ship is covered with a type of Kevlar, a material 10 times-stronger than steel but only one sixteenth of an inch thick. An E-green design special costing £5.5million, this [...]
Posted in: Biofuels, Inventions, Transportation


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Scientists Study Fish Schools for Wind Farm Ideas

Alternative Energy Tech - Thu, 05/27/2010 - 19:10
Presently Fluid Dynamics Expert, John Dabiri, is very much on the quest of improving designs of wind turbines. Spotting behaviours that may throw light on energy-related practices in biological system and trying to implement that in real-life situations is part of that quest and Mr.Dabiri is jubilant that he is learning lessons from a [...]
Posted in: Wind Farms, Wind Power, Wind Turbines


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Eco-Friendly Planes Designed by MIT-Led Team on the Anvil

Alternative Energy Tech - Wed, 05/26/2010 - 15:32
The NASA Research Program ‘N+3′ has thrown open a challenge for exploring the potential to develop quieter subsonic commercial planes as well as supersonic commercial aircraft that burn less fuel and pollute less. The team led by MIT are working on developing two models to meet the NASA criteria as well to [...]
Posted in: Industry, Transportation


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Future Air Travel will have Less Noise, Less Exhaust

Alternative Energy Tech - Tue, 05/25/2010 - 02:02
EU’s ‘Clean Sky’ – the 1-6 billion euro research project – with 86 participating partners from 16 nations – has goals like developing unique application-specific technologies and evaluation and advancement of the entire aeronautic system. Aviation experts from ACARE (Advisory Council for Aeronautics Research in Europe) are expecting to achieve 50% reduction of noise [...]
Posted in: Future Energy, Industry, Transportation


Categories: Energy

Nanosolar: Solar Power at a Lower Cost

Alternative Energy Tech - Sun, 05/23/2010 - 19:00
In a market-friendly scenario, Nanosolar claims to be able to produce electricity at 5-6 cents/kilowatt hour almost as cheap as power from coal and at about one-third the cost of other solar power. Nanosolar claims: Nanosolar claims mass production of solar power will now become feasible with their differently manufactured solar panels. Conventional silicon-made [...]
Posted in: Future Energy, PhotoVoltaics, Solar Power


Categories: Energy

MIT Researchers Print a Solar Cell on Paper

Alternative Energy Tech - Wed, 05/19/2010 - 02:01
We love the idea of clean and green fuel. But they come with certain disadvantages. First one is they are heavy on pocket of a commoner. Second disadvantage is their power conversion rate is quite low. Last one is you need storage space to save all the power converted by a clean and green [...]
Posted in: Inventions, PhotoVoltaics, Solar Power


Categories: Energy

Bladeless Wind Turbine – Inspired by Nikola Tesla

Alternative Energy Tech - Tue, 05/18/2010 - 02:02
A research company in New Hampshire recently patented its bladeless wind turbine, which is based on a patent issued to Nikola Tesla in 1913. This wind turbine is christened as the Fuller Wind Turbine. This turbine is developed by Solar Aero. The specialty of Fuller Wind Turbine is it has only one rotating part, [...]
Posted in: Inventions, Wind Power, Wind Turbines


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Coal Emissions from U.S. Could Stop in 20 Years

Alternative Energy Tech - Sun, 05/16/2010 - 19:55
Pushker Kharecha and his colleagues believe that we should follow some practical methods to do away with coal and conventional fossil fuel emissions. We all know that use of fossil fuels leads towards carbon emissions that cause immense damage to our environment. Pushker Kharecha and colleagues voiced similar sentiments in the American Chemical Society’s [...]
Posted in: Environment, Industry, Politics


Categories: Energy

Solar Greenhouse to Produce Food and Electricity

Alternative Energy Tech - Thu, 05/13/2010 - 02:32
Imagine a greenhouse that is producing solar power and food too. This excellent experiment is being done in Italy. The companies responsible for this project are Renewable energy company Solar ReFeel, CeRSAA and solar panel manufacturer Solyndra. The test site has been constructed at CeRSAA’s Albenga, Italy. The project intends to attain the production [...]
Posted in: Future Energy, PhotoVoltaics, Solar Power


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