Archive for October, 2006
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Tuesday, October 17th, 2006Today’s news brings word of a couple of grants to US Universities for nanotech research into solar energy.
The college of Nanoscale Science and Engineering at the University of Albany will use a $1.9 million grant to create an “energy test farm” to develop and test nanomaterials and nanoelectronics for use in [...]
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Business Opportunities in Biofuel and Alternative Energy
Saturday, October 14th, 2006There were several articles in the Investors Business Daily today describing companies working in the biofuel area, including big companies likeArcher Daniels Midland, Royal Dutch Shell, Siemens, and Dupont, along with a small company named DynaMotive Energy Systems that uses a fast pyrolysis technology to change organic waste into a fuel oil they call BioOil. [...]
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From Wired News - Generating Power from Kites
Tuesday, October 10th, 2006Here’s another very interesting idea for wind power. While its still in the design phase, “Researchers in Italy have high hopes for a new wind-power generator that resembles a backyard drying rack on steroids. Despite its appearance, the Kite Wind Generator, or KiteGen for short, could produce as much energy as a nuclear [...]
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Newest Alternative Energy - Portugal’s Wave Power Plant
Monday, October 9th, 2006Saw this on digg.com - originally from www.aboutmyplanet.com
“This is quite an amazing breakthrough in power generation. It’s safe, easy to deploy, and not harmful to the environment. A Scottish company will deploy sausage-shaped tubes off the coast Portugal to create the world ’s first commercial wave power plant, providing electricity to 1,500 homes in [...]
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From Bizzyblog - Nanotech lightbulbs
Sunday, October 8th, 2006Bizzyblog.com reported a Vanderbilt University discovery where it was found that coating blue light emitting diodes (LEDs) with broad-spectrum quantum dots could create light bulbs that could last 50 times longer than a normal light bulb. And LEDs use about 5% of the electricity of a normal light bulb.
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Easy Solar Power
Saturday, October 7th, 2006It’s a peel-and-stick laminate. You just unroll the sheet, lay it faceup on a flat metal roofing panel and press it onto the panel.read more | digg story
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Oh, so a Hummer is NOT Greener Than a Prius
Saturday, October 7th, 2006Some of you may have seen some stories about a study that was done by a marketing firm that made the claim that a Hummer was actually greener than a Prius hybrid.
Toyota jumps into the debate about whether or not a standard vehicle like a Hummer is “greener” than a Prius because [...]
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Napa, California dedicates new 365 KW solar power system
Friday, October 6th, 2006The new solar power system will allow the City of Napa to defray a portion of its yearly electric bill. Using a design that allows the solar panels to track the sun automatically during the day, the city expects to save approx $100,000 annually, and $3.2 million over the next 25 years in deferred [...]
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From Foursprung.com - Hybrids: The Top Seven Worries and their answers
Thursday, October 5th, 2006Thinking about buying a hybrid car? The folks over at Foursprung go thru in detail the top seven worries about hybrid cars. They also list their conclusions to the top seven worries. Sound interesting. Click the link above and head on over.
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DoD concludes that wind turbines do not pose a threat to military radar
Thursday, October 5th, 2006The Department of Defense is reviewing wind power farms on a case by case basis to see if they interfere with military radar. According to this piece in Watthead.com, which quotes from Greenwire, DoD has found that none of the 730 wind power projects they’ve reviewed so far present an “unacceptable impact”. [...]
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