Archive for December, 2006
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Tuesday, December 12th, 2006There were several news reports published today describing Nissan Motor Company’s new “Nissan Green Program 2010.” While Nissan will be coming out with a hybrid in 2007, it uses technoloby licensed from Toyota. According to the Green Program 2010, Nissan now plans to offer a hybrid vehicle using their […]
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New Advances in Solar Cell Efficiencies Announced
Saturday, December 9th, 2006A couple of announcements were made this week about advancing the efficiencies of solar cells. Typical current sollar cell efficiency is in the 15% range, so anything that can boost that efficiency is a good thing.
In the first story, an Australian researcher is hitting 20% efficiency along with a possibility of a 60% cut […]
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Genetically Engineered Blood Protein Can Be Used To Split Water Into Oxygen And Hydrogen
Monday, December 4th, 2006From Science Daily - Scientists have combined two molecules that occur naturally in blood to engineer a molecular complex that uses solar energy to split water into hydrogen and oxygen. Apparently, this new molecular complex can use solar energy to create hydrogen gas, and represents an alternative to the traditional way of […]
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Energy saving Hydro-charger to be launched in New Zealand
Saturday, December 2nd, 2006In a recent press release, Renewable Energy New Zealand is claiming that New Zealand company Vision Energy will shortly launch a “breakthrough device that can be retrofitted to any internal combustion engine to save fuel and reduce carbon emissions.” The Hydro Fuel System Hydro-charger was developed by US companies Global Energy Options […]
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information on the Skystream 3.7 for Home Wind Power
Saturday, December 2nd, 2006FuturePundit has some good information about the Skystream 3.7 home wind electric power generator kit made by Southwest Windpower Inc. Depending on your average wind speed and the amount of electricity your household uses each month, the Skystream can lower your household electricity bill 20%-90%. For a typical house in […]
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